Well, my new tank is still not ready yet. The ammonia is still really high and it hasn’t gone down at all! I been reading the with the low PH (5.0), it will take much longer to cycle. I guest I just have to wait it out. I did put a bunch more plants in there to help with the cycling.
However, I did went ahead and buy some CBS 🙂 Someone local got a new shipment in and I just couldn’t hold off any longer. I’m also undecided on what kind of shrimp I want to go with in my new tank so getting a few CBS now will help me with that decision. Depending on how much I like the CBS, the new tank will either be a SSS CBS or BKK. Granted the CBS will be much cheaper ($16 per shrimp vs $55 per shrimp). Currently I have 2 SSS, 3 SS, and 1 S grade CBS.
I know mixing CRS and CBS is not the best thing to do, but since most of my CRS are SS or lower grade I won’t be too hard broken over the mix gene pool. From what I have read, the offspring will be either CRS or CBS with a few being brown. If I decide to go with CBS in the new tank, I will move them over.
Acclimating the CBS
One of the SS grade
Another view of the SS grade
Remember the baby CRS, its all grown up now
