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  • Breeding neos in soft water
    revolutionhope
    Just a random thought does anyone have any tips for how to increase baby survival rate of cherry shrimp kept in bee shrimp parameters? It just occurred to me that perhaps adding generous quantities of…
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  • someone ever did ruby red or kk male x super crystal red female
    bobbyeZi
    Hi everybody i find very interesting this forum, expecially the discussion of genetics. I had this idea and i prepared a tank for 1 ruby red and 1 kk male x 2 super red crystal female. my t…
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  • Benibachi bee max
    revolutionhope
    Happy new year !!!Is it best to keep bee max in the fridge or freezer post opening? Will
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  • Happy New Year
    jayc
    Happy New Year to all our SKFA members and sponsors !! Woohoo !! ???  
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  • Parkrun
    NoGi
    Anyone else here do the park fun runs on Saturdays?
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  • What grade do you think my red cherrys are?
    Darren_crawford
    Hi everyone  Just wanted to get some opinions on what grade red cherries you think i have. I bought them as culled fire reds and have 4 in berry and when it comes to selling them i dont wan…
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  • Driftwood
    revolutionhope
    I need to get quite a few pieces of driftwood for a couple of shrimp tanks and I want to know if there's any way of collecting it locally. What type of wood is suitable, how do I prepare it and also h…
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  • GH Boost with Calcium and Magnesium
    Shrimpmaster
    I use RO water and remineralize it with Salty Shrimp GH+. Works fine and a jar of 1KG will last for more than a year of water changes. Now I was experimenting with creating this my own. I read …
    3 comments
  • pH down chemicals and phosphate removal - impact on shrimp
    kapp
    Hi all, Starting another thread to concentrate on phosphates and chemical reduction of pH. With my tap water coming out at such a high [unexpected] pH I may have to try chemical reduction o…
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  • Rocks and such for a CRS tank.
    match
    Hi to all, I am setting up a tank for crs shrimp. At the moment I have a clearseal 18x12x15 tank, 100w fluval heater, 45 cm arcadia stretch led, 2x4kg of shirakura bee sand, a jbl crystal profi…
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    • sdlTBfanUK
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58BrDSEY8KE  
    • beanbag
      One interesting thing he mentioned was "Bacteria pressure", which I guess just means number of bacteria around.  Yet I see all these other videos from shrimpkeepers bragging about how much bacteria their filtering system holds. Also interesting is no mention of using anti-biotics to treat bacterial infection.  I think that has fallen out of favor recently.
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    • sdlTBfanUK
      It has been a few weeks now and I have done a couple of large water changes. I tested the water parameters this morning, GH6 and KH2, TDS 140 and PH 7.5. Obviously the PH is off but there isn't anything in the tank that should cause the PH to rise to this figure so I will just run the tank for another month with 10% weekly water changes (probably just with RO water) and see where we are at that point. The RO water tests at PH6, and the KH and GH in the tank could come down as they are at the upper limits for Caridina shrimps! There are only about 10 very small snails in there at this point, but they seem to be doing well enough.
    • sdlTBfanUK
      I believe these to be very rare in Australia so you may even consider making it a longer term plan and produce your own by starting with the best CRS you can get as that is where the pure lines started! Depends how patient and interested in the project you are, but would save money as well? If I recall correctly it takes from 8 generations of selective breeding? They sell them at micro aquatic shop but do not ship to Western Australia, but that means they are available in Australia. https://microaquaticshop.com.au/products/pure-red-line-grade-ss-shrimp Good luck and just maybe smeone on here may point you in the right direction or be able to supply you with some.
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