would love to see an updated video about caridina shrimp keeping in co2 injected planted tanks! Things like your observations in breeding rate, survival rate, shrimplet health, wc timings, how much co2, etc ❤
awesome! yeah i just think there’s a ton of crossover between aquascaping and shrimp keeping but not a ton of consistent info on co2 and caridina shrimp. Some folks say the ph swing is bad, others (like the 2Hraquarist article) say the ph swing is fine since it doesn’t move the GH/KH parameters (as long as you don’t gas your shrimp) source: www.2hraquarist.com/blogs/freshwater-fish-and-livestock/ph-swings-co2-injection and www.2hraquarist.com/blogs/freshwater-fish-and-livestock/keeping-dwarf-shrimp-in-planted-tanks Would love your first hand experience! Thanks so much
Hi, Thank you for sharing your experience. I have followed your recipe and managed to get ph8.4. However, my tds for freshly mix is around 65 (4l 1/8 tsp 8.5). May I confirm if this is correct as some of the salt has not fully dissolved?
Thanks for all your helpful videos RW! A few questions, Re 5% water changes, is that just topping up evaporation, or does the 5% include water removal + lost water from evaporation? I think I loose about 5% a week just from evaporation. What is the rocky substrate that you have in this tank called? Do you use turkey baster/siphon to clean substrate? how often? And the curved plastic gravel guard fir feeding zone, is there a brand/name for that, or did you make it?
5% is purely taking out the water not counting evaporation. The 5% you use top up with rodi water. Rocky substrate is black crushed lava rock or eco co.plete. I use a thin layer ofnsubstrate so I don't clean it. The plastic gravel guard is printed by my friend at cornertankcorner Thanks for all your support. Creating a new video on sulawesi tank set up shortly. Stay tuned
Hello! Did you ever try Salty Shrimp 7.5 + Tanganyican buffer, or the buffer with Shrimp King Sulawesi? Im setting up a larger sulawesi tank and want to avoid the SS 8.5 if possible. Thanks!
@@RWAquariumPages hi thank you for the replies and the latest video. With the Salty Shrimp 7.5, can you tell me what TDS you mix for the Salty Shrimp 7.5 before adding Tanganikan buffer? Then you add buffer to a certain TDS? Or you add until it reaches 8.4? Thank you! You have helped so much, love all the videos!
Something to clarify as I plan to do what you did. Did you heat up water you took from the aquarium, add the SS8.5 and Tanganikya Buffer and add RO water? Was there CO2 injection as part of that process? Thank you
@@RWAquariumPages my tank has no chiller or fan and it display at 28c. The rodi is just beside the tank. (As long the after water change it remind clear tat means is total dissolved?)
Do you think mineral 8.5 dissolve complety in tank without co2 with this technique ? I'm using mineral 7.5 but my yellow noses keep dying. I think i will try your technique.
Hi Ray… sorry for reviving an old Video 😅… starting up my 1st Sulawesi tank on a 25 cube… So to reach 8.3-8.4pH… I need 1/8 spoon of SS8.5 and 1/16 spoon of Tanganyika for every 4L of water right? And I should be expecting a TDS of 110-130 right?
Hi there, thanks for watching my video, those measurements sound correct in my.opinion and what I've been using for my sula tank, over 50 babies in my new tank now and it's amazing. Thx for watching!!!
Hi Ray… sorry to disturb you… just setup my nano sulawesi based on your recommendations… however… my water is still cloudy and it has been 3 days… I did add a few Bacter AE on the 1st day… any reason why my water is still cloudy?
@@RWAquariumPages Using a Sunsun XBL hang on canister style filter… I think I might have overdosed the Bacter Ae (1/8 spoon) 😅 might be overkill for the 25cm cube 😅Water test not yet done Ray… will do it soon and let you know… and I really Thank you for the reply 🙏🏻😉
Have you tried Shrimp King Sulawesi salt? I use CO2 to dissolve Sulawesi shrimp 8.5 currently and was wondering if you have any opinion on the other SK brand?
