Amyers22

Thank you!

What minerlizer do you use? Any other products?

Have you noticed any issues with your shrimp molting or baby survival? My shrimp have only been molting half their body or they molt fully and then die. This hasn't happened to all of them, but I have lost 13 in 17 days and almost all my babies. On my next water change will lessen the amount of minerlizer and see if this helps.

He and I have been talking back and forth for almost a month. I will definitely post my observations.

I use the API test kit and mine is coming out at an 8 which is too high. So for every 4 gallons you do one pump of the alpha and one pump of the beta instead of one pump of each for every 2 gallons?

Those of you who use these products what is the GH testing at? What are you using to test it?

Is anyone having any problems with controsoil? Random deaths they can't explain? Any other issues?

I got my PRL from a seller who I later found out isn't the best. He got them from a breeder in Chicago. I do not know their origin I think they look great and for my purposes I will continue to call them PRL because that's what I purchased them as. If I were to sell them I would sell them as high grade CRS though because I don't know their origins.

Yes, I used the macro lens. The only think I don't like about it is that the shrimp have to be half an inch or closer to the glass to get the picture. If they are too far away its blurry and of they are too close it's blurry unless you pull your phone back a bit. My tip for myself is patience, haha. I just have to wait until they get close enough to the glass for me to take a picture.

Here's a few more...

I got my new macro lens in the mail yesterday. Here are a few shrimp shots The berried shadow panda you see is the berried BKK panda I had pictured in my first post. Turns out she was supposed to be blue!

Tonight I noticed one of my Taitibees has developed a darker orange coloration. The first picture is from the my first post. It was taken 15 minutes after the shrimp were introduced to the tank. The second picture is from this evening, 5 days after introducing them to the tank.

My speckled pink Taitibee looking great after molting!

It has been three days since I introduced my shrimp back to the tank. I have noticed a difference in several of my shrimp's coloration. I first noticed the change in my Wine Red Extreme. Today I noticed a difference in one of my Blue Bolts. This first picture was taken fifteen minutes after introducing the shrimp back to the tank. You can see this picture in my first post. The second picture was taken this afternoon.

I originally had them separated, but unfortunately had to downsize and tear down a few of my tanks. I have a divider for my tank, but haven't put it back in yet.

I'm looking forward to it

I have had my tank up and running since March of this year. I had many berried shrimp, but had a very low baby survival rate. I was also experiencing random deaths, about two a month. As I continued to observe my shrimp I saw that some of them had poor coloration and thin shells. I also started seeing hydra on the walls of my tank and on some of my plants. I had been reading many great reviews on Shrimpy Daddy products and wanting to try some. I reached out to Shrimpy Daddy and told him what I was observing and asked his recommendations. He had me send pictures and details of my observations from the beginning of my setup to present. He created a personalized plan of attack. I placed an order and he sent me his entire line of products to get the job done. I sterilized my tank, plants, and other items such as driftwood, cholla logs, feeding dish, and Crimson baby shrimp houses with Revive Vita. You can follow the sterilization process here http://www.shrimpydaddy.com/pages/how-to-sterilise-a-shrimp-tank. This process eliminated the hydra. Here are the details of my tank after sterilization: 20 gallon long tank holding Taiwan Bee, PRL, and a couple Taitibee shrimp. The substrate is Controsoil Parameters: Temp: 74.5 GH: 6 TDS: 147 pH: 6.6 Ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite: 0 Products: Revive Bianco Alpha and Beta water conditioners Revive Vita, Revive Colore, Revive Minerals, Revive Vivace, and Sinewy Cereal S dosed according to Shrimpy Daddy's recommended regime chart found here: http://www.shrimpydaddy.com/pages/recommended-dosing-regime. Equipment: 2 sponge filters (I will be upgrading to a HOB Fluval C series filter within the next few months) Finnex Titanium 50-watt heater Finnex Planted Plus light fixture Marina breeder box (small) with airstone and Zoo Med LED Betta light Accessories: Cholla logs Spiderwood Malaysian driftwood (tiny) 1 Minerock 3 Crimson baby shrimp houses Foods: HAN shrimp foods Amaranth leaves My shrimp were introduced back to the tank yesterday at 1 pm. Here are pictures of a few of my shrimp 15 minutes after they were put in the tank: Black King Kong Panda Blue Bolt Blue Bolt Blue Bolt Berried Ruby Red Blue Bolt Blue Bolt Dragon Red Panda Golden Mischling Golden Mischling Light pink speckled Taitibee Low grade Blue Bolt Low grade Blue Bolt Black King Kong one stripe and pink Ramshorn PRL Shadow Panda Berried Black King Kong Panda Tatibee Aqua Blue Bolt Wine Red Extreme One day old Tibee with orange eyes Pink Ramshorn (Note: I will not be editing my photos or using any filters so observations can be made clearly.) I had a few initial observations. My first observation was how active my shrimp were. I have never seen my shrimp as active as they are now. My second observation was a successful molt 4 hours after introducing them to the tank. My third observation was a newly berried blue bolt only 5 hours after introducing them to the tank. My fourth observation was the appearance of some of my plants. They looked much healthier and displayed a more vibrant color. My fifth and final observation was the coloration of my Wine Red Extreme had changed dramatically in less than 24 hours. The red was a much deeper red, almost maroon. You can see that this is the same Wine Red Extreme as the one pictured above because it has a small white dot on its sides. I can't say thank you enough to Shrimpy Daddy for dedicating many hours to answering my questions, coming up with a personalized plan for my tank, walking me through the tank reset and sterilization process, sharing his wealth of knowledge, and giving me the opportunity to try his entire product line. My shrimp and I are extremely grateful. I can tell my shrimp are much happier. The babies are as active as the adults. I am confident that I will continue to see positive changes in my shrimp. It's only been 24 hours and I am beyond happy that I messaged Shrimpy Daddy for advice. This has been such a positive experience. Tomorrow will be my third day of dosing Shrimpy Daddy products. I will continue to document my observations.

It only cost me 88 cents a gallon which is what I pay for RO. At my lfs RO is $1 a gallon.

Congratulations! Great RAOK!

Can I use distilled water instead of RO and then remineralize it?

Those look awesome! Beautiful shrimp

I think those pictures look great! Well worth $7!

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That looks great!!