Hi sis, long time no see. anyway, i also got poison by you.hehehe. already start my shrimp tank.hehehe. best wor.dowan give m present kah?for my new shrimp tank.hohoho.  j/kid

so, you starting your new planted tank kah sis?

I do, simple,
Shrimps tank -> test the plant for pesticide first (put in a pail, throw in some feeder shrimps, left it there for half-day/a day, if pesticide present and strong, feeder shrimp will died in <5min), if all shrimps died during the duration, consider using that plant only in fish only tank.

All tank -> check for snails and clean up a bit.

You want rotala red ,rotala green, vietnam sp. can ask me. my planted bushy oredi. but got some snail.hoho. the snail is the package.hohoho.

sorry to hear that.very sad.huhu. but there is always a bright side, right? so, don't stop this interesting hobbies.huhu. and incase you want to stop, im always waiting for your tank equipment to be sell to me.hehehe. especially, the chiller and filter.hehehe. 

my humble tank FTS.

rotala red i got. want, have to take at puchong. harvest yourself or i harvest for you and give you at somewhere that convinient but must be at puchong.hoho.

driftwood hunting trip, anyone interested?
anyone know nice place to collect driftwood at seaside?

sis, read the shrimp thread. previous 40pages kot. flipmode got prob like this. arrow advise him to use the purigen. about 1month ++ too to settle the pesticide.huuhu

you got how many tank?

i think it;s not because of ur plants, but because u transfer the shrimp to ur bucket. is the bucket water are the same water from ur tank?

take a pail...then put your water tank in it...after that...put in the plant that u bought...take 1 rcs shrimp and put in it...if if start eating around like normal..than its ok...if it swim like hell...that is pesticide effect....gud luck...

not that im trying to back-up EA MV, but i've been their customer for plants for quite sometime and so far i never had pesticide problems.

but on the other hand, yes... un-treated tap water isnt safe for shrimps (also even to some plants and fishes). avoid using direct or un-treated tap water for anything. there's a reason why people do fishless cycling, wash filter using tank water, some people keep aged water for WC, etc... we dont do ma fan things for nothing.

i and flipmode are both victim of MV East Aqua plant cos of pesticide, it is their supplier fault, for those who have shrimps,
do a test with feeder shrimp/glass shrimp with the new plant in a bucket with tank/treated water before introduce to your main tank.
This will minimize the risk of wiping your whole shrimp colonies.
Sang gemok, purigen won't remove pesticide but activated carbon do, i recommend flipmode purigen is to remove/clean up organic waste
generated from those dead shrimps corpse , previous decaying plant & uncontrolled feeding.

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Added on May 26, 2012, 2:11 pm

If you really want the plant in your shrimp tank ,then try put them in small tank with activated carbon to clean up the pesticide,
after a week test the plant with feeder shrimp or your low grade RCS again.

pesticide can be remove by using alkaline water (high pH water). soak 2-48hours. then run with normal tap water..test again before u use the plant..otherwise...use arrow advice..dump in active carbon in your filter and remove any invertebrate. maybe two week will become normal again..