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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…
62 comments

My Poor Shrimp
docque
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

New Shrimp, Any Females?
DreamBlueVelvet
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

My 110 L Community Tank
Crabby
Hey guys, I thought I’d just make a single topic for my community tank, so I stop running around in other chats asking the same questions ?. I’m going thru a big change in the tank at the moment, s…
49 comments

Shrimp Baby food
Taj Uddin
Anyone use this product, help please  Sent from my DUB-LX2 using Shrimp Keepers Forum mobile app  
1 comments

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

New shrimpkeeper (parameters check)
Brando
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

Baby shrimps
beanbag
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

Pure Akadama as filter media in canister filter?
Chiquarius
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

Aquamaxx 17.1 Gallon Caridina Tank Build
Steensj2004
Not sure if people do build threads around here,  OR if I’m allowed, but here we go.   Thanks to the wonderful guys in this forum,  I’ve already purchased (2) additional tanks. One(9.6 gall…
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My Poor Shrimp
docque
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
It's gotten very quite around here. Just checking the forum isn't broken.
4 comments

Baby shrimps
beanbag
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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      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.
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      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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      You must be pleased with that, it looks better and is much more robust and less likely to damage or leaks! The tank looks very natural now it has been running for a time. I see the ember tetras, how are the blue shrimp doing, I see a few? The cat and dog look very content and unimpressed, lol.
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