I haven't yet as I've read it brings ph to 7 6 which is a bit low in my opinion. So in my video I mentioned my next project test will be using the shrimp king sulawesi plus a little scoop of seachems lake tangayika minerals. That will bring it up to 8.3 which is perfect I've been trying similar combo recently
@@RWAquariumPages yes I heard at the end that you were probably going to try that next as I was asking you the question. I also use the tanganyikan buffer as my secret weapon to keep pH high😎👌
I want to ask about the PH stability of the tank when using Tanganyika buffer? Is the PH set susceptible to decreasing too quickly over time? Previously, I used Seachem Alkaline Buffer to increase the PH level of my sulawesi shrimp tank, but perhaps it did not help my PH level stabilize at 8.0-8.3 for too long. The pH level dropped to 7.5-7.5 after only 1 week.
I can't get this to work at all.. The TDS will be right, but the ph will be too low 7.8 at 160 TDS. The tanganikan buffer will just skyrocket even more.. I get the PH high enough and then then TDS is too high lol.. 185.. So I'm trying CO2. I'm hoping that it works better.
@@aqualungs77 As for me, I use co2 to dissolve sulawesi 8.5 and tanganyika buffer but my ph is always at 7.8. When adding tanganyika buffer, my ph level increased to 8.2 but then dropped to 7.8 after just a few hours. I repeated this several times but the results were disappointing.
@@quannguyenvan124 I had better success so far with C02. I probably need more than a scoop for the 5 gallon bucket because I'm 100 TDS and PH is 7.8. I'm gonna aerate it longer and hope it raises the PH but this is better. With the Tanganyikan Buffer it needs 2-3 hours to completely dissolve or it will give a false PH because it has to dissolve still and a bunch of particulates going in that test tube to test PH makes the PH look higher than it is. You can get the PH higher and it will stay but you will have to use more buffer.
Hi Ray, its me again with some questions. hope you could help me I'm trying to setup a new tank following your method (mixing 1/8 teaspoon of 8.5 and 1/16 teaspoon of seachem lake tangiyika mix to get 130tds) is your tank tds 130 too? how often do you do your water change?
It's for sulawesi. So the ratios for gh and kh are slightly different. I don't know the ingredients but you can search the saltyshrimp website for it. Great question
I was using sulawesi minerals 8.5 dissolve them using co2 . I bought 3 batches of yellow nose but all died due to high gh levels. When i measure gh was aroh g 12 .When shrimp dies I would see ring of death in center of body . I am using lava chips cycled for 2 months can you suggest what wrong I am do g
@@RWAquariumPages yes they are wild caught . I maintain tds tds of 100 after a day the gh increases . This time I am planning to use ceramic ring as substrate
I've seen people do it but I don't recommend it, the theory is rodi water is 0 gh and kh and tds so the ph won't matter, once added into the evoporated water it will become the pj of the water, adding the buffer will increase the tds
@@RWAquariumPages i just observe after 2 top off my ph drop from 8.2 to 8.0 and some of my sulawesi died check all parameters and the only diff was the ph
@JynnYeow91 8.5 minerals brings it up to ph 8.1, to get it to 8.4, in 1 gallon or 4 litter rodi water. I add 1/8 teaspoon of 8.5 and 1/16 teaspoon of seachem lake tangiyika mix, this puts tds at 130ppm abd ph around 8.3 to 8.4, works great so far but experimenting on my shrimp. Will do an I depth video on this shortly
would love to see an updated video about caridina shrimp keeping in co2 injected planted tanks! Things like your observations in breeding rate, survival rate, shrimplet health, wc timings, how much co2, etc ❤
Oh thats a great suggestion. Let me work on that.
awesome! yeah i just think there’s a ton of crossover between aquascaping and shrimp keeping but not a ton of consistent info on co2 and caridina shrimp. Some folks say the ph swing is bad, others (like the 2Hraquarist article) say the ph swing is fine since it doesn’t move the GH/KH parameters (as long as you don’t gas your shrimp) source: www.2hraquarist.com/blogs/freshwater-fish-and-livestock/ph-swings-co2-injection
and
www.2hraquarist.com/blogs/freshwater-fish-and-livestock/keeping-dwarf-shrimp-in-planted-tanks
Would love your first hand experience! Thanks so much
Hi,
Thank you for sharing your experience.
