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SKFAquatics Monthly Digest 28 October 2019


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Can anyone help me identify this critter?
Dashrimp
Found this, and many like it, on the glass of my shrimp tank. Sorry for the poor pic. Anybody know what it is?
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New tank and shrimp
DEL 707
I started a small nano planted tank just over 3 weeks ago, filters only been going for 2 weeks. For some reason the tank cycled, even though I added no ammonia products. I did a test last night, a…
56 comments

My Planted 10gallon Shrimp Tank
Elkwatcher
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hello everyone
BruSHogG
I am new here as well, just wanted to share 1 of my three planted tanks. Has been set up for almost a year now.  Sent from my SM-G965U using Shrimp Keepers Forum mobile app  
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Thanks Mum
ineke
I haven't fed my shrimp cucumber for a very long time . Do you think they like it?
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CRS breeding habits
klsuth12au
Hi all,I'm new to the shrimp scene and loving it :)I have one question though, do CRS breed heavily all year round cos my girls have been extremely productive.Just worried that the 40 tank is going to…
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Birth control for CRS colony?
beanbag
Hello folks, If I get a batch of CRS for a small tank, is there a way for me to prevent the shrimp from having babies?  I want the colony to only get up to a certain size and then stop.  I don'…
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bee shrimps with eggs
kms
It may be a stupid question, but do bee shrimps need a male to have their eggs fertilized, I had a bee which berried last month and gave birth to 6 shrimplets, now they are about 5 mm is size, just…
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Exhausting soil substrate - neocaridina
sdlTBfanUK
It is probably too early to start this but as I have no idea really what I am doing I thought it a good idea to maybe get others thoughts/ideas from the beginning? The aim is to find out if I c…
4 comments

Neocaridina - cherry shrimp and daphnia feeding
Dashrimp
Hi all. I'm a newbie. I'm keeping a 90 litre tank with cherry shrimp and daphnia together. I'm feeding them spirulina and commercial shrimp food.  Does anyone know what else I should be feeding…
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Can anyone help me identify this critter?
Dashrimp
Found this, and many like it, on the glass of my shrimp tank. Sorry for the poor pic. Anybody know what it is?
3 comments

My Planted 10gallon Shrimp Tank
Elkwatcher
6 comments

Exhausting soil substrate - neocaridina
sdlTBfanUK
It is probably too early to start this but as I have no idea really what I am doing I thought it a good idea to maybe get others thoughts/ideas from the beginning? The aim is to find out if I c…
4 comments

ADA Amazonia light vs Africana
24shrimp
Hey Guys I have had huge success with my Taiwan bee tanks, currently using HOB aquaclear , ADA Amazonia substrate, breeding very successfully.. but I am trying to set up another tank, my 6t…
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Neocaridina - cherry shrimp and daphnia feeding
Dashrimp
Hi all. I'm a newbie. I'm keeping a 90 litre tank with cherry shrimp and daphnia together. I'm feeding them spirulina and commercial shrimp food.  Does anyone know what else I should be feeding…
11 comments

Time for a restart? Advice needed!
incomplet
Hey everyone from SKF,  I'm a long time lurker; but recently have gotten back into the shrimp keeping hobby in the past 12 months. I'm after any constructive advice to help guide me in the …
10 comments

Darwin Algae Eating Shrimp?
Crabclaw
Hey guys, just found an add for this website showcasing a cool-lookin native algae eating shrimp. https://algaeeatingshrimp.com.au/products/australian-algae-eating-shrimp Anyone heard of these…
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PRL CRS Experiment Tank
DNTM_Shrimp_Breeders
Hello everyone, This is my first post at SKF Aquatics forum.  I came across this forum by reading the amazing post about breeding Taiwan Bees shrimp written by Jayc.  Regarding my first post, I…
10 comments

Pipefish
Matuva
Hi there buddies wanted to show you pics of pipefishes I caught in the wild, Microphis brachyurus and Microphis cruentus. Unfortunately, I now exceed the limit quota of attachments on my pr…
6 comments

Um...too much Cherries, what do i do?
YoloDaBolo
PLZ HELP ? 
3 comments

New tank and shrimp
DEL 707
I started a small nano planted tank just over 3 weeks ago, filters only been going for 2 weeks. For some reason the tank cycled, even though I added no ammonia products. I did a test last night, a…
56 comments

Getting a bigger cabinet
DEL 707
I've got a AquaOne Aquanano 40 tank, which is sat of a set of drawers. Tanks, been running for nearly 3 weeks, but I'm noticed that the surface the tanks on has started to sag in the middle. I…
4 comments

CO2 Help Needed
ricksza
I am new to CO2 because I wanted to maintain a full Hairgrass carpet (plus other plants) in my tank and everyone says CO2 is the way to have it.   I just acquired new-in-box from 2015 a CO2…
4 comments

Anyone own a Fluval Edge tank?
Cesar
Pros, Cons? Looking at the fluval Edge 6 gallon, any and all info appreciated... Thanks!
6 comments

How to make water tds down
stephenong0288
How to make the shrimp tank tds down from 250 to 150?
3 comments

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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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