Amyers22

I learned how to increase survival rate of the babies. Ive got diy breeding box - similar to marina box operating with small pup - I've got substrate some moss and choala wood in it. When I see that female just about to give birth I placing her in the box and wait until the babies out. I dose some Bacter AE and some baby food on daily basis in the breeding box and I have around 95% of babies survival rate. The babies growing extremely fast in there because plenty of food - I think around 2 times quicker than in the tank, I'm not joking .

I also have nice looking KK male in the box it's very often females molt straight after birth and the male is always there for that purpose He don't mind to be in that box all the time - its big enough for couple shrimps.

I've actually been doing the same exact thing! Well I don't dose Bacter AE. Along with HAN baby food I put in a small amount of Borneowild Bebe. I retested my water this evening as I did a small water change this morning. My GH is down to 7 and my TDS is down to 150. I'm going to wait two day and do anther small water change with pure RO. So far this current Bach if babies is much more active and seem to scavenge all over the breeder box. I also have substrate in there win some moss, a piece of cholla wood, a few alder cones, and a bee ball. They seem to be bigger than my last babies and have lived longer so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they can hang in there until my next water change. I currently have 12 berried females in the tank and two are due to release there babies in the next three or four days

I learned how to increase survival rate of the babies. Ive got diy breeding box - similar to marina box operating with small pup - I've got substrate some moss and choala wood in it. When I see that female just about to give birth I placing her in the box and wait until the babies out. I dose some Bacter AE and some baby food on daily basis in the breeding box and I have around 95% of babies survival rate. The babies growing extremely fast in there because plenty of food - I think around 2 times quicker than in the tank, I'm not joking .

I also have nice looking KK male in the box it's very often females molt straight after birth and the male is always there for that purpose He don't mind to be in that box all the time - its big enough for couple shrimps.

I've actually been doing the same exact thing! Well I don't dose Bacter AE. I retested me water this evening as I did a small water change this morning. My GH is down to 7 and my TDS is down to 150. I'm going to wait two day and do anther small water change with pure RO. So far this current Bach if babies is much more active and seem to scavenge all over the breeder box. I also have substrate in there win some moss, a piece of cholla wood, a few alder cones, and a bee ball. They seem to be bigger than my last babies and have lived longer so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they can hang in there until my next water change. I currently have 12 berries females in the tank and two are due to release there babies in the next three or four days

What are the ideal parameters for these shrimp. I've seen a wide range of parameters from different breeders. I had been losing all my batches of babies and realized my GH was too high as well as my TDS. Slowly I have been lowering them. I have a new batch of babies that are almost two weeks old. Here are my current parameters:

GH 8

TDS 161

pH 6.5

KH 0-1

Nitrates 0ppm

Nitrites 0ppm

Ammonia 0

Temp 73.2

Do I need to lower the GH more? I have purchased and will be using MK Blue Diamond and Mosura TDS up to remineralize my RO water. I thought ideally my parameters needed to be a GH of 5 and a TDS in the 130's.

Thanks in advance

Do you have any pictures of them?

I ordered the sample pack and have tried every food at least once. Every food was gone within a few hours so in my mind they are all a hit!

My shrimps favorites so far:

Snowflake

Purple bee pollen

Spinach

Bears Garlic

Baby Food

Thank you for the info! I love the two I have.

Red have gold/brown shells with a red body, Pink has a red/pink body with a clear/white shell.

What is mine?

And your shrimp are beautiful!

Thank you I purchased that particular blue bolt from Shrimpscales here on shrimpspot. He got me started with some of my first Taiwan bees and they are beautiful!

Is it ok for Neocaridina? I have yellow and reds!

It will buffer your pH pretty low if you're using RO water with a remineralizer. If you use tap it won't be quite as low, but in my opinion would defeat the purpose of this particular substrate. It says on the packaging not to use products that enhance the pH or TDS. I personally use a TDS supplement to get my parameters perfect, but I haven't had any issues. I love it and you can definitely make it work. My plants grow very well in this substrate.

This is what the fine black controsoil looks like in my tank. There are a few Borneowild humic balls in there, but are noticeably larger than the substrate.

I have controsoil in my 20 long planted shrimp tank. I chose fine. I think the size is perfect. In my opinion the ex-fine was too small and wouldn't be "heavy" enough.

Do you have a picture?

I have blue ramshorn snails and I randomly have two pink ones, but haven't seen anymore for a few months. I love the pink.

Good to know! Thank you

Can you place a seashell in your shrimp tank as a decoration or will it breakdown overtime and release something harmful into the water column or change the parameters?

Ok so here's my update. Depending on how you want to use the light it could be awesome. As an alter to the planted+ it is a great light. You can set the intensity save it to memory and adjust as needed without altering the height of the light.

As a 24/7 unit it kinda sucks. So I tried to use the 24/7 function and there are a few flaws with it.

1) You cannot alter the time or intensity of the 24/7 function. It is a preset.

2) If the unit gets turned off or loses power it resets itself.

I went for 4 days on vacation and I guess my house had a power outage. Returned to an aquarium full of algae.

My conclusion is that as a light it's cool but the 24/7 function is gimmicky unless you want to pay for a battery backup.

Thank you for the update! Sounds like a decent light overall!

Amanda here is two photos of my bubble choice in action.

Also I show the small valve that controls how much air is allowed to enter. More air = more bubbles & as an added bonus when you up the air it also makes the current stronger so you get a small control as to how strong of a current the out spray will be.

Thanks for the photos!

Awesome thanks for the replies

Do I need to have an air pump for this to work?

All great questions. I've had it for less then a week and I just put plants in today. I feel like I would need a few weeks at least to be able to get a real impression of the lights.

I can say they don't seem to get very hot. They do appear to be able to get quite bright on the max setting.

How do you like your light fixture so far? Any updates on plant growth or your overall thoughts on the product?

Can someone give me a run down on this product. What does it do? How do you set it up? Is it loud? Where is it placed in or on the tank? Is there any product you must purchase for this product to work? Is it beneficial for caridina shrimp?

Thanks in advance

Where to get purple zebra shrimp. Where to buy some.

I have the same question. I only knew of shrimpfever.com, but they are sold out at the moment.

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do you have an example of the ones you want to build?

What do you mean?

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Guess who's berried!!!

I'm finishing up with my bachelors degree in nursing in December. If by then no one has attempted breeding them I am certainly up for the task! These tiny guys look so awesome!

Has anyone successfully bred these tiny guys? They're so beautiful and purple and tiny! I'm really hoping someone has figured out what salinity is needing during the larval stage if any at all.

Thanks for the reply! I may gradually increase the temp to around 74. That's a happy medium!