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SKF Aquatics Monthly Digest 26 February 2018


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Wow! Can you believe February is just about over?
Below is the monthly roundup of favorite discussions and recommended reading.

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Popular Posts

White bloom
richiep
I am My tank as been going since October last year a few months ago I had a white bloom appear, i do not over feed and all water parameters are fine and my red crystal are breeding, after a water ch…
44 comments

WhySoCRS Journal
WhySoCRS
Hi all, thought it was time I got back into aquariums and decided to go down the Shrimp isle of freshwater fish keeping. I did have plans to purchase a 2nd hand 45l but this morning found a bra…
37 comments

Shrimp ID Help
Jay_Walker
Hey everyone, I was given a grab bag full of various shrimp, and a couple of these beautiful individuals (see attachments) were among them. I'm still trying to educate myself about the differences b…
14 comments

WhySoCRS Cherry Pond
WhySoCRS
Hi all, I was having a conversation with Ineke last night (has been a massive help) about shrimp and she mentioned that she was keeping Cherry Shrimp outdoors in a pond which got me thinking, why n…
13 comments

Higher PH after cycling
Memphis118
Has anyone had experience with SL Aqua Soil? Originally when i was cycling, my PH hovered around 5.8 to 6.2.... but the last 2 weeks its been around 6.35 at night and around 6.45 during the day whe…
11 comments

Red Cherry Shrimp Water Help
macjeff
I have had a 20 gallon RCS tank for 3 years now.  I have moss balls and some JAVA moss, drift wood, and mineral rocks. Only RCS in the tank and some soft shell snails I have in there I breed fo…
11 comments

Astaxanthin as a color enhancer for red Neocaridinas
Xander
Astaxanthin is a carotenoid pigment family, it is contained in some types of microalgae in salmon and shrimp, lobster. Of these, he was first identified in 1938. Interestingly, before application i…
9 comments

Green with envy
KaridinaGal
Hi fellow shrimp lovers, I spotted a little guy in my mixed cherry tank that looks like he may be the start of green. Green being my favourite colour, mixed with it being one if the rarer colours of…
9 comments

How do you stop your shrimp from escaping?
Dooliga
Hi, I am trying to prepare my aquarium for shrimp -- in particular Riffle Shrimp. After reading that these are escape experts I was momentarily put off the idea because I was aware of definite es…
7 comments

Preparing my own Leaves for shrimp
KaridinaGal
Hi everyone,   I have a question about how to prepare fresh leaves to feed to my shrimp.  I've had a good look around the topics here and can't find exactly what I need, and also read up online…
6 comments

Latest Forum Posts

KH concerns for neo's in Caridina tanks
KaridinaGal
Hi everyone, I have read there's a number if shrimp keepers who keep Neo's in with their Bees, Mischlings, Pinto's etc. I was liking that idea, as the two species don't interbreed, but my question …
3 comments

Shrimp Acting Strange?
Maltese25
I currently have a 10g set up with 3 shrimp in it.  I have a cherry, blue dream, and a ghost shrimp.  I plan on adding my neon and glowlight tetras soon who are recovering from a bad case of ick.  …
2 comments

Green with envy
KaridinaGal
Hi fellow shrimp lovers, I spotted a little guy in my mixed cherry tank that looks like he may be the start of green. Green being my favourite colour, mixed with it being one if the rarer colours of…
9 comments

Best Way to catch
Baccus
Since it has finally rained here and we have actually had a decent amount I have been wanting to go hunting for fresh water crabs which I know are in the area but seem to be especially good hiders.…
2 comments

What is this guy?
Baccus
I recently got some juvi Blue Dream Cherry shrimp and while shrimp gazing I noticed this guy in with them. The tank was an old empty tank I had sitting around the shed, the rocks I put in had been …
5 comments

Food
richiep
Over the short period I've kept shrimp I've gathered together quite a stock of different food.Is it possible that shrimp could live on leaves alone. Whatever leaf I put in it gets disinterested and th…
2 comments

Mobile app
richiep
I've just started using the Skf Mobil app for Android it's great Give it a try Sent from my SM-G928F using Shrimp Keepers Forum mobile app      
3 comments

Mobile app
richiep
I've just started using the SKF mobile app for Android and it's realy easy to use. Try it  Sent from my SM-G928F using Shrimp Keepers Forum mobile app  
1 comments

Need feedback on nano tank setup
SquaniceandSquilliam
Hi I'm an animal enthusiast with many frogs snakes and arachnids but it's my first attempt at caring for cherry shrimp..i researched with my girlfriend quite a bit and already set up a planted tank …
3 comments

I.D please
d3ss3n
Hello there. Just got these 2 snails from a friend and i am not sure if its safe to put them with my red cherry shrimps Sent from my SM-A700H using Tapatalk  
3 comments

Shrimp dungeon
buck
So i moved house and had to pull down my rack and it looked like crap and was only a temp set up but it got me through. I finally got time to clean out the room i wanted to use and make some progress …
6 comments

SKFAquatics Mobile App ( iOS and Android )
Cesar
We now have our very own SKFAquatics Mobile App, available for both iOS and Android devices! Android Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tapatalk.skfaquaticscomforumappl…
1 comments

Astaxanthin as a color enhancer for red Neocaridinas
Xander
Astaxanthin is a carotenoid pigment family, it is contained in some types of microalgae in salmon and shrimp, lobster. Of these, he was first identified in 1938. Interestingly, before application i…
9 comments

