SKFAquatics Monthly Digest 28 January 2019

January 28, 2019

Happy New Year! It's 2019 and SKF wishes you the very best in this great new year! Lot's of new posts and members in our first newsletter of the year!

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Latest Forum Posts

Taiwan Bee Shrimp Maximum Parameters
ShrimpDesigns Friday at 02:07 AM

Have been thinking about getting some Taiwan bee Shrimp for a while but the thought of purchasing an R.O kit and chiller has always been stopping me. I live in Adelaide and my pH sits around 7.0 - …

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Need some advice
mathhewUK Thursday at 12:25 PM

Hi All I am looking to setup my new tank ( 135L ) next week which will be eventually be a home for lots of crystal shrimps and very small fish properly 20 dwarf rasbs The substrate I will be …

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seachem replenish
chongkt Tuesday at 04:50 PM

good day . my only shrimp tank's tds is rather low. +- 80 ppm. friend suggested this product. question : is this safe to use for shrimps ? bcos it contains salt. can someone please help. ... per…

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black berry
madshrimpkeeper January 22

hi read that shrimps love mulberry , where I live theres lots of blackberry , has anyone tried blackberry leaves with there shrimps

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A shrimp molted, got eggs, and died
beanbag January 21

Hello folks, I've had this orange neo shrimp in my tank for about 4 months now, and it was generally doing ok. These last 2-3 weeks, it seemed less active, but still ate, so whatever. Last nigh…

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Ellobiopsidae and exisiting setup
cbaum86 January 21

Hi, I'm after some advice and the best course of action for a tank which contained shrimp with suspected Ellobiopsidae. There is plenty of information I have found about quarantining and attemp…

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5 gallons shrimp tanks for my shrimps. It can be?
Arkaedus January 21

I wan to mantain Taiwan Bee and Tiger shrimps. Can I get the shrimps breed in 5 gallon tanks? If it can be. What it need to do it? Some recomendations will be fine.

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can paint fumes hurt my shrimps
chongkt January 20

planning to repaint interior of my house. I have a 30 gal mix community tank of about 80 shrimps. please advise what can I do to prevent hurting my small friends. regards.

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Diseases?
Fishlover January 20

first picture and last picture or the same shrimp, it have yellow/ green fungus plus it back half is turning white. Second picture is off a female berried shrimp I see a white spot don't know what …

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Completed project- Home of the tetras
jojowhisky January 19

Just sharing a completed project. Bought 12 tetras awhile back, 4 glowight tetras and 8 neon tetras.Bought them for the purpose of creating a community tank(my very first tank- 16litre tank)However, a…

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Chinese spinach for the little guys. (First time)
jojowhisky January 18

Today i boiled some chinese spinach for these guys and my! Im looking at lots of holes in the leaf within a few minutes! First time feeding them this, as far as fresh foods go, they have only eaten st…

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How do i keep my shrimps alive
bobet116 January 18

I couldn't keep my shrimp alive for more than one day. What should I do to keep them alive. Sent from my SM-N9208 using Shrimp Keepers Forum mobile app

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How to...RO/DI here at last, so how do i make the water fabulous?
jojowhisky January 17

Hi all,My rodi system is here, decided to go with a simpler one. (Saw jayc's and decided to go with a simpler model without all the parts looking like they came from NASA) TDS is indeed oooppm.Questio…

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Keeping CRS with others?
Macks January 16

Hi guys! So, I just got a small batch of crystal red shrimp to join my blue rilli and orange rilli. I’ve been looking stuff up online and getting pretty confused about water parameters... It seems …

6 comments

Shrimp problem
Tivon January 12

Hi I really need some advice I recently got red rili shrimp and they all are acting normal but one of them is turning white and I'm a tad concerned is he molting some one told me we was but i…

21 comments

breeding Red oder Black Pinto Zebra/Fishbones
davidwnrw January 10

Hello everyone and thx for adding! I'm really new in holding Cardina, but I did inform me about keeping them. I have 2x scapers Tanks, each 35l, with red bee sand and aquael pat mini filter…

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keeping cinnamon sticks and oak leaves in tank - how long?
asquirrel January 9

Hi folks, First time poster. How long to I keep the cinnamon sticks in my tank? I noticed that after a while the sticks develop a fuzzy film on the outside. Looks almost like mold. Is it bi…

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Species of shrimp?
Krystianb January 4

I went to petco to get some ghost shrimp but I can tell these are not ghost shrimp. Any idea what species of shrimp this is? https://imgur.com/a/Dw70WkD

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Bought these shrimp from petco today, listed as ghost shrimp but I can 100% tell they aren’t. What species is this?
Krystianb January 3

Hello, I went to petco today to get some ghost shrimp. The guy scooped them out but right when I saw it I knew they weren’t ghost shrimps. What type of shrimp is this? https://imgur.com/a/cmWw7…

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