SKFAquatics Monthly Digest 05 April 2020

April 5, 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

Unexplained deaths
LCM94 Thursday at 08:44 AM

Hello I have an issue for which I cannot the answer. I've had caridinas for a few years now, but recently built a new tank (116l) with lots of moss, tech soil (shrimp king from dennerle), roots…

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Help - Novice Shrimpkeeper
Angela Wednesday at 08:19 PM

Hi there, About 6 weeks ago I set up a Biorb 8L tank with artificial decor, put in a pre-sponge filter to make my filter shrimp safe and did my best to cycle it (made some rookie mistakes with …

9 comments

Airstone or Venturi?
edishrimp Tuesday at 05:21 AM

Hey everyone! Been awhile since I've had the time to post actively on this forum but i was just wondering if anyone knows if an airstone or a venturi attachement (like the Eheim power diffusor)…

4 comments

Celestial Pearl Danios
jayc March 29

Just bought myself some Celestial Pearl Danios ! 12 of them. 4 males and the rest females. Unfortunately, no photos yet. They are super shy and have not coloured up yet. Love these litt…

5 comments

Back in the game
smicko March 24

Hi all, im back, some people may remember me from years ago. I only have a few tanks at the moment but they are multiplying fast lol the first pic is some reds I have been breeding back up …

4 comments

losing red cherry shrimp
abbytherookiehuman March 23

i set up a planted 31 gallon freshwater aquarium around July/August last year and introduced ten red cherry shrimp in November from one seller and about 5 more a couple weeks later along with maybe…

5 comments

Help! Ghost shrimp keep dying after addition to tank. Copper poisoning?
ThePurple12 March 21

Hello. I'm an experienced aquarist, but fairly new to shrimp keeping. I bought 20 healthy ghost shrimp from Petsmart and put them in a 2 gallon tank (temporary, as I wanted to feed them to my …

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New Tangerine Tigers!
Crabby March 20

Exciting news: I just purchased 15 tangerine tiger shrimp from a local breeder, in exchange for some of my abundance of endler fry. I’m starting the drip acclimation now, along with my other two tt…

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Meet my new Betta!!! Any suggestions to put with him?
ryanfleming March 19

Well... I think this is an elephant ear betta, but if I’m wrong, my bad, I picked him up yesterday, and I think he’s beautiful. Not sure if I want to name him, because I’ll get too attached to him, an…

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Yellow fluff on black rose’s belly
Shrimpydinkidoo March 18

Hello, can anyone tell me what is it? First I thought it was eggs. Shrimp is currently under quarantine ? what’s the best way to treat it? Thanks in advance!

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BBA infestation - How do I fix??
Crabby March 18

Hey shrimpers, I’ve had an algae problem for a while now in my 29 gallon aquarium (110L), but recently the BBA has taken over way too much. It’s on literally everything. I would have treated wi…

4 comments

Leaves from the grocery store?
rabbitsnfoxes March 15

I went out and sourced some fresh banana leaves, mint, and dandelion leaves from my local Asian grocery store today. I would normally get these things from my garden, but nothing has leafed out ye…

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Native Caridina breeding advice
Ludwiggg17 March 15

Hey all, so im thinking about a breeding project for a species of native caridina in my area. I would like to ask if anyone here has had any experience breeding a wild caridina with the aim of crea…

6 comments

Weird water
ryanfleming March 14

Woke up to cloudy water in my tank for the first time in a long time. I thought BB but wasn’t sure. Fish seemed to breathing fairly normally, maybe the slightest bit faster. I thought maybe I filled t…

6 comments

Diseased shrimp?
milos March 14

Hi all, this is my first post,i have 100l aquarium with fishes and 4 Amano shrimps inside. They are more than 1 year old. Yesterday i noticed something wrong with one of them, since the situati…

4 comments

Weird Bugs In My Tank
sriv4457 March 14

So I found two of these bugs in my shrimp tank does anyone know what they are? I also found some other things that look like eggs and I know they’re not from my shrimp, Maybe they’re from my Rams H…

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Bugs in my substrate
docque March 12

I posted this video and I am seeing things crawling around the substrate. It is a time lapsed video and you can spot them. I took another yesterday and there are tons more. Are these the harmless b…

11 comments

Camera tips
docque March 11

I am looking for a camera to take pictures with. Cheap point and shoot is best for me. I own a nice Canon camera with a macro lens and it doesn't work for crap. My son has a Samsung phone that take…

1 comments

I Understand the Why, but not the How - Bacteria Bloom (solved, Thanks!)
VLad22 March 11

I'm going to update the main post with the info in case anyone comes across this in the future, saves reading the entire thread. If you get a bacteria bloom in an established shrimp tank - think…

15 comments