I have followed your recipe and managed to get ph8.4.
However, my tds for freshly mix is around 65 (4l 1/8 tsp 8.5). May I confirm if this is correct as some of the salt has not fully dissolved?
Hi there, did you mix 8.5 plus seachem?
Hi,
4l distilled water.
1/8 tsp 8.5 salty shrimp mix
1/16 seachem buffer
I stirred for a while and measured the tds.
Thanks for all your helpful videos RW! A few questions, Re 5% water changes, is that just topping up evaporation, or does the 5% include water removal + lost water from evaporation? I think I loose about 5% a week just from evaporation. What is the rocky substrate that you have in this tank called? Do you use turkey baster/siphon to clean substrate? how often? And the curved plastic gravel guard fir feeding zone, is there a brand/name for that, or did you make it?
5% is purely taking out the water not counting evaporation. The 5% you use top up with rodi water. Rocky substrate is black crushed lava rock or eco co.plete. I use a thin layer ofnsubstrate so I don't clean it. The plastic gravel guard is printed by my friend at cornertankcorner
Thanks for all your support. Creating a new video on sulawesi tank set up shortly. Stay tuned
Hello! Did you ever try Salty Shrimp 7.5 + Tanganyican buffer, or the buffer with Shrimp King Sulawesi? Im setting up a larger sulawesi tank and want to avoid the SS 8.5 if possible. Thanks!
Yep I have , it works quite well honestly. I am working on a new sulawesi video on this topic. Stay tuned!!
Any updates on this video? Excited to see the results. Already have my Tanganyikan Buffer and deciding which Sulawesi minerals to get. Thanks!
@@shrimpboutique3584 yep, 7.5 plus lake tangyika salts works. Video out in 15 minutes
@@RWAquariumPages hi thank you for the replies and the latest video. With the Salty Shrimp 7.5, can you tell me what TDS you mix for the Salty Shrimp 7.5 before adding Tanganikan buffer? Then you add buffer to a certain TDS? Or you add until it reaches 8.4? Thank you! You have helped so much, love all the videos!
@@shrimpboutique3584 130ppm and 132ppm afterwards
How many gallons are your tanks? Also how much water do you change per water change?
10g on this current rack, next rack will be 16 or 20g . I haven't fully decided yet. I change 5% weekly. Takes 25 mins for all 24 tanks
Something to clarify as I plan to do what you did.
Did you heat up water you took from the aquarium, add the SS8.5 and Tanganikya Buffer and add RO water?
Was there CO2 injection as part of that process?
Thank you
I didn't use co2, just warm water, the mixture is a but milky but inside the tank it's clear in a few hours
@@RWAquariumPages is warn water a must to dissolve 8.5? my room temp water is about 28-29degree celcius
@andugo not necessary but it works better for me, helps dissolve better than cooler water. Is your rodi water 28c?
@@RWAquariumPages my tank has no chiller or fan and it display at 28c. The rodi is just beside the tank. (As long the after water change it remind clear tat means is total dissolved?)
@@andugo yes looks like it's dissolved
Great technique! I am currently using tap water, dechlorinater and botanicals along with coconut fiber/spagnum moss
Wonderful!
hi sir can i message in your account want to know about your setup in tap water
Do you think mineral 8.5 dissolve complety in tank without co2 with this technique ? I'm using mineral 7.5 but my yellow noses keep dying. I think i will try your technique.
Great question. Yellow nose I'd use 8.5 for sure. Even if the solution is cloudy it's ok, it'll clear up in a few hours
@@RWAquariumPages i changed water using drip method. All my sula shrimps are okie. Thank you for this clip.
