Think should be cycled unless all your beneficial bacteria is useless/died, there must be nitrite detected if tank not cycled as new ADA soil leech tonne of ammonia.

This post has been edited by arrow: May 17 2012, 12:31 PM

Bacter Ball help but not purigen, the fastest way to cycle a tank is to use old filter/media and water from established tank, temp above 27'c and
good aeration.
It also depend on the soil , ADA soil you need a huge army of beneficial bacteria to counter the huge amount of ammonia it leech.
Only use purigen after tank is cycled to remove organic waste & polish the water.

You confirm that is a fish named after my nick ? O i wish i have one, may plan one in the future if i know how.
Could you give me the address?, would like to pay them a visit.

Congrat! , i will be selling some sample size shrimp foods in a couple of days, you maybe interested.

Is that your shrimp tank picture ? the ADA soil color look greyish.

This post has been edited by arrow: May 17 2012, 11:52 PM

sad day, my lone stupid giant Yamato just killed one of my berried fire red, Yamato see those yellow eggs as food, grab/attack the fire red saddle, both rolling for while, fire red fight back and pushed Yamato away but seriously injured, later pass away.
Don't know what to do with that Killer Yamato now. -> perhaps as crayfish/crab snack ?

OK, you buy fire red from me, i give you the killer yamato foc. He is very hardy though, survive pesticide
and uncycled tank , maybe those toxin make him crazy run amok.

Yea, this yamato is very rare cos he 'nut'!!!.

umm, that is challenging question, my 2ft hold around 200++ if include those newborn, need to move some out, too congested in there but
feeding them is easy, 1 pellet shrimp food normally can feed >30 shrimp but my army can took 4 to 8 pellet per days and no leftover to be see.

This post has been edited by arrow: May 18 2012, 10:11 PM

Hiding after molting is normal cos their body are soft and easy fell prey to others, so they hide till their shell harden.

Bro, that was a crayfish aka lobster , not a shrimps. Good try

no worry once they breed , they will breed none stop ,more shrimplets as snack for your bettas.
Create more hiding places if you intend to keep with fish.

Hey, i just saw some jellyfish at east aqua at mid-valley today, RM48 each, got blue & white color, very beautiful although poisonous,
if freshwater i will grab them home. Too bad marine only.

I don't have the exact answer, cos there is so many of them in my tank, can't locate the one that molt and observe him.
Mr.Google said few hrs till 72 hrs, but i buy the few hrs theory.
You mean not even one of them touch the food?
Shrimps are scavengers, they can't stop looking for and eating foods, if they do then there must be something wrong.

This post has been edited by arrow: May 21 2012, 01:41 AM

How long you boil the leaf ? i got a bunch yesterday , boiled them for like 5 min then freeze them,
gonna feed them tonight.

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Added on May 21, 2012, 1:13 pmYup , they eat back the old shell for calcium & nutrient. This is a shrimps only tank? if mix with fish , they normally hide alot cos
of feeling threaten by fish.

This post has been edited by arrow: May 21 2012, 01:13 PM

Mari mari marimo... that alot of them , each worth 20pcs of cherry.
Ya , agree PH 5.5 is a concern, notice that in my new shrimps tank as well, shrimps not that active when PH below 6.
my other tank PH stable at 6.4, they enjoy it.
more read here-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_shrimp
Don't disturb the plant especially with ADA soil underneath, may lead to ammonia spike.
Top up more water like flipmode suggest or reduce the flow, i suggest you add in aeration(air pump) either on air stone or small sponge pump,
aeration help increase PH abit and shrimps really enjoy oxygen rich environment.

This post has been edited by arrow: May 21 2012, 03:38 PM

20DGH, quite hard water you have there, what the other parameter? KH. PH, SOIL type?
you put alot of coral stuff in there?

O that is a good way to stop them from breeding like rabbit.

flipmode , you use normal or organic cultivated spinach ? cos my shrimps like spinach so much and yours!!!

This post has been edited by arrow: May 22 2012, 02:47 PM

no wonder your shrimps don't eat it , they like organic spinach only, some more none organic may have pesticide residue and chemical fert residue, becareful may kill all your shrimps.
Think buy cheaper and easier , i brought organic spinach from Justlife outlet in mid-valley, RM4 a whole big bunch, can last > 2 mth if give one leaf a day.

This post has been edited by arrow: May 22 2012, 05:20 PM

JBL Manado if can provide high GH, maybe can be use for Sulawesi shrimps but need to test the TDS first.
if all seem all right for your shrimps then let it be. Only when you notice they dying or not breeding then make changes.

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Added on May 25, 2012, 2:23 pmBro, you using Resun CL-650 chiller , right? which canister filter you couple with it ?
i don't why got myself an MIC powermaster 809 canister filter yest, dunno suitable for an resun CL-650? if not may bring back to change
another one.

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Added on May 26, 2012, 2:30 pmNotice my yellow shrimp wrestling with sulawesi rabbit snail for the last piece of spinach,
damn funny , the snail want to grope down the spinach while the shrimp try to pull it out.


This post has been edited by arrow: May 26 2012, 02:30 PM

can't be just one , many more underneath unless you just got it from elsewhere.