lol what colour was it previously?

They wont stay in one color. They keep on changing like season.

That's one of the reasons why i like Malaya shrimps

Me too.
Youliang , if you couple Malaya with palmata shrimp in one tank, you will have mutlicolor shrimp tank that wont cross/interbreed.
Malaya change color, Palmata born different color baby, what a opposite match.

This post has been edited by arrow: Oct 28 2013, 01:38 AM

good idea

I'm curious , does anyone rear lobster ?

I'm using prime for water treatment and nitrates are in check. Those floating plants are brilliant for this.

Anyway, everything looks fine after the weekends. The shrimps are feeding nicely and active though I added some carbon for good measure.

This post has been edited by sniper on the roof: Oct 28 2013, 01:39 PM

yes, they also known as crayfish, their easy but mine all died due to neglect.

Hi, wanted to ask those using eheim filter. Do you all buy back the eheim sponge or just cut yourself a new sponge?

Does crayfish need filter and airpump?

Palmata Shrimp? heven't heard that before, can't find more info of it online as well. Do you have any website that talk about this shrimp? I wanna know more about it~

Thank you~

those thick eheim blue sponge i hardly change, filter floss i change, just buy general one and cut(alot cheaper).
If want to buy cheap new eheim blue sponge, some lfs like east aqua do sell some at rm10 , those blue sponge they take out from filter when they do setup for customer.

Crayfish , Of course if have = better. if not they make do without but need to frequent change water, don't like me neglect them till they died without water change for 4 mths.


~Palmata , mr.google will help -> http://swisstropicals.com/Neocaridina%20palmata.html
only got picture here, without a clear description , so far different site give different info, but from my experience in keeping/breeding them
they do give birth to different color baby.
~I got red , blue , black, green and chocolate baby from a green male and green female adults, you can selective breed them by separate a certain color babyin a tank to breed to get that particular color only, so far able to do that with black and blue color.
~Of course when i sell the juvenile palmata, i wouldn't give those black & chocolate as those fetch higher price then other color , market price is like rm12-20 for chocolate & black per tail.

Same here!

are Malaya Shrimp and Palmata shrimp considered hardy shrimps like cherries?

they are even more hardy, i think... may sifu clarify...

yes no less if not more hardy then cherry shrimp, but with all shrimps , a well cycled tank is a must.

Btw, what is the moss name you using for the carpet grass?

Got a new batch of Cherry shrimps in the mailbox just now. Thanks a lot deric79k

Acclimatize the shrimps by using drip method for about 5-6 hours now. Just only put the shrimps into the aquarium, hope I do not get any casualties

hi actually how long we need to acclimatize the shrimps. i just received RCS this afternoon and acclimate for 2 hours before put inside the aquarium. i know the period too short because i need to go out...hope do not get any casualitites... i saw 1 shrimp lying below 1 rock, i think it moulting...