journal My racks and shrimp collection

[Gbang]

mega drool!!! alvin those pure lines are absolutely stunning!!!!!

[alvinchan80]

beautiful shrimp bro! your obviously doing very well with your lines:encouragement:

Thank you.. They are growing and breeding well... It's a waiting game again to cull and select...

mega drool!!! alvin those pure lines are absolutely stunning!!!!!

Thanks... Hope I can refine them better in time to come...

[Dean]

Hi Alvin

could you let us all know what your juvenile survival rates are like for the KK/panda/shadow etc

and what you feed them when first born?

[alvinchan80]

Hi Alvin

could you let us all know what your juvenile survival rates are like for the KK/panda/shadow etc

and what you feed them when first born?

Hi boss,

Frankly I never really monitor the % of offspring from my KK tank.. But I can give you a rough estimate of about 10-12 offspring per female mama... I don't separate the females and keep them in the tank so as to stabilize them and not stress them more.. Feeding wise, I will feed them more on a product call Spira-Green (powder) which is spirulina based but there are some additives added for shrimps, also another product call 'breeding powder' which it's said to stabilize breeding females, feed juneviles as well as beneficial to bacteria colonization in tank... Other then this, they will have to feed in those solid algae wafers which I am feeding the adults as well.. But I have a feeding regime of feeding solid food and powder food alternately.. If not, it will be powder food on a 3 days once basis, same goes for solid food...

[Eshrimp]

Woooow Incredible set up .....I can only dream one day having such a successful set up. CONGRATULATIONS

[alvinchan80]

Woooow Incredible set up .....I can only dream one day having such a successful set up. CONGRATULATIONS

Thank you so much Eshrimp for your compliments.. You can do it too.. Just take your time and set up slowly..

(feel free to visit my blog: http://alvinchan80.blog.fc2.com)

[Gbang]

absolutely amazing alvin!!! from one fellow singaporean to another...SHIOK MAN!!!

[HexaD]

absolutely amazing alvin!!! from one fellow singaporean to another...SHIOK MAN!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA, yea alvin, dont be kiasu and share more pics pls

[alvinchan80]

It has been awhile since I have updated photos of my shrimps..

Here it goes..

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Hope you guys enjoy..

Happy shrimping... :)

[alvinchan80]

Here are more taken by my mobile..

[Loach]

Nice shrimp alvin :)

[alvinchan80]

Nice shrimp alvin :)

Thank you so much for the compliments... :)

[plecofan09]

Wow Alvin !

Theses are amazing shrimps !

How often do you do a water change ?

And do you add anything with the water change?

[alvinchan80]

Wow Alvin !

Theses are amazing shrimps !

How often do you do a water change ?

And do you add anything with the water change?

Thanks for the compliments!! :)

I am doing a 10% every 2 weeks of RO DI direct top up via auto top up system..

Dosing wise, it depends on the parameter but I am more on the extreme side where I dose direct into the tanks instead of mixing first before water change.. Haha.. Shrimps are actually more hardy once they have stabilized..

Dosing will be TDS Up to increase TDS and if needed Mineral Plus to increase GH.. (Both Mosura products)..

[alvinchan80]

Nothing to do on a Saturday night...

'Camp' in front of my tanks to take photo..

Here to share some..

Happy shrimping..

[sajica]

Damn, alvin, there's some bloody nice shrimp there. Photographing shrimp isn't a bad way to spend a Saturday night

[alvinchan80]

Damn' date=' alvin, there's some bloody nice shrimp there. Photographing shrimp isn't a bad way to spend a Saturday night[/quote']

Haha.. Thanks bro...

Photographing shrimps isn't a bad thing but I have been doing that almost nightly... Hahaha... :p

[Sprae]

Quality shrimps mate. By the way, where did you get those filter wrappers to keep them cool? I might get one too.

[alvinchan80]

Quality shrimps mate. By the way' date=' where did you get those filter wrappers to keep them cool? I might get one too.[/quote']

Thanks bro Sprae..

Those are actually PVC pipe insulators.. You can try hardware store or air-conditioning stores..

[Sprae]

Those are actually PVC pipe insulators.. You can try hardware store or air-conditioning stores..

I think I'm at hardware stores more than aquariums nowadays :)

Thanks for the info!

[JPN07]

Droolssssssss.... You have an amazing setup and beautiful shrimps Alvin. Welldone, keep up the good work mate :encouragement:

[alvinchan80]

Droolssssssss.... You have an amazing setup and beautiful shrimps Alvin. Welldone' date=' keep up the good work mate :encouragement:[/quote']

Thank you for your compliments and encouragements, it's a motivation for me to do better and share what I experienced to fellow shrimp hobbyist... :)

[jrc693]

Hi Alvin, great shrimp! Hopefully i'll have a few kk's in the future....

Wanted to ask, I'm going to japan/singapore in Jan, are there any cool aquarium stores worth visiting in Singapore?

[Sprae]

You've gotta check out Green Chapter in SG. Loads in Japan like Benibachi! Where are you going in Japan?

[jrc693]

oo that sounds good yeh ill check that out!

umm so far probs tokyo, osaka and kyoto not set in stone yet, i have heard of aquaforest defs check that one out.

Im probs more interested in shrimp related stores but love everything lol.

Is the pricing of goods there any cheaper than here?

Thanks!