Hi Ray… sorry for reviving an old Video 😅… starting up my 1st Sulawesi tank on a 25 cube… So to reach 8.3-8.4pH… I need 1/8 spoon of SS8.5 and 1/16 spoon of Tanganyika for every 4L of water right? And I should be expecting a TDS of 110-130 right?
Hi there, thanks for watching my video, those measurements sound correct in my.opinion and what I've been using for my sula tank, over 50 babies in my new tank now and it's amazing. Thx for watching!!!
thanks for the prompt reply Ray 👍🏻 your videos are awesome and full of useful information… will be waiting for your upcoming videos in the future 😉
Hi Ray… sorry to disturb you… just setup my nano sulawesi based on your recommendations… however… my water is still cloudy and it has been 3 days… I did add a few Bacter AE on the 1st day… any reason why my water is still cloudy?
hi there, how much filtration do you have? how much bacter ae did you put in? did you test the water for ammonia levels? i'm here to help!
@@RWAquariumPages Using a Sunsun XBL hang on canister style filter… I think I might have overdosed the Bacter Ae (1/8 spoon) 😅 might be overkill for the 25cm cube 😅Water test not yet done Ray… will do it soon and let you know… and I really Thank you for the reply 🙏🏻😉
which benefit bacteria you use for sula shrimp ? stability ?
Was using stability but ran out, using mucha but no more distributor
Using benibachi and some tw tai ones now a days. But all the same to me
Have you tried Shrimp King Sulawesi salt? I use CO2 to dissolve Sulawesi shrimp 8.5 currently and was wondering if you have any opinion on the other SK brand?
I haven't yet as I've read it brings ph to 7
6 which is a bit low in my opinion. So in my video I mentioned my next project test will be using the shrimp king sulawesi plus a little scoop of seachems lake tangayika minerals. That will bring it up to 8.3 which is perfect
I've been trying similar combo recently
@@RWAquariumPages yes I heard at the end that you were probably going to try that next as I was asking you the question. I also use the tanganyikan buffer as my secret weapon to keep pH high😎👌
@brandonm505 high 5, thanks for the support. I'm using it in 3 sulawesi tanks and so far so good. So I think sk plus seachem will be an amazing combo
@@RWAquariumPages why don't you use sk 7.5 and ph buffer .I heard using ph buffer will not increase kh which will result in ph jn stability
@@mahadevnagarajappa4805 yep. That's what I'm suggesting in my video
I want to ask about the PH stability of the tank when using Tanganyika buffer? Is the PH set susceptible to decreasing too quickly over time? Previously, I used Seachem Alkaline Buffer to increase the PH level of my sulawesi shrimp tank, but perhaps it did not help my PH level stabilize at 8.0-8.3 for too long. The pH level dropped to 7.5-7.5 after only 1 week.
this is quite interesting as every 5-6 days i will top up with rodi + the buffer, so that might be keeping it up
I can't get this to work at all.. The TDS will be right, but the ph will be too low 7.8 at 160 TDS. The tanganikan buffer will just skyrocket even more.. I get the PH high enough and then then TDS is too high lol.. 185.. So I'm trying CO2. I'm hoping that it works better.
Only way I can get it to remotely work is to use the 8.5 to 60 TDS and add Tanganyikan can buffer to get to 135 TDS and PH 8.1
@@aqualungs77 As for me, I use co2 to dissolve sulawesi 8.5 and tanganyika buffer but my ph is always at 7.8. When adding tanganyika buffer, my ph level increased to 8.2 but then dropped to 7.8 after just a few hours. I repeated this several times but the results were disappointing.
@@quannguyenvan124 I had better success so far with C02. I probably need more than a scoop for the 5 gallon bucket because I'm 100 TDS and PH is 7.8. I'm gonna aerate it longer and hope it raises the PH but this is better.
With the Tanganyikan Buffer it needs 2-3 hours to completely dissolve or it will give a false PH because it has to dissolve still and a bunch of particulates going in that test tube to test PH makes the PH look higher than it is.
You can get the PH higher and it will stay but you will have to use more buffer.
