i din get those things
cos seems quite xpensif
so just cycle the water
& keep fingers crossed

What water did you use?
RO or tap water?
You'll only need gh and tds reader if you use soil as substrate..
they are not as expensive.

How much have you spent to buy your shrimps?

Honestly, if you wanna go into caridina shrimps, then you'll prepare to spend a bit, otherwise it's just a waste of time and money in buying shrimps.

I think Neocaridina shrimps suits you better.

Lastly, what's the water temperature?

Tap water
Ok i'll check out the readers
I got the cheapeat ahrimps i can find
Rm2 - 10 each
Temp 26-28

Ya
I think i will concentrate on neos 1st
Get my fire under control
Haha
Like tachlio said
Get the tank stabilised 1st

What is this ?
Java or christmas moss ya ?
Found it floating in the tank

neo could survive better in your tank.
cycling of a shrimp tank takes 30 days.

caridina shrimps can do well between 24-26°C

It looks like java moss to me in your picture.

Ok
I wil concentrate on neo then
Strangely
The cardinas price
Even cheaper than neo now

My shrimps
All like zombies
Gather still in 1 place
Or gang red vs orange ?

abnormal behaviour, shrimps are not schooling category, they normally wander the entire tank.

there are expensive caridinas which can cost you few hundred bucks to few thousand each, there's a price to pay if you want to have good quality caridinas.

however, for those cheap caridinas, are normally the culled or the lower grade that's why it's cheap. Have you seen SGD5,000 a pair shrimps?

So for the lower grade caridinas vs neo, neo seems like more expensive right?

Neo is generally more hardy and more so you should test your water right? given that the cheaper shrimps - neo also behaving weirdly in your tank. You wouldn't want to waste money keep buying shrimps also right.

By the way, you should not mix 2 different types of neo in the same tank, they would cross breed and you would get funny funny offspring.

Ya..
The previous shrimps
R more active than this

I have been observing them
They seem to b grazing
Mayb they r still gettin used to d bright environ
As the breeders tank was slimy
So thick with algae tht
The shrimps r not visible
I might pull my lights higher
As now its max brightness
As i want the moss to grow fast

For time being i oni got 1 tank
But i stil wana enjoy the colors

I m itchy to get the green & blue ones
But holding myself back
Probably will get another tank if they stabilise

Its a realy enjoyable pastime
I hope it doesnt bcome an obsession
As i knw hobbyists can get so into d hobby
& spend a lot of money for the exotic
as time goes by
Guess tht y i m so itchy
To get the crystals haha..
Okok
Better not

Wonder if this guy is infected
Or he just happen to have funky spots ?

No idea as I don't keep neocaridina shrimps.

But this looks to me like a low grade painted fire red shrimp. if it's behaving healthily, then theres nothing to worry.

all the best in your shrimp journey.

Hehe
Tq ..
Duno when i can grad
To keep higher grade ones

Hope can see more ppl post their pets
Like nt so active thread



I notice a lot of baby snails
Infesting my tank
Wonder if they r good / bad

this is limpet or i call it as garden snails, they will breed in no time and flood your tank.

nothing bad, just an eye sore to me at least. It would be better if you kill them off.

i don't like all these pest snails. it comes together from your plant, most likely.

So it's important to either:

1. get tissue cultured plant, or
2. quarantine and kill off all the pests in the newly acquired plants before placing them into your tank.

omg i just noticed this thread existed! just start venturing into this hobby recently too

hey guys, is there any PRL keepers here? just wondering how long does it take for the eggs to hatch? mine seems to take forever

here some pics of them!

harmless but I dont like it lay egg around the glass...
and it will breed like crazy

Nowaday, when I took new plant in, I quarantine with plant with snail medic for 2 day before putting to my tank.
(do take note, anything kill snail also kill shrimp, so rinse throughly)

helllooooo welcomeeeeeeeeee~!

It's very easy to breeddd!!!!
no worries, they would breed in no time....
Here's some of my shrimpsss

Part 1

Part 2~!






Apology that the pictures are a lil dark.

This post has been edited by tehoice: Jan 15 2021, 09:23 PM

looking good man! i want to expand. you wanna sell some to me?

Hahha sure can. Give you good price somemore as a fellow forumer!

What breed are you looking at?

thanks bro! im looking to expand my PRL community! PM PM!

Hi all. Nice to meet shrimp keepers here. My humble shrimps