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SKFAquatics Monthly Digest 28 March 2021


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Little fish import.
Sonnycbr
I've added a couple of new plants to my Red Cherry set up recently and have just seen a little fish swimming about the bottom of the tank. It's only about 6mm long, spotted head and what looks like…
1 comments

A Little Competition ( Australia Only)
wayne6442
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  …
38 comments

My female aborted her eggs!
Kelly
I literally watch my female shrimp drop all her eggs..... and I’m unsure why she did this help!
25 comments

Eliminating Copepods in Shrimp Tank
piste
I wanted to share this experience in the hopes it is helpful to others.  I have a 5 gal tank that I have had for a while...with Painted Fire RCS.  It was neglected (long story) and got down to one …
2 comments

Has anyone seen this blue on black Bee variant?
Dsetz
I recently acquired a diverse colony of bees: red and black pintos, golden's, a blue morph. They are throwing some blacks with very dark blue lines. Is this a standardized variant anyone's seen?  …
8 comments

Are my Red Rilli shrimp infected?
Lucy
Hi!  im having trouble figuring out if my new red Rilli shrimp are healthy or not. I have two shrimp with abnormalities and I want to make sure they aren’t parasites or infections that are causing…
7 comments

Two tanks.
Sonnycbr
Hi, I've been keeping red cherry shrimp only since last October and had some success in my Nano Cube. I started off with ten shrimp and now have around a hundred. I got so many that I decided to ge…
3 comments

Shrimp Diseases and Diagnosis
jayc
With the wealth of knowledge from experienced keepers here in SKF, we should have a repository of Shrimp Diseases where people can come to diagnose and hopefully find a cure to their shrimp's ailment…
157 comments

Frans Vermeulen video
sdlTBfanUK
A great half hour video if you are a killie fish enthusiast! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA8sUkC-ReA Simon
1 comments

Dying shrimps
abepaniagua
Hey guys, it's been a few months now that I've had a shrimp tank with Caridinas and neos. The blue neos have bred and molted, as well as the Caridinas. I've had random and sporadic deaths since I f…
78 comments

Latest Forum Posts

Little fish import.
Sonnycbr
I've added a couple of new plants to my Red Cherry set up recently and have just seen a little fish swimming about the bottom of the tank. It's only about 6mm long, spotted head and what looks like…
1 comments

Eliminating Copepods in Shrimp Tank
piste
I wanted to share this experience in the hopes it is helpful to others.  I have a 5 gal tank that I have had for a while...with Painted Fire RCS.  It was neglected (long story) and got down to one …
2 comments

Has anyone seen this blue on black Bee variant?
Dsetz
I recently acquired a diverse colony of bees: red and black pintos, golden's, a blue morph. They are throwing some blacks with very dark blue lines. Is this a standardized variant anyone's seen?  …
8 comments

Are my Red Rilli shrimp infected?
Lucy
Hi!  im having trouble figuring out if my new red Rilli shrimp are healthy or not. I have two shrimp with abnormalities and I want to make sure they aren’t parasites or infections that are causing…
7 comments

Two tanks.
Sonnycbr
Hi, I've been keeping red cherry shrimp only since last October and had some success in my Nano Cube. I started off with ten shrimp and now have around a hundred. I got so many that I decided to ge…
3 comments

Frans Vermeulen video
sdlTBfanUK
A great half hour video if you are a killie fish enthusiast! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA8sUkC-ReA Simon
1 comments

Substrates These Days
piste
Curious what folks are finding commercially available for good substrates for a neocaridina tanks.  I need to set up a new tank...and in the past had used SL-Aqua....but am struggling with keeping …
2 comments

Female losing eggs
Cosmo
So I have a female that has berried twice and lost eggs both times. Suggestions?  
6 comments

Cull from a red rili line
Kelly
Ok I bought a cull from a guy that breeds red rili. I didn’t want to buy top quality shrimp yet because I’m new to shrimp hobby and bound to and have (bought a internal filter tank my 1st mistake) …
10 comments

Emerald algae on my hornwort, bad?
E Blue
Is this bright emerald stuff bad?
7 comments

Feeding baby Crystal Red Shrimp
herrwibi
Hi all, Finally got my first crystal red babies and i'm just wondering what is the best way to feed them? I see them grazing on the subwassertang and the sponge filter but want to give them the…
3 comments

Starting a red rili from a cull
Kelly
Well I’m a new shrimp keeper. I now have 40 shrimp from a red rili cull a breeder was selling. What I’m hoping to do is let them spawn in my 8 gallon and pull out the worse to go down to my communi…
4 comments

Filter slits dilemma
Kelly
Ok I have a 8 gallon tank I want to use as a breeding tank.... the issue is it has a built in filter and the slits are big enough for shrimp to slip through.... infact some did. The filter is off b…
20 comments

Blue Velvet Shrimp
Crystal Jade
So I lost 3 shrimp today - two out of my 8 Blue Velvet Shrimp and my one Blue Dream. I don't know why or what the cause was although my guesses involve either overfeeding or possibly water shock fr…
7 comments

Apistogrammoides in Australia?
Crabby
Okay so this is a super random thread, but I was listening to an aquarium podcast today as I was moving my aquariums to my new house (spoiler alert: it went great!!!!) and I heard something about a…
7 comments

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    • beanbag
      One interesting thing he mentioned was "Bacteria pressure", which I guess just means number of bacteria around.  Yet I see all these other videos from shrimpkeepers bragging about how much bacteria their filtering system holds. Also interesting is no mention of using anti-biotics to treat bacterial infection.  I think that has fallen out of favor recently.
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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.
    • sdlTBfanUK
      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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      Hi Guys,  Does anyone know where to buy PRL shrimps in WA, not the CRS please. Thanks Regards  
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