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SKF Aquatics Fortnightly Digest 15 February 2017

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Welcome to the latest edition of the SKF Aquatics newsletter, your fortnightly roundup of our favourite discussions and recommended reading.

Enjoy the newsletter and thanks for continuing to be part of the SKF Aquatics family.

Your SKF Aquatics Team

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Advantage of RO or rain water?
Matuva
Hi all, Yesterday, for the first time, I used a remineralizer (GH Builder) to to upgrade my rain water before water changes. The rain water has a very low TDS, around 8, so it is perfect to low…
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If you ever thought
Baccus
If you ever thought our Aussie native shrimp where dull or boring...... well I have a treat and surprise for you These are a mix of Chameleon Shrimp, Darwin Red Nose Shrimp, Darwin Algae Shrimp…
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Clear rcs
pmasa
Hi all, just a quick question i just moved some of my juvenile red cherry shrimp into a dedicated tank, and noticed one of them was completely clear. The shrimp in question is male but has no indicati…
5 comments

Hikari Crab Cuisine - OK for neocaridina shrimp?
travellife
I picked up a packet of Hikari Crab Cuisine at the LFS and then noticed it contains copper sulfate.  I was thinking of feeding some to my neocaridina davidi var. orange until I noticed the copper s…
5 comments

Survey time – What do we do with the classifieds?
NoGi
As most are aware, this is something I have been struggling with for a long time now. But one thing is for sure and the classifieds section can’t continue the way it is. Some points to note: …
7 comments

RO Water Mineralizer
dmallia
I am building my first neo-caridina shrimp tank, and many of you use the salty shrimp water mineralizer. The nearest lfs where I live, don't even know anything about salty shrimp, and the only miner…
2 comments

Cloudy/Milky Tank Water
OMGItsMarky
 Hi guys, my tank is around 9-10 weeks olds. Has cycled and has a happy bunch of CRS and RCS both breeding quickly.  I have ada Amazonia 2 air filters. I also added 2 almond leaves around the time it …
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Getting some nice blacks now
Baccus
After the trials and tribulations that I have had in the past with getting a black cherry shrimp colony happening I am over joyed to finally see my colony doing well and probably throwing close to …
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Lots of berried girls
Baccus
Maybe there is a benefit to all this heat, it seems that nearly all my native girls Chameleons, DAS, Blackmore and Darwin Rednose are berried. Even my little Spotted blue eyes have come to the part…
5 comments

Alternative Food Dishes for Shrimp
travellife
I've been on a quest for a tiny food dish or bowl that will fit in my jarrarium. There isn't a lot of open space on the substrate and my shrimp are very small. Has anyone used ceramic products? I fo…
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    • beanbag
      Good video by Chris Lukhaup!

      By beanbag · Posted

      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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      Good video by Chris Lukhaup!

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    • sdlTBfanUK
      Finally set up the 30L Shrimp Tank

      By sdlTBfanUK · Posted

      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.
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      Pure Red Line (PRL) Shrimps Western Australia seller

      By sdlTBfanUK · Posted

      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.
    • Jimmy
      Pure Red Line (PRL) Shrimps Western Australia seller

      By Jimmy · Posted

      Hi Guys,  Does anyone know where to buy PRL shrimps in WA, not the CRS please. Thanks Regards  
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