Good question. Some said yes and some said no before.

Probably you can post a pic of your tank?

Don't put too much, it will increase ph...

Thanks. Wonder anyone selling here kl area...

There you go. This was a bit old though...I added 2 more anubias i think...and some moss.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r00k672qllgtd1e/1...485908449_n.jpg

Whats the btw? filter?

from what i see , your tank should around 40-45cm length, these fish you keep put alot of stress on small dwarf shrimps,
yamato are well known jumper, you may want to check behind your tank on floor for any dry prawn.
Adding coral stone , will increas ph, gh , kh and tds , if your water is more acid , it will help buffer it up, don't put too much, one to two small
old rm0.50cents coin size is enough.
Create more hiding space for shrimps since after molt they very vulnerable to attack.

This post has been edited by arrow: May 27 2014, 11:23 PM

wow thats sharp, yup it's a 45cm tank. I thought tetras can co-exist with shrimps? I do have some guppies though.

btw what is coral stone? where can get some?

Thanks for the advice btw

edit: oh ya another thing, my plants are growing black stuffs, I'm assuming they're algae?

This post has been edited by Candlenie: May 27 2014, 11:47 PM

Good to hear!!
I got many casualty lately. Seems iam stress and the shrimps too!

I did get one unrelated casualty though.... it went all adventurous and climbed up the charcoal media bag I have on the filter outlet and became dried shrimp.

Aquarium International any good for shrimps or not? I hear if u buy 10 they give u 15% off on the weekend?

many aqua shops giving 1 free for 10

i gone to east aquarium in ipc and seen 2 shirmp displaytank before 3-4 week ago got many fire reds and crystal. now got no shirmps. i think they use ada soil and co2 and hangon filter.

i ask the staff. one said sleeping. i ask another man alone and he said don't know with grin.

i think their shrimps sell out very fast, at least thats the case in mid valley. lol i'm regular customer at east aqua.

anyway I dont use soil and no co2...still a bit weird they keep dying/disappear.

Fishes produce lots of waste. Beside, ur borneo sucker may disturb the under gravel and cause ammonia tat trap under it to release. Kill ur shrimp like a toxic bomb.

I tried keeping fish and shrimp together in 45cm.
I had a tough time maintaining the water parameter.
now I just keep shrimp. Peace of mind.

Disturbing the gravels will cause shrimp to die? @@ I always do that when I change water

Yup. There are lots of toxic bubbles trap under the gravel.
Try not to disturb the gravel if you have shrimp.

i thought it is Malaya shrimp when i bought it from mid v....
someone told me that malaya cant breed in acidic tank, i hv 40+ colorless shrimplet
could be mix up with other shrimp...
anyone can help identify what shrimp is that....

don't look like malaya to me. Malaya give birth to larvae form , do you see any larvae before they change in shrimplets state ?
The shrimp in your picture look like snowball shrimp.

This post has been edited by arrow: Jun 14 2014, 12:11 AM

never seen any larvae in my thick planted tank...when I take out the drift wood to wash, only realised many tiny shrimplets washed out from there. Too small can't see any color.


This post has been edited by autocat: Jun 14 2014, 12:23 AM