@ Drew
Not give up hobby lah...just lack of motivation...cos
1. see many plants died in my nano...
2. no bullet to upgrade lighting, co2 n substrate...
3. not much time to take care...cos i only at home 3 days per week

@ usermode
Drew n yujin help a lot liao...some KL MAC fren also help a lot by donate to me several kinds of moss...

@ Drew:
seachem product i think in bkt jambul there got...i got my seachem flourish there...

the other 2 i not sure...sure fishop will stock them right?

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Added on July 7, 2009, 8:19 am@ Catacombs,
I also using that prawn food...the cherry like it so much but compare to the japanese prawn food yujin give me...they like the japanese one more 100x...

Some of the cherry given by Yujin is more red than the photo u show...the exoskeleton seem to become solid red...


This post has been edited by tenchi0205: Jul 7 2009, 08:24 AM

@ Drew

ya ya is shirakura...I cant find it in CTY...dont know Fishop have those?

I going to island next Tue for meeting...after meeting will drop by Fishop (for hang on back filter with surface skimmer), CTY (to look for mini size bio ring for the filter) and Goay Ent (to restock my seachem flourish)

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Added on July 7, 2009, 8:31 am@ Yujin.

They getting very well...I need to ration the shirakura cos its almost finish liao...feeding them with JBL prawn food alternatively...

I saw some tiny baby cherry that day...but after that cant locate them any where liao...scare the neon tetra nap them for snack...

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Added on July 7, 2009, 8:40 amthink wanto rescrap the nano...but i dun have CO2 pressurized tank, dun feel like wanna use ADA soil cos it too nourish can attract algea come to visit if I not manage well...

water temp too hot to keep high demand plant...lately very happy of the water temp cos of raining day...its drop to 25 degree...

and 1 strange phenomena I do notice...the quantity of neon tetra had increase in my nano...at the begining i buy 8 of them...then 1 die bcos caught in the net i tie the pelia...so left 7...last week I go back see got 8 tetras...its it possible they multiply n grow? One of them is noticeabla smaller in size



tomolo is they stay in my tank for 1 mth liao

This post has been edited by tenchi0205: Jul 7 2009, 08:51 AM

Menteri Kewangan I wont release the fund for me to upgrade...

your ADA soil got add in those 5 beautys thing?

@ Cruxs

Tell us your budget and your location...

What size of tank you want?

We will try to arrange our nearest agent come to poison you...hehehe

@ yujin
If put all those thing when the soil is stir up or next time i unplug the plant, the nutrient will leak out from the base?

how cheap is that bacteria powder?
if not put bacteria powder can ar?

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Added on July 7, 2009, 6:01 pm@ Drew...

Do I have the same treatment from you as you treat playerseeker?

This post has been edited by tenchi0205: Jul 7 2009, 06:01 PM

Riccia will made the water dirty with all those loose riccia floating around

@ playerseeker...

I buy my otto at CTY...after that day we TT there...

so far mainland i find in prai, raja uda area dun have...bukit mertajam i didn't go search

snail only solution is puffer la...i got mine red eye puffer from CTY also...but now grow quite big also...snail free for sometime liao in the 2 feet...now i feed it with apple snail that over population in my shrimp nano tank...and sometime those ghost shrimp from shop

glosso need strong light la and root fertilizer...their can survive in my nano tank even for DIY yis CO2...

This post has been edited by tenchi0205: Jul 15 2009, 06:59 PM

@ zangetsu

u can give them ghost shrimp or red worm

@ catacombs
remember those riccia dun put too "tebal" ... if not the lower section of it will die due to not getting enuf light

if i want the lowest class of it how much ar? i also need to go alor star catch myself ma?

lowest mean the cheapest of the grade...cos i scare they can survive in my nano well and goto heaven...

find one saturday when my wife is working i go alor star find you lo...

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Added on July 20, 2009, 9:04 am my cherry have born...


This post has been edited by tenchi0205: Jul 20 2009, 09:04 AM

@ catacombs

The Cheery Shrimp la...the snail is abunden and a pest and an eye sore...so i catch them to feed the red eye puffer at the other tank..

good deal!~

mine had triple the quantity of my photo below...


Attached thumbnail(s)

this weekend go back take the latest photo for u to see...(all credit have to give to yujin...cos those cherry given by him)

dun knw how to post to melaka...scare they become udang kering...

come to SP catch lo

@ catacombs
must provide many place for the cheery to ML ma...

Shrimp do not need plants. In fact, many shrimp come from habitats where are no plants at all. Plants can actually adversely affect a shrimp tank. Especially fast growing plants compete with microorganisms for nutrients and light (i.e. they shade them out) and also compete with filter bacteria, eliminating them in the worst case scenario. A plantless tank with leaf litter on the bottom is best for shrimp. If you absolutely must use plants, use extremely slow growers such as java fern.

Red Cherry Shrimp eat many more types of algae than the Caridina japonica (Amano shrimp), which are often regarded as the best cleaners for fish tanks. Perhaps the best way to grow java moss is to simply let your Red Cherry Shrimp pick it clean of any algae.




Here is what has worked for me and what I suggest for other people if they want to try their hand at breeding cherry shrimp.

1. Tank size should be at least 10 gallons to support up to 100-150 shrimp (based on weekly 30% water changes).
2. Temp should be between 75-78F.
3. Moderate water hardness seems to work the best for robust breeding and coloration.
4. I highly recommend the addition of live plants to maintain good water quality.
5. Sponge filters are the best since they do not pose a danger to baby shrimp.
6. PH of 7.6 has worked well for me.
7. Keep up with water changes! Cherry shrimp are highly prone to nitrate poisoning and they need good water to maintain good health and molting. I do weekly 30% water changes. I use plain tap water (moderate hardness, PH 7.6) and I treat it with declorinator (Amquel).
8. I use full spectrum lighting...10 hours a day on a timer.
9. I DO NOT dose liquid iodine as the shrimp will get all they need from a proper diet.
10. I feed them HBH Vegetable Wafers and HBC Crab & Lobster Bites exclusively. Any invertebrate food will suffice as long as it does not contain any large amounts of copper (READ those labels!). I will occasionally drop in a piece of boiled vegetable (squash or spinach). I feed my shrimp once a day in small amounts.
11. I also recommend you maintain genetic diversity after a few generations of breeding. You can easily do this by introducing new cherry shrimp from other sources. This helps reduce the occurance of inbred deformities or weak shrimp. I have traded shrimp with other hobbist a few times.

(http://www.plantedtank.net/articles/Cherry-Shrimp-Breeding-and-Care/23/)

This post has been edited by tenchi0205: Sep 3 2009, 11:11 PM