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SKFAquatics Monthly Digest 30 April 2019


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New Shrimp Keeper
CurleyJones321
Hi Guys Im new to this forum and ive been keeping Red Cherry shrimp since around November when i got my first 10 shrimp who live quite peacefully with 3 adult platys. I moved house at the beginn…
91 comments

TAP WATER-Taiwan Bee-UK-(zerowater)
sdlTBfanUK
Anyone with very large, or many tanks will probably not be interested in this, aside from curiosity maybe, as I doubt this is cheaper than buying RO water. I am writing this purely in case it may h…
54 comments

Taiwan Bee Shrimp combination for start
Karoluks
Hello, Feeling that i have enough experiance to start with taiwan bee colony. Think about new setup for 20-25 taiwan bees. What mix with KK`s you guys prefer/offering? Now i`m thinking …
4 comments

Crystal reds/black bee not breeding
richiep
I have a 220ltr tank been running 3 years a while ago they stopped breeding that's CRS &black bee in the same tank so I separated black bee and within two months the bl/bee are breeding yet the big…
34 comments

shrimp disease books
richiep
dose anyone out the know o a goo book on shrimp disease, i found one which im told is good but its in German
18 comments

Shrimp Diseases and Diagnosis
jayc
With the wealth of knowledge from experienced keepers here in SKF, we should have a repository of Shrimp Diseases where people can come to diagnose and hopefully find a cure to their shrimp's ailment…
121 comments

Bloody mary breeding colony
revolutionhope
Just some quick snaps of the adults who came out in force to feed on some high protein pellets. Really happy with the progress I've made.. I plan on moving these to a dedicated tank soon to increase t…
17 comments

Question rgarding my shrimplets
kms
My bee recently had about 5 shrimplets, I only see 5, so there could be more, its the first time for me, but I've had many cherry before. Of all the shrimplets I see, I have one which is differ…
24 comments

Salifert Nitrate Test results
Myola
Hi all,  I have been using Salifert Nitrite and Nitrate test kits for about 12 months to test my water. I have been getting some worrying and confusing results over the past few months and wond…
11 comments

Shrimp eggs
Katie
Hi, so my cherry shrimp only seems to be carrying 4 eggs, would there be any reason as to why it’s carrying such a small amount of eggs? thanks
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Latest Forum Posts

Crystal reds/black bee not breeding
richiep
I have a 220ltr tank been running 3 years a while ago they stopped breeding that's CRS &black bee in the same tank so I separated black bee and within two months the bl/bee are breeding yet the big…
34 comments

shrimp disease books
richiep
dose anyone out the know o a goo book on shrimp disease, i found one which im told is good but its in German
18 comments

Question rgarding my shrimplets
kms
My bee recently had about 5 shrimplets, I only see 5, so there could be more, its the first time for me, but I've had many cherry before. Of all the shrimplets I see, I have one which is differ…
24 comments

My Taiwan proyect
javierhnb
Hello, This is my Taiwan proyect. It is a 80 l aquarium. It is divided in 4 boxes.  In first one i have blue bolt bees.  Next has KK and panda bees.   And blue panda  Next one: red genetic. Red rubi a…
5 comments

Shrimp eggs
Katie
Hi, so my cherry shrimp only seems to be carrying 4 eggs, would there be any reason as to why it’s carrying such a small amount of eggs? thanks
6 comments

Does any one know how to change the c to farenheit on this small chiller 70W/100W Aquarium Water Chiller Fish Shrimp Tank Cooler Heating Cooling Machine
[email protected]
I purchased this from Ebay. Has anyone purchsed this before? 70W/100W Aquarium Water Chiller Fish Shrimp Tank Cooler Heating Cooling Machine It is in Chinese and I am following diagrams. …
10 comments

Blue Bolt - 30cm Cube tank for a beginner
joemjd9
Hello all, I am new to this forum and new to keeping Cardinia shrimp. I have successfully kept RCS (Neos) in the past but would like to explore the Cardinia world. While I have not locked d…
21 comments

Is this a moulting issue?
DKC
I seemed to have this RCS do fine until today. Yesterday, I did put in some new yellow cherries in, they were in water which was blue tinged. I did drip acclimatise them but some of the water went …
10 comments

