Sorry. have not post you the no planaria powder. will do so asap.

Still scared.....

Post some updates on my newly started Udang MkII tank.

My view



Straight on view



Visitors view



Up close view



ps: Apologies for the poor quality photos and reflection.

Oh wah...nice

just came back from holidays and noticed that my pregnant shrimp is dead.. should i remove it? the eggs are still there though

yes, should remove unless you wanna try artificial egg hatching
->> http://www.planetinverts.com/Artifically%2...ing%20Eggs.html

hi guys
(i'm newbie and my 1st attempt to have shrimp)
i want to ask about water parameter for Red Cherry Shrimp
i just test water ph in my tank and it show 6
do i need to increase the ph or just ignore
currently there no shrimp yet, and it will arrive on this monday or tuesday
i'm using ADA soil

thanks

Omg. damn niceeeeeeeee

Thanks

It's still a bit sparse now. Waiting for the moss to grow more.

Please refer to 1st page...

ph6 still ok, the most important is test whether tank cycled or not.
If tank cycled , this few days before your shrimp arrive , do few large water change about 70% to further remove excess nutrients of the soil.

thank for the advice mr arrow & lily64my
i will do the wc before the shrimp arrive

Really like your moss carpet, just don't like the idea of having those stainless steel mesh underneath it.

You can share your shrimp tank in the making picture now even without shrimp yet.

this is my tank
sorry for the blur picture because i taking using phone camera



the fish will be remove after the shrimp arrive
the tank almost 2 month after setup

quite ok, lot of space to view the shrimp, for future if you will to add in any new plant, test it a one shrimp in a bucket first before put
into your tank as some plant esp the HC seem to leech with pesticide and ferts that fatal to shrimps, you risk wipe out all the shrimp.
In the future you need to cover those filter intake with steel mesh or sponge to prevent shrimplets to be sucked in and killed.

Those fish if too big will target the shrimplets but will just reduce the breeding rate if you have enough space for some baby shrimp to hide.
else remove is also a good option, however you can keep them with smaller sized fish like dwarf or spotted rasbora.
The rule is if the fish mouth big enough to fit a shrimplet, they will eat them.
Of course aggressive in nature fish is a NO NO in shrimp tank.

Your temperature may on the high side as running two filter will contribute to higher temperature, and you may as well run a bigger filter.
adding a aquarium fan is always an option.

Good tank....wow 2 months setup...i cant wait...lol
Perhaps check the water to make it suitable for shrimp.
Got diy co2?

This post has been edited by lily64my: Oct 19 2013, 06:06 PM

Risk of rust?

Didn't have much of a choice as I wanted a low tech carpet.

stainless steel mesh won't rust, but the edge are quite sharp to my liking.

thank for the advice mr arrow
i will cover the filter intake with sponge, all the fish i will remove because they all too big
i need to survey where can i get spotted rasbora
for the temperature i already install a fan and the avg temperature around 26-29