Mineral Supplements ?

[K9932]

Hey Guys.

Does anyone use any mineral supplements for their shrimp ?

If so, What brand?

Any positive/negative comments ?

How the shrimp acted after mineral supplement? Any noticeable change in activity/moulting/breeding ?

Any other info appreciated

Cheers,

Kristy'

[Squiggle]

The best minerals are Saltyshrimp, you use it to remineralize RO water, it's made shrimp keeping a whole lot easier :encouragement:

[MrShrimp]

I breed TB with saltyshrimp and RO/DI water. I have a high sucess rate so far.

[K9932]

Hmm.. I know that it's a big no-no but I still use tap water D:

So RO water is the way to go ?

Where do you purchase your Saltyshrimp from Squiggle and MrShrimp ?

[Squiggle]

Totally the way to go, you get the minerals from Dean

http://www.bossaquaria.com.au/saltyshrimp-minerals/

What sort of shrimp are you keeping?

[K9932]

Oh okay cool!

I currently keep Red Rilli, Red/Sunkist/Yellow Cherry CBS + CRS (:

[CNgo2006]

I breed TB with saltyshrimp and RO/DI water. I have a high sucess rate so far.

Where are the pics then?

[Squiggle]

Ok, you'll need Sulawesi minerals for the cherries & Rillis & you'll need the Bee shrimp minerals for the CRS/CBS, also you'll need some shrimp soil for the CRS/CBS to buff the ph down to about 6.5 :encouragement:

[K9932]

Yep, I use the Fluval stratum which holds my PH Well (: I can Post some pics if you like CNgo2006 ?

[CNgo2006]

Yep' date=' I use the Fluval stratum which holds my PH Well (: I can Post some pics if you like CNgo2006 ?[/quote']

Sorry mate I was asking MrShrimp for photos of his high TB breeding success rate! not for the Fluval Stratum...LOL!

[K9932]

[Squiggle]

Very cool pics dude :victorious:

[K9932]

[K9932]

Oh sorry! haha I though you were asking pics of the shrimp. Only just saw the quote then lol

[K9932]

Thankyou Squiggle (:

[jrc693]

i wouldnt say tap water is a big no no, Im keeping cbs crs cherries and riffle shrimp with tap water and ive never had any problems. theyve bred well for me too. to be honest i dont recommend needing going r/o until you decide to go tb.

[Robert]

Dont feel bad, i still use tap water too against all the pressures of changing to RO. I keep crs and cbs without a single hick up. I use calcium, mineral and vitamin liquid supplements and benibachi mineral powder with my water changes (not top ups)

[K9932]

Okay, That makes me feel a little bit better Jrc693 (:

Is there any particular brand for the calcium, mineral and vitamin supplements Robert ?

I've been eyeing off the Benibachi Mineral powder so it's good to hear some positive feedback that someone else uses it haha

[Robert]

hmm not sure why my above post was edited. It did read that i kept tigers, tbs, cbs and crs...

With the liquid supplements i used products from thailand that arnt available anywhere else. Mineral powder is good stuff, worth a try.