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SKFAquatics Monthly Digest 27 August 2018


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Nematodes?
Sheldon13
I’m pretty sure this is the place to put this question. I need help identifying worms.  They are about 2mm, rounded head and point at the tail end.  I have viewed them with a magnifying glass and I…
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OMG what is this creature!
Sheldon13
Sorry no pic.  That would be because the creature was a little less than a mm and there is no way my phone could capture it.  I tried.  Three things happened today: 1) This morning I had my fir…
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What shrimp is?
Ale93
Hello guys, can someone tell me what shrimp is? Seller told me that is a Masapi. I'm breeding them with ph 7.5, KH 6, GH 12, temp 22-26 degrees celsius. Thanks.  
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Shrimp ID???
Zoidburg
Short info... I'm in USA I got these from a pet store They were being sold as something they clearly are not Larger than cherry shrimp, smaller than amanos (as in, at best, females get to the s…
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Dealing with warm water
regormang
How is everyone dealing with the summer heat? I lost one of my super tiger shrimp do to tank running around 80 degrees all day. So far I've used frozen bottle water and fans. But haven't gotten it dow…
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Tank Mate Question
Dylanthib
I understand that there is not really any perfect tank mate when it comes to cherry shrimp. But has anyone had success with neon tetras as tank mates? they stay relatively small and are semi-passive…
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Do Shrimp stop eating and take breaks hidding or just chilling?
Mattyshrimp
Hi new to shrimp keeping.  I have 4  Red cherry shrimp, i got them 2 days ago.  When I fist put them in they werr pretty active.  2 M 2 F.  Water parameters amonia 0 water temp 22/24 degrees aqua c…
5 comments

Yellow Kingkong
kopilatte
I bought a yellow kingkong shrimp a while ago. It's supposed to be Caridina shrimp, but then I don't see many of them, however neocaridina shrimp (neon yellow) shrimp is plenty in the market. I got…
5 comments

Once a male red cherry, now a blue cherry?
christeez
Okay guys, I’ve had him for 2 month now and a week ago I culled some shrimps into my other tank because others weren’t red enough or near transparent.  Yesterday I checked and noticed a blue hue in th…
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Good or Bad Idea?
Baccus
So I was at the pet shop earlier (went in for one thing walked out with 4 including a pair of ruddy finches LOL), but while checking through their aquatic pet supplies I saw Turtle Health Blocks an…
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Should I put baby shrimp in breeding box
Chris0zx6r
Hi, I’ve got a 55 litre tank with some guppies, cardinal tetras, panda and peppered cories, amano shrimp and cherry shrimp (oh and a few unintentional snails). I’ve just discovered that there are m…
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Coloured Ramshorn snails
Baccus
Usually I know snails become a massive pest in tanks, and believe me I have had my battles with them. However I do get the odd red Ramshorn cropping up in my tanks and last night I found one that ha…
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Good or Bad Idea?
Baccus
So I was at the pet shop earlier (went in for one thing walked out with 4 including a pair of ruddy finches LOL), but while checking through their aquatic pet supplies I saw Turtle Health Blocks an…
3 comments

Dealing with warm water
regormang
How is everyone dealing with the summer heat? I lost one of my super tiger shrimp do to tank running around 80 degrees all day. So far I've used frozen bottle water and fans. But haven't gotten it dow…
6 comments

Masterpiece Bonsai Driftwood
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These unique decorations elevate regular fish/shrimps/plants tanks, making them more than just homes for your fish/shrimps. Masterpiece Bonsai Driftwood Now available! https://www.exoaquarist…
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Nematodes?
Sheldon13
I’m pretty sure this is the place to put this question. I need help identifying worms.  They are about 2mm, rounded head and point at the tail end.  I have viewed them with a magnifying glass and I…
13 comments

Trouble with grading shrimp morphs
Baccus
This may be a really stupid question but I have been having a great deal of trouble deciphering the actual colour quality (depth of colour, clarity or thickness e.g semi see through or solid) of th…
2 comments

What shrimp is?
Ale93
Hello guys, can someone tell me what shrimp is? Seller told me that is a Masapi. I'm breeding them with ph 7.5, KH 6, GH 12, temp 22-26 degrees celsius. Thanks.  
7 comments

The sad life of bettas
Bettythebetta
I made this video and hopefully it will help some bettas.  Sent from my iPad using Shrimp Keepers Forum
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Introducing my bettas
Bettythebetta
These are my bettas! The red one is a male veiltail named Jeff, and the beautiful purple-pink one is a female dragon scale betta.
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Once a male red cherry, now a blue cherry?
christeez
Okay guys, I’ve had him for 2 month now and a week ago I culled some shrimps into my other tank because others weren’t red enough or near transparent.  Yesterday I checked and noticed a blue hue in th…
3 comments

Madagascar Lace Plant
Baccus
Going to show my age a little now, but years ago I remember seeing Madagascar Lace Plant for sale in a Fish Shop in Mackay, and as a young teen although I fell in love with the plant I never had th…
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Conditions for riffle larvae
braga
Has any progress been made in figuring out how to keep riffle larvae alive? From what I've read here and elsewhere, it's not entirely clear whether it's an issue of chemistry/hardness or food. …
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Yellow Kingkong
kopilatte
I bought a yellow kingkong shrimp a while ago. It's supposed to be Caridina shrimp, but then I don't see many of them, however neocaridina shrimp (neon yellow) shrimp is plenty in the market. I got…
5 comments

Shrimp ID???
Zoidburg
Short info... I'm in USA I got these from a pet store They were being sold as something they clearly are not Larger than cherry shrimp, smaller than amanos (as in, at best, females get to the s…
6 comments

Do Shrimp stop eating and take breaks hidding or just chilling?
Mattyshrimp
Hi new to shrimp keeping.  I have 4  Red cherry shrimp, i got them 2 days ago.  When I fist put them in they werr pretty active.  2 M 2 F.  Water parameters amonia 0 water temp 22/24 degrees aqua c…
5 comments

Tank Mate Question
Dylanthib
I understand that there is not really any perfect tank mate when it comes to cherry shrimp. But has anyone had success with neon tetras as tank mates? they stay relatively small and are semi-passive…
5 comments

OMG what is this creature!
Sheldon13
Sorry no pic.  That would be because the creature was a little less than a mm and there is no way my phone could capture it.  I tried.  Three things happened today: 1) This morning I had my fir…
10 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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