SKFAquatics Monthly Digest 28 September 2020

September 28, 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

Muscular necrosis on C. typus?
Ludwiggg17 Saturday at 08:42 AM

Hello everyone, i got 5 C. typus at 7:00 p.m. (UTC+8). They were stuck for a day or so from shipping before i received them and i got worried some of them would've died. In some kind of miracle 4 o…

7 comments

Shrimp ID?
ShrimpLuke Thursday at 11:10 PM

About three shrimps looking like this bred from my yellow Cherry colony. Anyone know what it is? It's a dark colour with yellow/gold stripes and specks, the shrimp in the middle. Thanks, …

7 comments

Divided tank
Flynn002 Thursday at 05:31 AM

I am doing an experiment with my cherry shrimp on temperature dependant sex determination and I need a divided tank obviously the tank won’t need to be too big as I am just housing 1 male and 1…

5 comments

Dark Brown shades of Neos
SudhirR Thursday at 02:54 AM

There are wild type neos, some red cherry and some dream blues in this tank. I am starting to see some dark and glossy blackish brown shrimplets emerging in this tank. Sent from my iPhone using T…

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How long after birth is it acceptable to move my endlers?
Taste Wednesday at 03:22 PM

Curious how much i should let them age if its even a concern before i sell some of my babies.

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Project
Flynn002 September 22

Hi, I am doing a project for my college course: How does temperature affect the number of fry a cherry shrimp produces? I have setup a small 18L nano tank and it’s currently cycling. When r…

10 comments

Nerite Snails and Snello
clippergear September 20

Hey, I know nerite snails are picky eaters and wanted to know if anyone had experience with their nerite snails eating homemade snello? Thanks in advance

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Lifespan of native aussie shrimps
Blastedporpoise September 18

Hey all, I'm new to Skf here but not that new to keeping native Aussie shrimp, and was wondering what the lifespan of some of our natives were? I have some Caridina typus and was wondering if they …

2 comments

What shrimp would fit my parameters?
Ludwiggg17 September 18

Hello everyone, I recently got a copy of the readings of my town's water sadly the only relevant params listed are pH, GH, and TDS . I plan to get really into the hobby by keeping more species in t…

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Come on you shrimp guys
wayne6442 September 16

Guys I have a little competition going where you can win a pair of genuine Blue Star Endlers These little fish are ideal tank mates for shrimp as they will not harm the shrimp in any way, …

1 comments

Leaves, Green or Brown
ricksza September 15

Close to end of summer here, should I collect my leaves while they're still green on the tree or should I wait until they turn brown? In the past I collected brown leaves while they were still on t…

10 comments

A Little Competition ( Australia Only)
wayne6442 September 14

This picture shows pictures of 15 different fish that are claimed to be Endlers, in-fact only five are true endlers the rest are hybrids, I will give a pair of true 'P'class Blue Star Endlers …

30 comments

My babies
bbacon1994 September 14

I have had my tank for almost a full year now. Sent from my SM-J337V using Tapatalk

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Differences between female Endler's and Guppy femalees
wayne6442 September 14

Guys can I help dispel some myths about differences in the guppy female and the Endler's female . I see a lot of people claiming that their female Endler' s have a coloured tail and dorsal fin, Th…

3 comments

Shrimp id needed.
SudhirR September 13

Was sourced as tiger shrimp - Caridina sp. I got a red variety and also slight brownish and greenish ones. They appear nothing like the tiger shrimp from forum posts and hence wanted to get an ID of t…

7 comments

Water conditioners on the Market
discusxgold September 12

Hello, Im new to shrimps and i always used water conditioners for my fish with no issues so far. I have read quite a bit on shrimps and honestly its like im having my first fish tank.. …

11 comments

API Stress Coat as Shrimp water conditioner
discusxgold September 12

Recently brought the API stress coat as water conditioner as the seachem prime is out of stock at my local lfs. Was wondering before i use it: 1. Is it shrimp safe? 2. Should i reminera…

4 comments

Alternative for aquarium salt?
Ludwiggg17 September 12

Hello everybody, i recently spotted some of my shrimps being infested by Vorticella and after doing my research i found that a salt bath would cure them. The problem is that all of the LFS in my ar…

2 comments

Low level bacterial infection?
beanbag September 10

Hello folks, I have a Taiwan Bee tank that has been up and running with shrimp for almost a year now. Overall things are ok but once every several weeks or months 1-2 shrimp get taken out. I can…

4 comments