kind of , trying my hand on sulawesi shrimps, i'm a beginner on that ...have to dig-up internet for more info.

i want to see them in ure tank
can i come when u already bought them?

You can get it from aquashop in lelong , 500g pack for like RM70++ , 2ft tank only need to put in 1 -2 'ketul',
but i think the overall function beside providing mineral is to help absorb impurities & waste , so you all can see CLEAN water is first criteria in shrimps keeping.

If want to get cheap borneowild , mosura etc shrimp products , you have to go singapore.

i gone to singapore but dunno where to start.hoho. maybe have to research on the place to go first.huhu.

about your sulawesi cardinal, it is really hard right to achieve ph8 .huhu. and they need temp at below 27c also kah?huhu

Not hard to achieve PH8 , coral sand/chip will do the job. Sulawesi shrimps prefer temp 28-29c, their natural habitat temp is around 29.5c.
But you need to care about the TDS level. They need hardwater.
My tank is using fan temp 28'c++ , they seem comfortable.

Easy to breed kah? you try first. if good, i will follow u. hehehe. i think, better you focus on the sulawesi only. because, later you will have no time with the other tanks. beside, it is my opportunity to get cheap stuffs from you. etc, aquarium chiller, sss grade crs and good shrimps tanks. hehehe. juz kidding. if you think that my idea is good, please let me know the bulk price of the crs tank setup plus chiller. hehehehe. juz kidding,juz kidding. hehehe.

Wow , talk about breed so early, now only start to monitor them ,not yet stable, need 2 weeks or more then only think of
helping them breed , i must admit i'm not ready for them yet, but can't resist their beauties, brought them , rush back home, take hold guppies tank, pack them away, remove the ever polluting java fern , clean up the filter and gravel abit, reset the tank for them as this is the only tank i have with PH7.6 with coral sand in it and cycled.

i salute your determination. wasting lots of money and times for this beautiful invertebrates. i really2 want to be in your level one day to experience what you feel right now about these shrimps. for me, this kind of hobby is really interesting and the most calming to me as i can enjoy the scenery and experience nature in my bedroom without getting dirt on my shirt. for me, the money that been wasting in this hobby is an investment for my entertainment and feeling.this hobby lighten up my life a lot.

For me i like shrimps & invertebrates when i was in primary school when my father brought those feeder shrimp to feed arowana ,i will scoop up some and keep in a jar, will look at them for hrs , but as usual they all end up dead the next morning, now i know the reason cos i use untreated tap water to keep them.
I don't feel the same for fish, to me they like food the only fish i like to keep is those marine one but as expected i find the marine shrimps alot alot nicer. Do you know anyone that only keep marine shrimps in a expensive marine tank? I like to be the one but it just too costly and hightech.

Btw those guppies & swordtail are my wife liabilities , i ask her, can feed them to my crayfish , she said you dare!!!!^%%&

This post has been edited by arrow: May 11 2012, 05:30 PM

why u wanna increase ur calcium ? GH not enough ?

i got my minerock from sazuka, same price with lelong, but i didn't put in whole piece, i break it down to small pieces and try 2 first

for sulawesi, they need higher PH and different mineral combination (US selling pre-mix salt just for sulawesi)
also their natural habitat is quite basic and empty... not fancy fancy like planted tank

cheers ~

OT*
arrow if got more xtra money, go for jellyfish!!
im still asking those guys in xiang liang for them.. but they said, nvr sell them.. weird, read in thread a shop is selling jellyfish near that area some years ago hehe

hehe noty you.hehehe. anyways, i would love to learn from you on the shrimp.. would you mind if sharing some of your experience to me?i would love to go thru your experience since i new and not so wealth person.kekekeke

Actually i increase my gh and more calcium is for my crab tank.

They need harder water to molt and almost same with shrimp, so i ask you guyz opinion.
So how to increase gh n more calcium ar?

me 'half tong' only, gottta learn some more, btw since you using ADA new amazonia i can share some experience, this soil although suitable
for shrimps , it is actually more for plants and fishes, to use it for shrimps, you need the soil to stabilize and mature enough. You will experiment
some shrimps dead in the early stage of using this soil if you rush and putting in shrimps after tank is cycled. Reason is ammonia spike is notorious
in ADA soil in early stage, just a little ticker here & there like arrangement stone/decor/plant will lead to ammonia spike.
It took me a good few mths & some occasion gravel vacuuming before the soil stabilize.
Secondly, build a strong beneficial bacteria base, this will ensure proper dispose of toxin and waste in order to maintain clean water.
Ammonia & Nitrite must be zero & Nitrate must be under control as well preferable under or not more then 5ppm, to achieve this beside water change , having some floating plant like duckweed will help absorb the nitrate.
Food and supplement , you need to spend a little on this , get at least those BW Bebi (RM40) . mosura old sea mud(RM19) , BW Shield(RM57),
BW Barley (RM22). Those food will last very long cos you only use a little everyday.

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Added on May 12, 2012, 2:17 amGH & Calcium , then get BW White (calcium) & for GH get BW GH UP or mosura mineral plus.
What crab you keeping ? i keep vampire crab & rainbow crab. For vampire crab more headache they not keen on be feed and eat very little,
where-else the rainbow crab are like living rubbish bin , grub down everything eatable you throw at her.

This post has been edited by arrow: May 12 2012, 02:17 AM

+1 for mosura mineral plus... hehehee

haha....any more ecomy thing can increase gh n water hardness?because i just vampire crab only @arrow. Half land half water design. Will have frequent water changes also n kinda waste if i use those thing. Correct me if i'm wrong
Hehe...

coral chips

we on same boat, vampire crab, 8 of them perish in my noob hand, now i have the Qian Hu sponsor RM20 terra tank, i try to redeem my sin, but still scratching head how to care for them. i'm setting half sand half water as well, put in star moss and fissden on lava rock for them to chew on, lucky they are small eater if not both moss goes bald in no time.

i neglected my new shrimps tank , found 2 fire red report to heaven, suspect nitrate build-up as my water lettuce melted producing lot of waste.
and didn't water change for 2 weeks

This post has been edited by arrow: May 12 2012, 11:19 PM

bro, can you sell to me 3 pairs of sakura or fire red shrimp for me to make a tester in my newly tank and some to be bred in my planted?hehehe. i cannot stand to wait lor for my tank to be stable.i like to see them spawning.huhuhu. so desperate of me. my rcs are all female. got 4 of them 1 missing in action.huhu.



This post has been edited by sang gemok: May 13 2012, 01:04 AM

Any one know whr i can get mosura product?