my shrimps just molted

Should I take the skin out ?

just left it there, the shrimp will eat it.

Thanks a lot ~~ Finally all 3 surviving shrimp molted . Time to buy more this weekend

I think my tank was infested with seed shrimp and planaria after adding in new plant.

Saw one white crawling worm (planaria perhaps) around the subtract and many small tiny white bug crawling around the subtract. (i assume is seed shrimp)

How to I get rid of them?

monitor your tank, and remove it manually if you can.

OR

Does anyone know if Malay shrimp and crystal red can be kept together?

Yes. Can keep together as both won't crossbreed. Just follow the parameters for crs. Malaya can adapt to it.

So happy...yellow golden back produced shmriplets in the new tank! Spotted 5 so far...waiting for 3 of them releasing their eggs!...
No progress in blue velvet tank.
Moved plenty cherrtly shrimplets from fire red parents and tank! Sad though.
2 crs died....out of 7 of them. Hope they grow well and breed too.

Become yellow grandmother already..ahahahha good.

Congrats on the shrimplets.

My tank is pretty uneventful. Trimming the darn overgrown moss and removing excess flowing plants every couple days and learned that horned nerite snails poo like crazy.

And fighting water surface oil layer.

Short of using a skimmer or air pump (not practical in my case), I've tried manually removing it, I tried the paper towel method, I did water change, I cut down feeding to 20% compared with before (less shrimps now anyway ) but the darn thing reappear every couple days.

Edit: Oh.. and my ongoing battle with leeches.

This post has been edited by sniper on the roof: Nov 18 2013, 02:06 PM

Yes...

Doesnt see anything happend to Malaya project. I cant see them anymore. Ended bought new stock.

OH DEAR POOR U!

Maybe if I ignore it.. the problem will go away

Have anyone heard of Tourmaline? For reducing ph in shrimp tank. Can anyone provide any info about this thing? I can't find any info about it from google.

ADA Tourmaline? if you want to reduce ph the safe and long lasting way, use plant or shrimp soil, if really Tourmaline can reduce ph! how many you need to dose and how long can it last?

Unless you are into keeping CRS , no need to worry much about PH especially for neocaridina type shrimp like fire red etc, they only require stable ph of range ph5.5 -8.2.


This post has been edited by arrow: Nov 19 2013, 01:09 AM

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Finally spinach is in season here. How long can I keep blanched spinach in the tank before it starts affecting my water quality?

They dont last long..a nite they will finish all.

Take out after 1 - 2 hour if they not interested. Start with small leaf around 4-5cm if you have less then 15 shrimp.

There is hob filter that come with surface skimmer but there is possibilities of shrimp be suck in as well.
You can try biochem no-planaria powder for the leeches problem. May work on them.

All my tanks are with HOB filter...just wrap the suction cup with net cloth...hassle though...it gets clog so fast.