hahahaha, i don't have macro lens & photography skill, if not i show you those bunch of small cbs , it will melt your heart.

nonid. already melted halfway hahaha

Hi,im fairly newb here..
Just wanted to chat and exchange knowledge in keeping shrimps..

Currently having rcs n fire orange.rcs not breeding but fire orange have 1 successful berried female.
But its been a month and I only saw 1 shrimplet barely 2cm..others maybe dead/lost.

The gestation period is around 30days for Neocaridina Shrimps. So probably only one shrimplets survive in your case,
Mind to share your water paramenter ? PH , GH , temp and type of soil used?

Yes, the ones i am expecting are fire red shrimplets. So far seen only 2 but suspect they came from the batch of shrimplets i got from arrow. So not from the berried female. Hopefully like what you said, the newborns are hiding now & will emerge soon, and not dead.

So difficult to get a GH test kit. EA & Pet Family no stock. Tap water pH is around 7-7.5.

This post has been edited by fishman: Jun 23 2012, 10:50 AM

This morning sux!!' my big yamato chase down a CRS and eat it ALIVE +]%}"$&@$)& WTF!!!

. same case here, think i already post before yamato will kill/eat shrimps esp during molting.
Just banish them as i do, my two criminal now happily settling with guppy and assassin snails.

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Added on June 23, 2012, 1:02 pmI got the sera GH test kit from 88 petmarts in cheras, call them before you go or try call East aqua at ikano, they better
equip and price a bit cheaper then other east aqua outlet.

The 2 white shrimplets i accidently net in should be around 4-5 days old that time. Wonder how come my two shrimplets survive but not the one born in your tank. , think sang gemok also same case.

Your tap water ph 7-7.5 seem normal, my tap water ph recently running wild , previously was constantly ph 7.6 , now
fluctuating between 6.4 to 6.8 then back to 7.6 , really having a hard time changing water for my sulawesi tank.

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Added on June 23, 2012, 1:06 pmdoes the eggs falling off the body ? if not then she just fanning the eggs to prevent fungus.

This post has been edited by arrow: Jun 23 2012, 01:17 PM

Bad news, that mean she is dumping the eggs, she seems like having stress or feel insecure.

I faced this problem too. I suspect is water problem which cause them unhealthy and weak. Then the yamato start to eat them. The sad one is you can see few yamato fighting for one. RCS still moving but they got no energy to escape. I also kacau the yamato to stay away from RCS but it is useless, after few second all come again.

During that time can say my whole batch of RCS die 1 by 1 and the yamato whip them all in front of me. I still keeping the photo.

PH 6.5, KH 1.0 , GH 2.0
Temp 26-27 ,night 24.
Ada amazonia.
So far i only see 1 shrimplet always hanging out with mama.
Great my last male died yesterday..temp shock i guess..left 7 females..haha

all seem ok to me but how old is the soil?
did you ever vacuum the soil before?
I vacuum my ada new amazonia few times after it establish to get rid of excess dirt/ammonia on the top soil, now rcs breed like mad in the 25L tank, before that suffer one dead per few days.

arrow..do you remove the shrimp 1st before vacuum your soil?

ps: Do shrimp will be more vivid color when the light turn on?

I bought 2 leopard cory recently from EA (4.50rm each). Inside my tanks are few cherry shrimps. I placed them inside and the first few day are fine. Yesterday I was out the whole day, this morning I tried to search for the shrimps there was only one, though I know they are good at hiding, I wonder does cory and shrimp get along well?

I read online they are fine with adult shrimps, but might snack on frys?

-Wrongly posted at planted tanks forum.

i think someone in this forum have same problem with u...forgot already his name...aiyo..


todays lunch:organic zuchinni

If you have crs , better remove the shrimps first before vacuum, you can put them inside the external breeding tank.
There is a risk when vacuuming ADA soil when it still new cos if not careful, large amount of ammonia will spike.
As my soil is totally mature now, there is no ammonia release when i vacuum the soil but have to be-careful with organic waste release instead.

Vivid color?, as my bushy moss/duckweed cover most top part of the tank, there is not much light on the shrimps, a nice/balance diet/supplements will ensure they have vivid color, darken substrate will also help highlight their color.

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Added on June 25, 2012, 10:33 pmwow so generous portion for them , actually 1/3 or 1/4 of the amount is more than enough for them.

This post has been edited by arrow: Jun 25 2012, 10:33 PM

lol..haha..already remove it...a real waste..next time will slice thinner so they can share and have wider space to eat..

Do you guyz know where can i buy filter intake stainless steel mesh?Just knew that chiobu temporary off for the sales.

one of my shrimp dead. dunno why. maybe last 2 days incident kot.huhu. i accidentally pour a water to the fan.caused the dust drop to the tank.huhuu. clumsy me. :'(

NA at ss19 selling the gush brand ss mesh for rm35 after disc.

For this 1 i should get 16mm correct?i not KL people so i might just drop by and buy only...cannot bring along my filter go there to test


Oh no...you should immediately filter the dust on the surface. Sometime i also have this problem after i clean the fans and some of the dirt fly out.


This post has been edited by DecemberRose: Jun 27 2012, 03:14 AM