PBL has a golden hue to it?
Kat
Hey guys I have a question I hope you can answer or help me with. I recently bought a couple PBL shrimps and they don’t look much like the guys I have now. They have a golden hue to them and their …
4 comments

Welcome our newest moderator sdlTBfanUK!
Cesar
@sdlTBfanUK will be joining @jayc and I in helping with moderator duties, answering questions and posting updates. Congratulations @sdlTBfanUK on becoming our newest moderator, don't break anyt…
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    • beanbag
      Update to say that after a few gravel vacs, front wall scrub, moss / floating plant trim, that the condition seems to have improved.  My current theory is that it is due to waste / debris management, where "stuff" like that brown mulm accumulates in the substrate and behind the HMF filters.  Maybe some tanks can somehow deal with it, but mine can't.  Also another experienced shrimper suggested that maybe those "shell bugs" don't just live on the shrimps but also in this debris.  Maybe this is the reason some tanks fail due to "old tank syndrome" where all they need is a good gravel vac? Also, I am guessing that plant trim helps too because now more of the nutrients and light go into growing algae instead of more plants? Well anyway for this tank I will try weekly water change and monthly gravel vac / plant trim.  For my next tank, I'm thinking of something like an under-gravel system where this mulm can fall down and I vac it out.
    • sdlTBfanUK
      Good to have an update and good to hear you are getting shrimplets, so hopefully your colony will continue and you may not get to the point where you have to cull some to stop over population. These type of shrimp only live 12 - 18 months so the adult deaths may be natural? If you have the time I would do weekly 25% water changes, adding the new water via a drip system and do some vacuuming clean of the substrate each week, even if only a different bit each week! See if that helps in a few months and if it does then stick with that regime? It should help reduce any build-ups that may be occuring!
    • beanbag
      Hello again, much belated update: The tank still has "cycles" of 1-2 month "good streaks" where everybody seems to be doing well, and then a bad streak where the short antenna problem shows up again, and a shrimp dies once every few days.  I am not sure what causes things to go bad, but usually over the course of a few days I will start to see more shrimp quietly standing on the HMF filter, and so I know something is wrong.  Since I am not "doing anything" besides the regular 1-2 week water changes, I just assume that something bad is building up.  Here's a list of things that I've tried that are supposed to be "can't hurt" but didn't prevent the problem either: Dose every other day with Shrimp Fit (very small dose, and the shrimp seem to like it) Sotching Oxydator Seachem Purigen to keep the nitrates lower Keeping the pH below 5.5 with peat Things that I don't do often, so could possibly "reset" the tank back to a good streak, are gravel vac and plant trim, so maybe time to try those again. One other problem I used to have was that sometimes a shrimp would suddenly stop eating with a full or partially full digestive tract that doesn't clear out, and then the shrimp will die within a few days.  I suspected it was one of the foods in my rotation - Shrimp Nature Infection, which contains a bunch of herbal plant things.  I've had this in my food rotation for a few years now and generally didn't seem to cause problems, but I removed it from the rotation anyway.  I don't have a lot of adult Golden Bees at this point so I can't really tell if it worked or not. Overall the tank is not too bad - during the good streaks occasionally a shrimp will get berried and hatch babies with a 33-50% survival rate.  So while there are fewer adults now, there are also a bunch of babies roaming around.  I guess this tank will stagger on, but I really do need to take the time to start up a new tank.  (or figure out the problem)
    • jayc
      If that is the offspring, then the parents are unlikely to be PRL. I tend to agree with you. There are very few PRLs in Australia. And any that claim to be needs to show proof. PRL genes have to start as PRL. CRS that breed true after x generations doesn't turn it into a PRL. Neither can a Taiwan bee shrimp turn into a PRL despite how ever many generations. I've never seen a PRL with that sort of red colour. I have on Red Wines and Red Shadows - Taiwan bee shrimps. So somewhere down the line one of your shrimp might have been mixed with Taiwan bees and is no longer PRL. It just tanks one shrimp to mess up the genes of a whole colony. 
    • sdlTBfanUK
      Sorry, missed this one somehow! The PRL look fantastic and the odd ones look part PRL and part Red wine/Red shadow in the colour. They are still very beautiful but ideally should be seperated to help keep the PRL clean if you can do that.  Nice clear photos!
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