Hi Ray, its me again with some questions. hope you could help me
I'm trying to setup a new tank following your method (mixing 1/8 teaspoon of 8.5 and 1/16 teaspoon of seachem lake tangiyika mix to get 130tds)
is your tank tds 130 too?
how often do you do your water change?
Yep that is good 110 is what I get. I change 5% 1x per week
@@RWAquariumPages thanks!
@@JynnYeow91 let me know how that goes
@@RWAquariumPages will definitely do :)
hi can i check if i use 7.5 + tanganyika buffer can it be dissolved by using airstone attach to an airpump?
Yep for sure
What make this salt different than other shrimp salt? What are the ingredients?
It's for sulawesi. So the ratios for gh and kh are slightly different. I don't know the ingredients but you can search the saltyshrimp website for it. Great question
I was using sulawesi minerals 8.5 dissolve them using co2 . I bought 3 batches of yellow nose but all died due to high gh levels. When i measure gh was aroh g 12 .When shrimp dies I would see ring of death in center of body . I am using lava chips cycled for 2 months can you suggest what wrong I am do g
Are they wild caught? In the wild the lakes are 100 to 120ppm tds so a gh of 12 is quite high to be honest
@@RWAquariumPages yes they are wild caught . I maintain tds tds of 100 after a day the gh increases . This time I am planning to use ceramic ring as substrate
@mahadevnagarajappa4805 what's on your tank causing the tds to rise. Got to be something that's not inert
@@RWAquariumPages that's what I am unable to find out . I feel lava rock is the problem coz lava rock tend to raise gh
@@mahadevnagarajappa4805 some lava rock can raise gh, I've seen. Put it in a bucket of rodi water, test tds then wait for 5 days then test tds
Hi regarding top off my water is ph 7.2 can i add 1/8 spoon of tangyanika to increase ph only in top off not water change
And it will be added to a 4L of r.o + 1/8 tsp of tanganyaki
I've seen people do it but I don't recommend it, the theory is rodi water is 0 gh and kh and tds so the ph won't matter, once added into the evoporated water it will become the pj of the water, adding the buffer will increase the tds
@@RWAquariumPages i just observe after 2 top off my ph drop from 8.2 to 8.0 and some of my sulawesi died check all parameters and the only diff was the ph
@jayar692 how much water are you topping off and how much volume is your aquarium. How slow or fast did you add the water
I have a 10g tank i only top off 4L. I do a slow drip like 1-2 drop/s
Will the tanganyika buffer helps to dissolve the 8.5 salt too?
Oh it doesn't. But if you use 7.5 and the tangayiki salt you'll get a better ph of 8.1 to 8.4 easily. Hope that helps
@@RWAquariumPages ah ok but by mixing with ss8.5 will the ph go higher? do you still use co2 to dissolve your 8.5? also may ask your parameters?
@JynnYeow91 8.5 minerals brings it up to ph 8.1, to get it to 8.4, in 1 gallon or 4 litter rodi water. I add 1/8 teaspoon of 8.5 and 1/16 teaspoon of seachem lake tangiyika mix, this puts tds at 130ppm abd ph around 8.3 to 8.4, works great so far but experimenting on my shrimp. Will do an I depth video on this shortly
@@RWAquariumPages thank you so much for sharing! been learning alot from you!
@JynnYeow91 thanks for the support and kind words. Will put more sulawesi content soon
Hi can you share your tank water parameters
Yes sir ph 8.1 tds 130ppm temp 29c
Can you teach me how to mix properly sulawesi 8.5 .
My tank is 10g
Tds 180
Ph 7.6 or 7.5
Gh 8
Kh 4
I just ordered the tanganyika buffer
@@jayar692 yes 1/8 tsp of 8.5 or 7
5 and 1/8 tsp of seachem into 1 gallon rodi water mix should be 110ppm
@@RWAquariumPages i dont need to dissolve the sulawesi minerals if im using 8.5?
@@RWAquariumPages i read that people having low ph too even using sula 8.5 . Its normal? I cant really raise ph to 8.0 .