anyone came across any LFS in KL selling sulawesi shrimps or vampire crabs , pls let me know , not online seller(i know some do sell).

i want reserve 2 unit that can fit EHEIM HOB 2042. pm when stock arrive.

This post has been edited by arrow: May 8 2012, 06:58 PM

Nilufar Pet & Aquatic got sell 20cm cube RM52.



This post has been edited by arrow: May 9 2012, 03:24 AM

thought of but didn't order it. mind to share the outcome, make any different in your shrimps behavior ,color etc ?

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

I restock now got 4, i try feed them pallet but they eat abit then bring it elsewhere polluting the environment, so i stop feeding them.
You can try empty Oyster shell sold in LFS , can provide calcium.

This post has been edited by arrow: May 13 2012, 05:26 PM

sorry , didn't see your post early , so eager want to get shrimps. Where you staying ? subang ? cos you always go NA.

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Added on May 14, 2012, 3:25 pmOf course can , but mine is pretty pale setup :

Terra deco on left , a mangrove wood as divider for the holland sand on right , star moss & fissden plus some java fern baby tight on lava rock i rip from my decommissioned big java fern mama.




This post has been edited by arrow: May 14 2012, 03:28 PM

try call up east aqua & 88 petsmart.

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Added on May 14, 2012, 4:17 pmYou didn't notice them ... vampire crab, 4 of them.

This post has been edited by arrow: May 14 2012, 04:17 PM

did you test for ammonia & nitrite ?
if both present , your fish will eventually died during the cycle or got permanent gill damaged.

i just lost another vampire crab, think your are right about molting , never see them molt before , i think this one died of failed molting cos
found 1 leg on moss. Your is orange color , where you brought it? i got mine from Nilufar.
i will try throw in some GH up , coral stone & Koi mineral stone.
Actually i have no idea whether they prefer dry or wet , but from youtube video most are keep in damp moss base substrate with a cup of water.
High humidity is required. i have some feeder shrimp in the water it is fun to see the crab try to grab them.

O i also lost one white lobster/crayfish due to molting as well... arghhhhh double lost today.

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Added on May 15, 2012, 2:08 pmExpected, ADA amazonia will leech that much or more of ammonia initially. That why i said it took longer for ADA soil to stabilize and
cause shrimps dead if not fully mature. You need to do some gravel vacuuming after the tank is cycled to get rid as much of the debris from the top soil.


This post has been edited by arrow: May 15 2012, 02:08 PM

Purple & red is the same type like RCS got different color only. All my tank got water pump , the terra tank got an internal filter pumping water through
the decor. I have like 11 tank , big & small , biggest is only 2ft , smallest is 4.5L.

They won't.

it is better not to mix feeder shrimps especially the large one in your fancy shrimps tank, not only they will grab all the food but will also chase/attack
your fancy shrimps.

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Added on May 15, 2012, 10:40 pmthis 3 only a week plus , i put in the large mama java fern, now all three climb into the fern leaf , as you said they prefer dry place more
then wet land.


This post has been edited by arrow: May 15 2012, 10:40 PM

Possible in 5 days as i cycled my new shrimps tank in 8 days with new soil but old filter and water from establish tank plus pump in tonne of beneficial bacteria.

ADA amazonia is new or old soil from establish tank?
To be safe ,test for Ammonia & nitrite for 2 days, if both ammonia & nitrite is zero then test for nitrate , if nitrate is present and both ammonia & nitrite
still zero then your tank probably cycled. Just do a large at least 90% water change to remove/reduce the nitrate then you are ready to rock.

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Added on May 16, 2012, 2:19 pmi already started a topic on vampire crab 2 week ago -> http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2331005&hl=

This post has been edited by arrow: May 16 2012, 02:22 PM