SKFAquatics Monthly Digest 26 February 2020

February 26, 2020

SKF newsletter is full of great new posts this month! We welcome all our new shrimp keepers!

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Latest Forum Posts

My Poor Shrimp
docque 3 hours ago

I have been trying to raise neocaridina. I got some nice looking blues from a local guy. I lost maybe one or two but they are in there... somewhere. I made sure they had plenty of places to hide an…

10 comments

Shrimp mineral
Taj Uddin 11 hours ago

Anyone use this product. Help me please Sent from my DUB-LX2 using Shrimp Keepers Forum mobile app

3 comments

Pure Akadama as filter media in canister filter?
Chiquarius Monday at 10:48 AM

Hello, I’ve recently decided to pivot my Neocaridina aquarium to supporting crystal or bee shrimp; even if it means the neos will be evicted if things don’t go well for them. I don’t want t…

4 comments

Ammonia/nitrate/nitrite question
Brando Thursday at 07:00 PM

Hi group, i am a new shrimp keeper and have had 2 Bloody Mary shrimp for 2 days now. I used Fluval Cycle(bio booster) for the first 3 days because that’s what is set to do on …

2 comments

New shrimpkeeper (parameters check)
Brando Thursday at 03:28 PM

Hi group, i am a new shrimp keeper and have had 2 Bloody Mary shrimp for 2 days now. I used fluval Cycle(bio booster) for the first 3 days because that’s what is set to do on the bottle…

26 comments

flow accelerators
xrayguy Thursday at 11:43 AM

hey everyone has anyone ever used a flow accelerator in a shrimp tank? I'm about to start a 72g bow front tank, and would like to put the f.a on my co2 output line. Just wondering if shrim…

2 comments

Lowering TDS Affordably?
Chiquarius February 18

Hello, I am currently keeping and breeding a variety of neocardinia species, snails, crawfish, and Cory catfish (across different tanks). All being very hardy, they have been lucky to survi…

12 comments

Is my crayfish male or female?
nshin3023 February 17

Hello, I have a month old crayfish here, is this a male or a female? Let me know kindly! :) (I think it’s a female but im not too sure).

6 comments

20-30 gallon native community tank idea
Ludwiggg17 February 15

Hey all! So this coming April I plan on having a new tank and i already set to my mind that it would be a native community tank. I would like to hear from all of you any tips on how i should start …

4 comments

Baby Nerite snail?
Shellycooper February 14

Hey guys! I have a shrimp/snail tank setup and I added 2 nerites since the beginning of the tank. I started seeing a little white dot moving around on my glass. I know nerite eggs can’t hatch in fr…

2 comments

test
jayc February 14

It's gotten very quite around here. Just checking the forum isn't broken.

4 comments

Baby shrimps
beanbag February 12

Hello folks, One of my berried RWP finally hatched babies after a 48 day incubation period. That seems really long, but I guess the water temperature was on the cool side at 66F over most of t…

10 comments

Understanding toxicity impacts between pH level and Ammonia
jayc February 11

Understanding toxicity impacts between pH level and Ammonia. How does pH affect the toxicity of ammonia? Table 1 - the Nitrification and Ammonification process. The Amm…

1 comments

Native caridina species breeding project!
Crabby February 10

Hey everyone, I was recently (meaning today) given the opportunity to set up a breeding tank for some native inverts (or some harder to breed fish I guess, but I want to go for shrimp) in a fis…

11 comments

New setup - active substrate question
warpp8787 February 9

Hi Guys, new to the forum, I came to see if someone could help me with their expertise on water chemistry as something is confusing me. I recently set up a new tank intended to keep b…

24 comments

Would like to try shrimp Keeping.
kookyxogirl February 8

Hello,I would like to try Shrimp Keeping and from everythingi have read and YouTube videos I have everything I need. I have a 10 gallon dennerele shrimp tank. A few years ago I had tried it but wasn’t…

14 comments

New Shrimp, Any Females?
DreamBlueVelvet February 6

Hello I have recently purchased 7 Dream Blue Velvet Shrimp. The source where I have received them claims they send young adults and that they should be ready to breed. I’ve been trying to find out …

85 comments

Moringa Leaves
Digitalboy75 February 6

I'm curious if anyone else uses moringa leaves or powder with their shrimp. Moringa oleifera is also called the drumstick tree or Malunggay, and boasts of a lot of dietary benefits for humans. I've…

2 comments

safe phophate levels
xrayguy February 6

hi guys, I've had climbing phosphate levels, roughly 2.5, which is higher than I'd like. My tank is heavily planted. I only feed every other day if that, and don't over feed ( i feel, fish eat mo…

8 comments