Don't do that , they won't last long without proper tank cycle and filtration.

Just one alive? Can descibe your tank setup and can confirm it is indeed fully cycled.

Q,
-how thick is your ADA soil ?
-Did you add in any powder/liquid bacteria to aid in tank cycle?
-and did you add in any new plant/moss few days or during the time you put in the shrimp?
-Have you done few large water change prior on getting the shrimp?
-Your shrimp swim/dash fast all over your tank before drop down and died? or they keep themselves under rock/plant all the time?
-How high is your tank temperature?

Few reasons why your shrimp died,
-Tank not fully cycle, 2 mth may not be enough to fully cycle a ADA soil based tank esp without adding any bacteria additive or provide optimum
environment to speed up bacteria colonization.
-DIY co2 , if you run it for 24hrs, and have too much of it, shrimp may died of suffocation and also swing ph too low. Bacteria in filter will died off if ph go lower then 5.0.
-New Plant or plant/moss still have fert/pesticide on them (never induce any new plant/moss into shrimp without testing it first with one shrimp in a bucket) unless you got it from your friend healthy shrimp tank.
-Try use a long thin stick poke the soil to release air bubble if you haven't done that, this will help release trapped ammonia in the soil.
-Adding fert that not shrimp safe or adding stuff that contain copper.
-Anyone spray insecticide nearby your tank? like less than 10 feet away?
-Never wash properly your hand (got shampoo/oil residue on your hand when handling your tank)?

i suggest you go get a standalone nitrite NO2 test kit(cost around rm20-30++) to test your tank, i suspect it still at stage 2 cycle(lot of NO2) which are highly poisonous. If none N02 is detected then your tank is at stage 3 where Nitrate(NO3) is building up and probably cycled, just need a large 70-80% water change to bring nitrate under control. However if NO2 is present then you need to do NO2 test every 3 days till it become zero, no live stock(esp shrimp should be added).
Fish is more hardy then shrimp when dealing with tank cycle , some will survive the ordeal but with permanent injuries and their live span shorten.
Some can't stand the cycle will jump out or died.

never try that, but i remember i came across this nitrate sponge product on a shelve , but putting it back as i read the instructions like require some condition for it to work, so i don't brother.

can put but make sure your plant/moss source is pestcides/fert/planaria free..hehe. to be safe , put new plant/moss in a small bowl/bucket
put a shrimp inside to test like 30min, if no died then ok else discard those plant/moss. planaria hard to prevent as those hitchhiking is tiny and their eggs sticking on the plant/moss.

This is the result of pesticides/fert leeched plant.


This post has been edited by arrow: Nov 5 2013, 03:33 AM

Lfs cant confirm whether their plant are shrimp safe or not .
They just sell only.

Cant tell. Really. Very subjective.
But the following criteria need to have in order for any chance for them to breed.
-must have both male and female shrimp(some shrimp like fire red only female be sold in lfs) try get a cherry male to mate.
** if you want to know why there is no male fire red for sell, answer is fire red male dont justify the price of a fire red. It look like a cherry with pale color. Majority of buyer(newbies) will complain and wont pay the fire red price for it.
-minimum or stress less environment. Try minimize threat to them like mixing them with big fish.
-have enough food but dont think smart and overfeed. Shrimp are natural scavenger. Moss will provide lot of surface area for them to scout for lodged food. Shrimplet will find comfort in them as well.
-they able to stay alive long enough(a well cycled tank with stable parameter.) Dead body only breed germ.
-easy shrimp like cherry, fire red, palmata will breed more readily with basic criteria meet.

This post has been edited by arrow: Nov 6 2013, 01:06 AM

This is the second so blue Transparent blue malaya that i saw so far . Very Nice.

Your is showcase tank. Need sparkle clean.
Daiso melamine foam? Sound great . Got picture?

These are Lava rock(same as valcano rock) , bad as filter media cos low surface value for bacteria to colonize,
we normally use it as soil base to increase soil height or as base to tie moss and plants.

shrimp is fragile, anyway if you are new, test the tank if it is fully cycled first or not and we can narrow down the problem.

Lava rock majority of them are the ph neutral type but some do acidic and alkaline. Depend when it sourced from.
it kind of safe. If in doub test it with a ph tester.

siphon out during water change.

GTBlackIce, your fixed video link:



This post has been edited by arrow: Nov 12 2013, 05:44 PM

just left it there, the shrimp will eat it.

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

Become yellow grandmother already..ahahahha good.

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

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