Soothing Shrimp

Could have been.  My tank had pretty heavy hair algae.

Feeding day today, and I'm trying the new product B-Leaves by Tantora.  100% organic, which I like.  Most of the ingredients are leaves-  moringa leaves, papaya leaves, amaranth leaves, ivy gourd leaves, vitamins, mulberry leaves, noni leaves, ginkgo leaves, catappa leaves, guava leaves, gotu kola leaves, miracle grass, and so on. It comes in stick form.

I tried feeding it to my crays, neos, Malawas, TaiTibs, TB, etc. today to see how they would react to it.  It is a new food for everyone, so I figured it may be so-so until they get used to the idea. I admit, sometimes my animals just don't like a new food.  Par for the course.

I was pleasantly surprised though.  Results were really good.  ALL animals accepted it readily.  In fact, in a couple tanks there were fights to get to it. LOL  It will go on my regular rotation now. :-)

The food sticks are a little long for my liking, but they are easily broken by hand to the proper size needed.  If everyone liked it, and that's my only complaint.  I'll take it.

If you are having problems locating it, the only sponsor from here I was able to find it so far was Han (H4N). 

I've attached some pics of some food mobs...well...just because I like pics. LOL

I'm south of Chicago.  My shrimp always did poorly until I got an RO unit.

Is it possible the shrimp were imported?

Also, did you ask the seller what params they wee kept in?

Indian Whisker Shrimp get 2-3"

Here's some info on Malaya Shrimp from a quick google: http://www.petshrimp.com/malayashrimp.php

Yeah... I'm pretty sure the store screwed up.  Those are almost certainly not neos.

Look similar to a Malaya shrimp to me...

aoc = any other color

" Generally you're saying when you mix colors you will end up with wild coloring eventually? "

Yepper.

"Oh yeah, what is an acceptable stocking per gallon with neocaridina?"

As many as your filtration can keep up with.  Not unusual to have 100+ or more in a 10g.

Just remember, experiments are fun- but you may want to use a different tank so you don't wind up destroying any stock you have.

I hear ya.  Good job dumping the water.  Several things can cause bacteria outbreaks.  Dirty water, a rise in temperature, and even shrimp from a different source can carry bacteria from their last tank in their system.

The bacteria from adding shrimp is rare, but occasionally it does happen.

Do a large water charge via airline.  Chances are bad juju is in the water params.

It all depends on how impure your water source is.

Everyone's water is different and filters will vary on usage because of it.

And WT means wild type.

Oh, AA just is a grade of saturation of color.  It's not used too much in the US, and when it is- it is often misused.  Don't worry about that too much. ;-)

@CindiL I've heard of blue x aoc = wilds

However, having said that- you could always experiment. :-)

Bacterial problems are hard.  Often by the time you see them in this stage it is too late. :-(

Interesting you should post this. Years ago my yellows kept dying out.  I bought hundreds of dollars of yellows over time, and if I looked at them funny they would drop dread.

Out of desperation I crossed my yellows with reds thinking I would have to cull, but at least I would have heartier yellows.

To my surprise, I wound up with yellows and reds with very few wilds.  Others have tried to replicate what I did and they wind up with a majority of wilds, which leads me to believe color is located at more than one spot.  Depending on the strain, color may reside at a different location.

For instance red may be located at spot 1 or spot 2.  Spot 1 would yield wilds when crossed because they conflict with another color, while spot 2 may be dominant over another color because it does not conflict.

This is only my theory, but so far- you seem to be the only one whom has recreated my experiment.  All this is under uncontrolled conditions, of course.  So the best we can say is this is a theory.

I love the red with black hood.

Couldn't find the thread, but the person had planorbella scalaris. The mesa ramshorn.

Does this look like yours?

http://www.jaxshells.org/dur.htm

Hmmm...we did have a discussion about a snail a while back with a squared off shell...

Let me see if I can find it...

I used to use baking soda for my red card project.

It would raise and hold the ph for about 3 weeks then the ph would slowly drop again.

Some things to know though- I had a 10g tank, worked with tiny measuring spoons (equivalent perhaps to hand pinches,) and was only bringing my ph up about .3

So, your results may differ from mine.

Yeah. Just found out the hard way about barley pellets.

This was a year ago and was prob my fault. Perhaps I overdosed? I know I didn't do water changes because my bottle info said recommended, but not necessary. I only tried it on one tank though, and I know coincidences sometimes happen.

I trust Vpier too, so if it worked for him it must be okay.  I'm just gunshy now of it.

Bostoneric is correct.  Lots of different strains, lots of misinformation, and lots of secrets.

What are your params?