Soothing Shrimp

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LOL (Best Schultz impersonation:) I Know Nosink!

You are correct. Now the smallest size for kordon is 7.5 x 12

Beautiful fire red.

Good question. I think they are pretty much opportunistic. If something is around, they'll try to take it.

I've never seen BV look like that.

I've noticed differences too, chib.

Garden, no shed yet, but he looks very healthy. What food did you feed him? He has been eating ramshorns and moss from me, and turns up his nose at other foods. LOL

Exceedingly simple actually. Drain tank to about 1" of water left, and refill it via airline siphon with water that is the proper params. The airline put in the water slow enough it doesn't chock the shrimp, and the water quality is near pristine because of being brand new. The bacteria will be significantly reduced from the water giving your shrimp a better chance of not getting sick.

Ah, good. I'm glad when there is a shrimp reference that can be used for both. LOL

Thanks for clarifying that, folks.

My understanding right now is that crays are unlike shrimp. Shrimp have to molt to be be berried because the exoskeleton is soft so the sperm ball can be applied. Large Crays are able to do the plug when exoskeleton is fully hardened. The male has to be in one of two forms. One will work, one won't. So you can look under him with a mag glass and try to figure it out, or introduce them at which point they'll start fighting, or start mating.

You folks forget that there are female shrimpers as well that do just as good or even better than some men I know with shrimp keeping.

Well, to be fair, we talk on snails, crabs, crays and other inverts, too. And we do have a section for fish and plants, etc.

Golden Freddy just did his vote.

What size Marina box?

Samples are great. You can see what works and what doesn't.

I just buy the cheap meters on Ebay. With my clumsiness, absent mindedness and butterfingers, the cheapies do well for me. LOL Meta's advice is good as far as medicating the tank. Get 'em all. The trap only traps some, and they repopulate.

I've read that a missing claw is not uncommon in mating. Luckily my fem seems no worse for wear. I'd really like this crayfish section to take off too. I'll keep you and others updated, and any things that you do for your cray, keep us updated too!

+1 I've heard that before from monsterfish keepers, chib. Like 1lb (453.6 grams) of sodium thiosulfate crystals is ~$8 with free shipping from Ebay.

As many of you know my first trial breed was catastrophic. The fem ate my male in a failed attempt. So, I've learned a bit more and have tried again. Seems the male can be in two forms depending on the molt. One form is not physically able to mate, the other is fine for mating. Also, if teh fem is inseminated already, she can fight off another intruder. Also, even if breeding goes correctly, the male will breed again and again in a short time. Problem is he takes out the "plug" each time, and it starts over each time. So, I just made a trade with thegardenofeder to get a big beautiful male. He didn't want to at first because the shell was cracked, but I managed to convince him that I didn't care and any challenges reflect on me and not him. Gotta have high respect for someone who wants to only sell/trade the best quality stock. So as soon as the white alleni got here, I placed him in the fem tank expecting for it to take awhile to acclimate before being in a breeding mood. Nope. LOL He went right for the fem and mated. 10 min later it was over and I placed the fem in her own tank. A week later, no berries, so I tried again yesterday by placing teh fem with him. With 10 minutes he was breeding and it lasted over an hour this time. Once again she is in her own tank, and we'll see how if she gets berried this time. I have them each in a tank with moss and ramshorns. I see white ramshorn shells, so some must be being eaten and I guess teh moss is being eaten as well. Neither is interested in pmniapro, so they must be eating well enough. I debated moving this to the journal section, but this has to do with crays and I figure there should be more activity here anyway. LOL

You also may want to check TDS. Cherries can take high TDS, but too high and the babies don't do well. One person found out his TDS was 1000+. Adults were alive, but babies were disappearing and he didn't know why. Also, how many in what size tank, and how often do you feed? It may be there's not enough biofilm food.

Awesome information, Steve. Thank you! I thought this was especially interesting since all the crays were raised identically and displayed phenotypes differently.

anti- are you able to ask where you got them from if the Blue KK are indeed neos? Unfortunately, they kind of look like it from here. However having said that, those are what I have been trying to get my Sapphires to look like. If there's a true strain like that in the US, I may just give up on my Sapphires and get those!

I 've experienced similar results, desert. Majones, any chance of getting a translation of ingredients in it?