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One of my potential customer is from Hawaii, Did any body ship shrimp to Hawaii before?
 
Any restrictions?

No, I never clean my sponge filter, until re-build the tank couple years later.
 
What sponge filter you get is the key.

Less is more.
 
I only dose rice size once a week.
 
Nobody knows how it is working, it's business secret.

Less is more.
 
I only dose rice size once a week.
 
Nobody knows how it is working, it's business secret.

Less is more.
 
I only dose rice size once a week.
 
Nobody knows how it is working, it's business secret.

Albino Brush Nose Pleco.

My favorite Blue Bolt!
 

pretty simple:
 
if the water under test has GH4.01, it won't change color when you add 4 drops. it would change when you add 5th drop.
if the water under test has GH4.99, it won't change color when you add 4 drops. it would change when you add 5th drop.
 
so you add 5 drops and color changed, the range could be 4.01 to 4.99, in short GH4-GH5.
 
Another way to look at it.
the pure water has GH0. so you add one drop. doesn't mean pure water has GH1? no. it's range is 0-1.
 
If you double the water volume, now you can identify the range 4.0-4.5 and 4.5-5.0. by divide the drops by 2.

I use jewelry digital scale with resolution of 0.001 gram.
 
http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Weigh-GEM20-Precision-Milligram/dp/B00ESHDGOI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1441059568&sr=8-4&keywords=jewelry+scale
 
It never fails me.
 
Just cut piece of Aluminum foil and put on the scale.

pretty simple:
 
if the water under test has GH4.01, it won't change color when you add 4 drops. it would change when you add 5th drop.
if the water under test has GH4.99, it won't change color when you add 4 drops. it would change when you add 5th drop.
 
so you add 5 drops and color changed, the range could be 4.01 to 4.99, in short GH4-GH5.
 
Another way to look at it.
the pure water has GH0. so you add one drop. doesn't mean pure water has GH1? no. it's range is 0-1.
 
If you double the water volume, now you can identify the range 4.0-4.5 and 4.5-5.0. by divide the drops by 2.

I answered on #8 post
 
My BKK tank, only use one sponge filter

If you want long term success and be a reputable supplier; there really is no choice.  It has to be #2 always unless the customer is very impatient and understand the risks.
Even if you are a professional shrimpkeeper that is no guarantee you will not get a bad batch where the shrimps are just too stressed from shipping and and just never recover from it.  It is very common to a decent survival rate from the actual shipping but then lose your entire shipment within the quarantine period.  Neo's and summer shipments are the worst for this.  
That is the main difference between an importer / distributor / transhipper which re-ship usually within a day or two and a dealer / retailer which prep the shrimps for rehoming in the end customer tanks

Importing shrimp is tough business.
 
That's why we saw dealers come and go.
 
The price difference between retail and wholesale is not good enough to guarantee profit.
If you're not professional shrimp keeper, chance is high that new imported shrimp dead in your tank before you are able to ship to final customers.
 
North America market is not big enough for massive importing, so it's very hard to push the cost down.
 
for example:
If you import the high end shrimp ($$$). once you get the shrimp from airport.
you have two choices.
1, re-ship it immediately, shrimp may DOA, or dead in customer's tank couple weeks later.
2. keep in your own tank for couple weeks, then re-ship. weaker ones dead in your tank. healthy ones can arrive to final customer safely. you eat the lose by yourself.
 
No choice is easier.

Importing shrimp is tough business.
 
That's why we saw dealers come and go.
 
The price difference between retail and wholesale is not good enough to guarantee profit.
If you're not professional shrimp keeper, chance is high that new imported shrimp dead in your tank before you are able to ship to final customers.
 
North America market is not big enough for massive importing, so it's very hard to push the cost down.
 
for example:
If you import the high end shrimp ($$$). once you get the shrimp from airport.
you have two choices.
1, re-ship it immediately, shrimp may DOA, or dead in customer's tank couple weeks later.
2. keep in your own tank for couple weeks, then re-ship. weaker ones dead in your tank. healthy ones can arrive to final customer safely. you eat the lose by yourself.
 
No choice is easier.

Importing shrimp is tough business.
 
That's why we saw dealers come and go.
 
The price difference between retail and wholesale is not good enough to guarantee profit.
If you're not professional shrimp keeper, chance is high that new imported shrimp dead in your tank before you are able to ship to final customers.
 
North America market is not big enough for massive importing, so it's very hard to push the cost down.
 
for example:
If you import the high end shrimp ($$$). once you get the shrimp from airport.
you have two choices.
1, re-ship it immediately, shrimp may DOA, or dead in customer's tank couple weeks later.
2. keep in your own tank for couple weeks, then re-ship. weaker ones dead in your tank. healthy ones can arrive to final customer safely. you eat the lose by yourself.
 
No choice is easier.

GH of 3-4 is good for me.  When my gh was higher with cards, they had problems molting and I would lose shrimp babies.

Not recommended.

Adding sponge filter to each tank. no worry about O2 any more.

Lol! What a boss. [emoji1]

Yes, 10-15 juvies per bag.
 
I use Long Life breather bag, so far so good and cheaper than Kordon.

I use this timer on my reptile cage.
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006LYHEEY?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00
 
It has 4 options:
On
On auto
Off
Off auto
 
if I turn it on manually  and want it off on schedule, just select On Auto.

I won't recommend pocket type.
 
as when the life of probe ends, you have to toss the whole thing away.
 
Buy standard pH meter with BNC connector type probe.
you can find lots of good probe at very affordable price.
 
probe is only good for a year. no matter how you maintain it.

ADA AS is bad choice for neos. too acidic.

ADA AS is bad choice for neos. too acidic.