QUOTE(lily64my @ Sep 9 2013, 11:26 AM)
2 fire red casualty this morning!

COuld it be because they were from "luxury" home now to normal home?
Sis, I doubt it's coz of the so-called luxury home to ours. Sifu arrow has spoken...heed his advice

By the way, how long & how did you acclimate your shrimps before putting it in?
QUOTE(calvinyoon @ Sep 9 2013, 01:12 PM)
Usually how many shrimps can be kept in a 1ft planted tank?
When we bring back the shrimps from LFS, how to acclimate new shrimps before drop them into our tank?
I guess 1ft per se is a bit subjective, as it also depends on your tank water volume. As shrimp has very low bioload it's still ok. Had came across forums where they keep about 100+ in a 1ft cube, but of course also stated preferably less than that, just to have a 'better environment' for our shrimps. Then again, filtration & such also plays a role in how many shrimps we can keep. I'm no expert, just passing on info from what I've read on d net.
As for acclimating my shrimps, I bought a cheap 3m clear tubing @ RM1.50, an an adjustable plastic valve @ RM0.30. Set it to drip 1-1.5dps...did 1 1/2hr for my malayans & 2hrs for the fire reds (wanted longer but had to go out). Think timing depends on the shrimps' sensitivity. Touch wood only 1 casualty, didn't call to ask so I presume all are still fine.
In a way, I'm hoping to break common beliefs that each shrimp has to be kept at certain parameters & breed properly. Well let's hope I succeed. Only time will tell *fingers crossed*

QUOTE(arrow @ Sep 9 2013, 01:29 PM)
i keep > 50 tails in an 25cm x 30cm x 25cm tank.
Use drip method ->
http://www.shrimpnow.com/content.php/258-A...matising-ShrimpIts wise to invest in a TDS pen, as TDS play a big role in shrimps molting failure as GH.
To those that wants to get it, saw from a lfs selling @ RM80. Got mine from ebay, think it was about RM30 or so (depends on forex,USD strengthen a lot against MYR recently).