Shrimp ID Help
Jay_Walker
Hey everyone, I was given a grab bag full of various shrimp, and a couple of these beautiful individuals (see attachments) were among them. I'm still trying to educate myself about the differences b…
14 comments

Red Cherry Shrimp Water Help
macjeff
I have had a 20 gallon RCS tank for 3 years now.  I have moss balls and some JAVA moss, drift wood, and mineral rocks. Only RCS in the tank and some soft shell snails I have in there I breed fo…
11 comments

WhySoCRS Cherry Pond
WhySoCRS
Hi all, I was having a conversation with Ineke last night (has been a massive help) about shrimp and she mentioned that she was keeping Cherry Shrimp outdoors in a pond which got me thinking, why n…
13 comments

The trials, tribulations and (hopefully) sucesses of new shrimper!
Ishtarduzzie
Hello SKF readers! To save me starting multiple threads and also so I know here to find answers I am doing a journal/question thread. If I put this in the wrong spot JayC/mods then feel free t…
5 comments

White bloom
richiep
I am My tank as been going since October last year a few months ago I had a white bloom appear, i do not over feed and all water parameters are fine and my red crystal are breeding, after a water ch…
44 comments

Preparing my own Leaves for shrimp
KaridinaGal
Hi everyone,   I have a question about how to prepare fresh leaves to feed to my shrimp.  I've had a good look around the topics here and can't find exactly what I need, and also read up online…
6 comments

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    • beanbag
      Update to say that after a few gravel vacs, front wall scrub, moss / floating plant trim, that the condition seems to have improved.  My current theory is that it is due to waste / debris management, where "stuff" like that brown mulm accumulates in the substrate and behind the HMF filters.  Maybe some tanks can somehow deal with it, but mine can't.  Also another experienced shrimper suggested that maybe those "shell bugs" don't just live on the shrimps but also in this debris.  Maybe this is the reason some tanks fail due to "old tank syndrome" where all they need is a good gravel vac? Also, I am guessing that plant trim helps too because now more of the nutrients and light go into growing algae instead of more plants? Well anyway for this tank I will try weekly water change and monthly gravel vac / plant trim.  For my next tank, I'm thinking of something like an under-gravel system where this mulm can fall down and I vac it out.
    • sdlTBfanUK
      Good to have an update and good to hear you are getting shrimplets, so hopefully your colony will continue and you may not get to the point where you have to cull some to stop over population. These type of shrimp only live 12 - 18 months so the adult deaths may be natural? If you have the time I would do weekly 25% water changes, adding the new water via a drip system and do some vacuuming clean of the substrate each week, even if only a different bit each week! See if that helps in a few months and if it does then stick with that regime? It should help reduce any build-ups that may be occuring!
    • beanbag
      Hello again, much belated update: The tank still has "cycles" of 1-2 month "good streaks" where everybody seems to be doing well, and then a bad streak where the short antenna problem shows up again, and a shrimp dies once every few days.  I am not sure what causes things to go bad, but usually over the course of a few days I will start to see more shrimp quietly standing on the HMF filter, and so I know something is wrong.  Since I am not "doing anything" besides the regular 1-2 week water changes, I just assume that something bad is building up.  Here's a list of things that I've tried that are supposed to be "can't hurt" but didn't prevent the problem either: Dose every other day with Shrimp Fit (very small dose, and the shrimp seem to like it) Sotching Oxydator Seachem Purigen to keep the nitrates lower Keeping the pH below 5.5 with peat Things that I don't do often, so could possibly "reset" the tank back to a good streak, are gravel vac and plant trim, so maybe time to try those again. One other problem I used to have was that sometimes a shrimp would suddenly stop eating with a full or partially full digestive tract that doesn't clear out, and then the shrimp will die within a few days.  I suspected it was one of the foods in my rotation - Shrimp Nature Infection, which contains a bunch of herbal plant things.  I've had this in my food rotation for a few years now and generally didn't seem to cause problems, but I removed it from the rotation anyway.  I don't have a lot of adult Golden Bees at this point so I can't really tell if it worked or not. Overall the tank is not too bad - during the good streaks occasionally a shrimp will get berried and hatch babies with a 33-50% survival rate.  So while there are fewer adults now, there are also a bunch of babies roaming around.  I guess this tank will stagger on, but I really do need to take the time to start up a new tank.  (or figure out the problem)
    • jayc
      If that is the offspring, then the parents are unlikely to be PRL. I tend to agree with you. There are very few PRLs in Australia. And any that claim to be needs to show proof. PRL genes have to start as PRL. CRS that breed true after x generations doesn't turn it into a PRL. Neither can a Taiwan bee shrimp turn into a PRL despite how ever many generations. I've never seen a PRL with that sort of red colour. I have on Red Wines and Red Shadows - Taiwan bee shrimps. So somewhere down the line one of your shrimp might have been mixed with Taiwan bees and is no longer PRL. It just tanks one shrimp to mess up the genes of a whole colony. 
    • sdlTBfanUK
      Sorry, missed this one somehow! The PRL look fantastic and the odd ones look part PRL and part Red wine/Red shadow in the colour. They are still very beautiful but ideally should be seperated to help keep the PRL clean if you can do that.  Nice clear photos!
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