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 The Shrimp Thing, All About Shrimp - Neocaridina & Others

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post Jan 19 2016, 10:03 PM

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QUOTE(Bigboyz @ Jan 19 2016, 11:13 AM)
Oh it's a new setup. I thought it was your previous setup. What shrimps will this new tank hold? Noticed that the base of both is different.
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only the sand part is different color, both are jbl sansibar sand.
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post Jan 20 2016, 03:13 AM

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QUOTE(Bigboyz @ Jan 19 2016, 11:38 PM)
Guys. Sos. Noticed 1 of my shrimp got some cotton like stuff at the head. What's that?
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These are Vorticella Parasite, you can get rid of them, by dipping the shrimp with seachem paraguard or some aquarium salt.

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post Jan 20 2016, 11:20 AM

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QUOTE(Bigboyz @ Jan 20 2016, 01:52 AM)
Guys, any advise on moulting problem? Poor shrimp.

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Did you tweak your water with mineral additives to adjust the kh/ gh / tds?
A higher kh/gh value is more important to neocaridina shrimp.
Bee shrimp more on lower kh/gh .
For neo, you can use salty shrimp sulawesi 7.5 salt for them. It suit them too.
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post Jan 20 2016, 12:50 PM

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QUOTE(Bigboyz @ Jan 20 2016, 12:41 PM)
I have both cardina and neocardina in the same tank. I just tested the gh at 3. Is it too low? What products should I use to increase?
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Since you have Crystal shrimp in there , you cant push gh too high,
Get at least gh5.

For shrimp having problem taking out their old shell during molting , and they still alive, you can try help them by carefully help them peel off the shell, this at least got 50% chances to save them.

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post Jan 21 2016, 03:23 AM

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QUOTE(davido @ Jan 20 2016, 03:31 PM)
Hi arrow,

Why my CRS does not breed? But my cherries breed like crazy? I think if I had to estimate how many cherries including all the babies, I would say easily over 500 tails is a conservative estimate. First batch was only 12 about 6-7 months ago.

4 months ago, I added 12 CRS and 6 Tigers. I lost a few due to jumpers, and 1 CRS died in the tank after I did a big WC. Then I added maybe 6 more CRS/CBS to replenish the losses.

In mid-end December, I saw one Tiger was berried. But its no longer berried now and I never saw the babies. And I've never seen any CRS berried.

Now I think I have left at least 15 CRS/CBS combo and 4 or 5 Tigers.

Any idea why the cherries can breed, but CRS cannot? I understand Tigers are the same category with CRS and will interbreed?
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what is your water temperature, ph ,gh and tds?

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post Jan 22 2016, 12:06 PM

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QUOTE(davido @ Jan 21 2016, 11:38 AM)
Its a 3 footer tank. Chiller regulated to 25C.
Just measured my PH is 7.0. But maybe it needs to be recalibrated as I'm using ADA soil, so it should be around 6.8.
TDS is 180.
GH is 3-4.

Been sometime since I took readings, but I'm seeing my TDS increase over the past 6 months from 90, to 110, and now 180.
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Ph 7.0 abit high, 6.4-6.6 is ideal,
Did you use any mineral additives to set the GH/TDS?
TDS keep raising may due to your tank increased bio load and impurities. 500+- cherry with feeding can be quite a load.
If you use tap water, check the tap water tds as well, sometimes off chart.
Temperature can set lower to 24c.
Btw, how long is the ADA soil be used and how many KG you have in the 3ft tank? it may losing it buffering power.

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post Jan 22 2016, 12:32 PM

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QUOTE(tehoice @ Jan 22 2016, 10:24 AM)
hi guys, i did planted tank for years and stopped nearly 2 years ago. now breeding guppies...

and i have recently set up a nano 1ft cube moss tank..... thinking of housing shrimps...

can you guys suggest me what are the do's and don'ts?

also, i have an eye on either fire red shrimps and orange shrimps, both about the same price. can you pls share with me how difficult is it to keep fire red and orange shrimps pls? thanks! have a nice weekend!
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Neocaridina shrimp, take care of the KH and GH, preferable KH should be in 3-4 , GH 5-8, and tds 100-150.
PH should be in the higher range 6.8-8.0+-.
Some moss like Fissidens prefer cooler water to show nice pattern, so you need to plan what moss you intend to keep and their requirement.
Take care of the moss first before you introduce shrimps.

