if the wood makes your water look yellow it tends to have ammonia on them, drift to use those with smooth edges rather than those whihc are rough and texture

for those who want to keep CRS. well we have CRS keepers like michanz who keeps them without chiller by using the air con and shut the room door technique. I use to do that last time, but the inconsistency of temperature when the air con is switch off will caused fluctuate of the tank's temperature. Well thats from my exp. That imbalance will caused the CRS to either die or no pregnant.

so i got myself a chiller. still die. so i added some NA carbon from ADA directly into the tank, where i heard this from? ADA salesman in msia, he keeps CRS as well and they are beautiful.

then after a while, my CRS started to get pregnant, more n more, now after 2 months after i inserted the chiller, i have more then 100 shrimplets.

but even with chiller, from what i read, the ideal temp isnt 20-23, but its at 25. if its 26 the eggs hatch faster. but i set my chiller to 23-25 range. so it will be always around there.

beware of the type of drift wood you put into ur tanks as well, from what i heard from the ADA salesman, the drift wood which have lots of texture which tend to make the water yellowish tends to secrete ammonia which is harmful for CRS. no no good.

Here guys and gurls, hereby i share my CRS tank, consists of HC, glosso, fissidens, philia or spelled that way. some stem plant to help absorb nutrients and break down dangerous ammonia. also some snow hites, no entry, near mosura, and 2 otto of not to miss my old old cherry shrimps


This post has been edited by William7: Jul 29 2010, 02:15 PM

thanks thanks,

but too much hard work to reach this stage, thanks god got help from experienced ppl, if not 1 year also stuck there..

hmmm, from what the ADA sales man said, it help to absorb all the bad stuff like ammonia and creates a save living environment for ur CRS. well maybe he was trying to sell me his ADA products. but it works for me la. i am not sure it will do the same with others.

Bro, dont worry le, i also try so many times. die n die n die.

when started i put the whole pack into the tank. then after 40days, i bought another pack open it, and put into smaller nets. split the serving heheh save money but still put lo

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Added on July 29, 2010, 4:46 pmother brand i have tried, but i put into my friends cherry shrimp tank, but dunno le, i only tried ADA ones. but they are really priceyyyy.

others half the price nia.

This post has been edited by William7: Jul 29 2010, 04:46 PM

yeap it will absorb the ferts. thats i dip the carbon into my tank instead of the filter, so i can remove it while ferting then place it back after 1-2 hours. if lazy, jsut fert it anyway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpOXB21oC8g...player_embedded

jsut wanna share something that is related

This post has been edited by William7: Jul 30 2010, 03:02 PM

hmm i try that before but to me, the bbs rate went haywire, thats why i resorted to auto. but i did try a low bbs but left it open the whole time.

yeah agree with player, i been there done that...so gila...imagine have to go holiday...

hmm

from what i hear, the edgy driftwood tend to excert the yellow dye upon submerge in water over time comparre to the smooth type drift wood.

usually i dont wash the ADA sand, although there are lots of particles after adding in the water, i will jsut suck them out during a water change.


off topic, clean filter yesterday, found 10-15 shrimplets swimming and living in the filter ......

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Added on August 18, 2010, 9:59 ambro dikkie, i think i seen a tank like that before at NA ss19.

This post has been edited by William7: Aug 18 2010, 09:59 AM

hydra tend to eat shirmplets. i use to have them during my old tank.

hmm, since they are microorganism, maybe form the water, from the plants ..who knows..

hmm, i think u can put the no planaria powder, maybe can kill them, but once i change my tank water completely togetehr with the soil.. no more..hydra

yeah it doest kill snail too.. my nerite died as well... =(...

Does anyone have Black Crystal Shrimp?

i need their strain ahhaha to breed...

but from what i read, yamato needs different kind of water condition to breed, they will carry eggs but no hatch? correct?

but still its kinda a joy to see shrimp carrying eggs =)

i got CRS to sell only hehe

yeah the water should turn a little yellowish at first but later on it will be crystal clear..


hmm i think i wanna sell my CRS shrimplets anyone interested ehhe

huh zebra otto got such thing wan ka...

can show pix? i am interested in those le..

actually compare to a lot of SLS NA is quite ok la.

my tank turning innto glosso jungle...really having hard time trimming it every week.

if my shrimp tank also jungle die lo...