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I know killies literally gobble shrimps ? TDS for me ? In my last post I mentioned around 200us/cm (= 100ppm) ? Probably will have to increase tds for tigers to 300? Anyway I won't test copper because I ordered twice the nh4 test on different sites ☠️

I have reread this thread. I am not sure why you seem to think there may be copper? I would wait until you get the third Nitrate test if it is on its way anyway! I am thinking I may try TT in the 'future' in my tank, as you say they are tougher and easier, more like cherry shrimp, and they are fairly cheap compared with the others? For now I got my fish yesterday so they are in residence and settling in! The killifish has massacred the seed shrimp population that were on the glass............... Do you know what the TDS fige is now? Simon

Hello So I have done a 50% water change since last post. I also have received the amonia test. Today my parameters are Ph around 6.5 GH 5 Kh 0 Nitrite 0 Conductivity 200us/cm Amonia 0 Should I consider now trying introducing shrimps? Should I wait the copper & nitrate tests? Seems that nitrate test should not show unexpected values from nitrite value I get? I was considering tangerine that seem to be most robust. Thanks!

Hi every one... I am going to interbreed shrimps to make my favorite hybrids. I'd like to keep blue bolt and blue tiger together but I realy dont know how, because these types need different parameters to be kept. I will really appreciate one who can help me to decide.

Ooooops never mind me. I know you can do tts and crs/cbs together, just wasn’t sure about true Taiwan bees (kks, pintos and the rest). Thanks for clearing that up Simon.

Okay... maybe I’m wrong? How long have you had it? Did some googling and mixed results, certainly not the super low 5.5 ph’s I’m usually used to hearing for bee shrimps and caridina, but still not suited to hard water I don’t think. I don’t know, just what you said clashed stuff I’ve heard in the past, so I brought it up, but if he’s doing alright and has been for a while then I guess it might be fine. Would be handy if someone more versed in bees would help out in this thread. Have you got a pH test kit? That’s pretty handy for shrimp keeping.

Yes, sorry. I did mean red rili, but my phone took it upon its self to auto correct poorly.. huh... well the lady I bought them from.. ( got cherry and yellow at same time from same tank) said there paramaters were pretty close... they were also selling rainbow shrimp in different colors, including yellow, maybe she got them confused... shame on me for not double checking.. I usually do, but the last couple time, that person's info she gave me matched what I looked up, so I trusted her. Darn.

Okay... the bee may be a problem... So the thing with bees and cherries is that their parameters clash. Bees need ph of 5.5-6.2 or so, and cherries need 6.5-7.5, so you can see that they clearly don’t cross over. Furthermore cherries like moderately hard water, whereas bees want very soft water. If you can, maybe drop the temperature down to about 75, 76? That’s a better range. To be fair I’ve never personally kept bees, but most other members here have, and all will (hopefully) agree that you can’t comfortably keep the two together. Especially the bee with your hard water. Maybe Simon @sdlTBfanUK, I know you’ve kept bees before with varying degrees of success, can we get your two cents on this? I have literally never heard of them before. Googled it and I mean it looks like it could be the same? Honestly no idea though. Jayc seemed pretty sure it was a machrobrachium as well, I usually go by what he says. Sorry, what’s that? Do you mean red rilli shrimp maybe? Those are basically a colour variant of cherries. So same parameters. Where the bees are entirely different.

I just saw something on line and I think it might be a whisker shrimp. Anyone know much about them, is that plausable? I just saw something on line and I think it might be a whisker shrimp. Anyone know much about them, is that plausable?

No, he hasnt paid them any attention. At first I didnt worry because he is really small and I only had larger shrimp, my bamboo and the ghost. Then the amanos, and the cherry and yellow bee. And when I bought him he was in with ghost shrimp. He also seems to be very blind. So maybe that's it. And his mouth isn't very big. So darmn... we all think it is a long arm? And there aggressive and eat smaller shrimp?. Ugh... the only other tank I have is a one gallon I have for quarantine purposes, and that's obviously way to small. May I ask why people dont keep cherry's and yellow bees together? When I purchased them they were in the same tank together, as well as with some red eilish. As for water paramaters.. I have a heater that keeps it around 78. I test for nitrates and ammonia. And I'm in a place with pretty hard water. . I just saw something on line and I think it might be a whisker shrimp. Anyone know much about them, is that plausable?

Hello, I’ve been attempting to lower TDS in my 10 gallon aquarium for a while. I’m trying to shift the parameters for Crystal shrimp and get down to about 120 ppm. Currently it’s at 180 ppm. I scoop out a gallon at a time and then pour in a gallon of rain water (approx 20 ppm TDS). After I’ve done this twice across the day, I read TDS and it’s still 180 ppm. I did the same thing yesterday and it remained the same. I’d expect 149-160 Now mathematically speaking. Ive got a canister filter going with medium and rinsed Akadama. Any insight into why TDS won’t go down? Also, I haven’t been remineralizing because I thought this would raise TDS. It has (hopefully enough) Aqueon shrimp essentials and Wellborne GH bee mineral comprising that TDS. Thanks.