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post Jan 22 2016, 12:34 PM

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QUOTE(Bigboyz @ Jan 22 2016, 12:31 PM)
Feeding time. This time I got proper shrimp food. Btw anyone know where can I get Ss grade Crs in kelang valley?
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There is load of snowflakes you put in there.
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post Jan 22 2016, 01:00 PM

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QUOTE(Bigboyz @ Jan 22 2016, 12:50 PM)
1 put 1 stick. It broke and expand. I tot I can take out remaining food but didn't know it will disintegrate 😱
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Just left it there, snowflakes won't pollute the water unless you dump a tons inside.


share with you my blue diamond shrimp tank. low quality video though, forgot to set back to HD recording.


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post Jan 22 2016, 04:31 PM

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QUOTE(tehoice @ Jan 22 2016, 03:15 PM)
yeah, thanks, try new things lor... shrimps and guppies are different, guppies i consider myself semi pro haha... but shrimps i'm totally new.

nola, don't worry, i don't plan to change water at all for my planted tank, low tech style.... but plants grow very slow lar...
thanks arrow, means i will need to buy those measuring stuff to measure KH, GH, PH and TDS?
how do i improve those parameters if it's too low and vice versa. Thanks.

Yeah, I will let the moss grow first before introducing shrimps, now just only started a while.

on the site note, can i ask you guys, how bad can a rusted steel mesh in the aquarium affect the shrimps? shrimps are very sensitive to ferum, or cooper elements right?
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Some ppl put rusting nails in soil to generate iron for plants, don't think iron will harm the shrimps as i got some rusting fan metal bolt hanging around the tank with shrimps, no adverse effects.
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post Jan 22 2016, 04:32 PM

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QUOTE(Bigboyz @ Jan 22 2016, 01:18 PM)
Ok. That's a relief smile.gif. Bro the video can't play.
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fixed the link. Should able to view now.
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post Jan 22 2016, 05:31 PM

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QUOTE(tehoice @ Jan 22 2016, 04:43 PM)
actually i put a few pieces of cherry shrimps into the tank, but they all died in few days time..... but the ottos and galaxy rasboras are perfectly fine though, any idea what's wrong?
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If you suspect the rusting metal steel mesh killing your shrimps , you can take it out and house it in a bucket with some RO water and put in together with a shrimp to test.
As there is just too many reason shrimps sudden death, although the main killer normally is pesticides/fertilizers leeched plants.
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post Jan 26 2016, 12:39 AM

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QUOTE(Bigboyz @ Jan 25 2016, 10:58 AM)
Guys, need some help. Is this bacteria or algae?
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brown algae and detritus(normally sight of bacteria colonize the media)
that top-up bucket i have one now use as storage bin.

is that a coral stone in there? on top the biohome media.

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post Jan 26 2016, 01:42 PM

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QUOTE(Bigboyz @ Jan 26 2016, 10:54 AM)
Thanks for the id bro... Aiya the bucket should sell me cheap2 ma. Lol

And yes I put small coral stone. Should I remove it?
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coral stone are temporary measure to push up PH, KH,GH and tds, it will slowly dissolve in freshwater.
it more on short term use as it will keep increasing all these parameters when it dissolve.
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post Jan 27 2016, 03:17 AM

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Blue Diamond having soyabean snack

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post Jan 27 2016, 02:31 PM

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QUOTE(Bigboyz @ Jan 27 2016, 07:21 AM)
I guess the videos don't work on mobile devices sad.gif
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fixed now , video was set by youtube as private by default tongue.gif

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post Jan 27 2016, 02:33 PM

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QUOTE(usmanjailani @ Jan 27 2016, 11:21 AM)
it said the video is private..maybe thats the problem..
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bro , you got it right, it was set to private by default by youtube tongue.gif
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post Jan 29 2016, 05:59 PM

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My sulawesi White orchids and loahae.


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post Jan 29 2016, 06:31 PM

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QUOTE(Bigboyz @ Jan 29 2016, 06:10 PM)
So many. This is your new tank?
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No, old tank , new tank just in snowball shrimp and few sulawesi.
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post Jan 31 2016, 02:26 AM

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QUOTE(davido @ Jan 30 2016, 02:46 PM)
Hi arrow,
Are sulawesi difficult to care for? I hear they have different needs from the CRS and will not do well in a tank with CRS due to different water requirements?
Any truth to this? Because I once wanted to add Sulawesi Orchids to my tank but was advised against it.
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Sulawesi shrimp setup are totally opposite of CRS, they only thrive in higher PH, KH parameter.
however they are compatible with neocaridina shrimp.

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