SKF Aquatics Monthly Digest 25 July 2018

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July 2018, another month of amazing posts and growth of our forum,
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Is that black spot disease ?
nicpapa July 1

Hi there i found some shrimps with this dot in the head. Aslo in another tank in snowballs. Shrimp look like lethargic.

19 comments

red crystal/black bee Not breeding
richiep July 6

back in February this year i had which started off as a white algae bloom turned into a bad case of green algae and for some six week with the help of jayc matuva and a few other inputs we solved th…

9 comments

Mysterious deaths
ErinF July 1

Hi!  I know this has probably been asked a million times before but my shrimp keep dying and it's truely a mystery and being very new to shrimp keeping I'm hoping someone can help. Sorry this i…

8 comments

Learnt something surprising
Baccus July 9

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8 comments

Shrimp Identification Held Needed
TheMikeGoesMoo June 27

I'm really desperate to try to figure out what Shrimps these are so I can properly learn what to do.They seem like some weird hybrid or just shrimp that camouflage into their environment. When I fi…

7 comments

Do people use tank dividers?
Sheldon13 June 30

Rather than a separate tank, do people use tank dividers to keep species or color variants separate?

5 comments

Turtle Heath Block
ErinF July 2

Hi, just wondering if anyone has used a mineral and calcium block intended for turtles and their shells to help with shedding etc? I'm new to shrimp keeping but have done some research and work at …

4 comments

BABIES!!!
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It's my first time guys!  I got these as my first shrimp, they were berried within 2 days and I had to squeal this morning when I woke up to babies!  So far I count 13.  I had 2 berried females so …

4 comments

Noob Help Required
Exodus July 6

Hi! I'm new to the hobby, but not new to keeping aquariums. I've decided on what shrimp I would like to keep, but now I am wondering if I could get a bit of help or advice on how to set up …

4 comments

What Caridina is available is Aus
Maurice July 12

Hi guys,   Was just wondering what species of Caridina are available in Aus? Meaning more towards Taiwan bees and Pinto shrimp. And then roughly prices on the diffirent species that the…

4 comments

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SaltyShrimp Bee Shrimp GH+ vs Softwater GH+
edishrimp 10 hours ago

Hey guys! Recently decided to invest in an RODI unit to improve the quality of the water in my shrimp tanks and reduce the margin for any catastrophic deaths. However, sadly my LFS doesn't seem…

1 comments

Any advice on how to keep filter feeder shrimp?
edishrimp Monday at 07:51 PM

Hey guys! Just wondering if any of ya'll have experience keeping filter feeder shrimp? They're fairly common here although most of the LFS tend to stock lethargic specimens that seem to be on t…

3 comments

Feeding CRS bloodworms: Yay or Nay?
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Hey guys! I've had my CRS for close to a month now (bought about 20 juvies and adults on 30th June) and they seem to be really happy and healthy in their tank with the painted fire reds. So far…

1 comments

Shrimp Snow
Sheldon13 Sunday at 10:35 AM

Where do I get some?  When I google it, all that comes up is recipes for cooking shrimp and snow peas, and then on the shopping side what comes up is "Natto Shrimp Snow."  The Natto Shrimp Snow is b…

2 comments

BABIES!!!
Sheldon13 July 18

It's my first time guys!  I got these as my first shrimp, they were berried within 2 days and I had to squeal this morning when I woke up to babies!  So far I count 13.  I had 2 berried females so …

4 comments

tibee - taiwan water
nicpapa July 13

What parameter are you keep taiwans tibees?   What tds you get wiht salty shrimp mineral? And what gh? 1 have 3 same tanks 100liters, same setups. In one there are tibbe and ta…

1 comments

Idle curiosity
Baccus July 12

Just out of idle curiosity has anybody tried breeding any of our native caridina (I thinking Caridina sp. NT2, C. sp WA4 or even C. NTnilotica) with any of the non native caridina such as Crystals …

1 comments

What Caridina is available is Aus
Maurice July 12

Hi guys,   Was just wondering what species of Caridina are available in Aus? Meaning more towards Taiwan bees and Pinto shrimp. And then roughly prices on the diffirent species that the…

4 comments

Food for thought....or food for shrimp
Baccus July 11

After doing some reading on a rather interesting site I found called Eat The Weeds, I not only discovered some interesting things about coraletia vine being edible from tendril tips to root tubers.…

3 comments

Ro water
nicpapa July 10

Hi there. Did anyone use water softener before ro ? Is it safe ? I have a problem here, my tds after ro is 50ppm, hard water here( 500tds , its about 24gh) For crs tibee, i use di ,…

4 comments

Learnt something surprising
Baccus July 9

A while ago I took all the shrimp out of my black cherry shrimp tank and put all the nonblacks (chocolate or not dark enough black) cherries into another tank, but left a tub of water with remainin…

8 comments

Not a true Moss
Baccus July 6

I was wondering if anyone here had tried growing Selaginalla uncinate (blue spike moss) emersed? Its a lovely blue sheened low growing ground cover that shows its best blue in good shade. But I was…

1 comments

King Kong + Others
maelstroem July 6

Hi New to this forum, I have read huge numbers of posts and have found excellent information available, all in one area has made it enjoyable rather than trawling through 1000's internet pages …

1 comments

red crystal/black bee Not breeding
richiep July 6

back in February this year i had which started off as a white algae bloom turned into a bad case of green algae and for some six week with the help of jayc matuva and a few other inputs we solved th…

9 comments

Noob Help Required
Exodus July 6

Hi! I'm new to the hobby, but not new to keeping aquariums. I've decided on what shrimp I would like to keep, but now I am wondering if I could get a bit of help or advice on how to set up …

4 comments

Turtle Heath Block
ErinF July 2

Hi, just wondering if anyone has used a mineral and calcium block intended for turtles and their shells to help with shedding etc? I'm new to shrimp keeping but have done some research and work at …

4 comments

Mysterious deaths
ErinF July 1

Hi!  I know this has probably been asked a million times before but my shrimp keep dying and it's truely a mystery and being very new to shrimp keeping I'm hoping someone can help. Sorry this i…

8 comments

Is that black spot disease ?
nicpapa July 1

Hi there i found some shrimps with this dot in the head. Aslo in another tank in snowballs. Shrimp look like lethargic.

19 comments

Do people use tank dividers?
Sheldon13 June 30

Rather than a separate tank, do people use tank dividers to keep species or color variants separate?

5 comments

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