Louie

Soothing,

                  Oh I do not have any . I saw them for the first time as I was reading about breeding crystal reds with crystal blacks .  In the picture they looked rather large and pretty but either way this is why I asked if called "Hulk" due to their abnormal size but reading the replies , I see that they are not larger than average shrimp nor any more aggressive .

Thanks

Poopians,

                     I love the BorneoWild Shield . I have noticed that with my orange CPO crayfish which I keep separate it has made their orange much prettier .  I feed the shrimp every other day and use the Shield twice a week with water changes .

Soothing,

                I was thinking the same thing because if that pleco stayed such a crisp white as an adult it would look amazing

wicca,

             Both very pretty but I have to say the White pleco is a nice crisp white and that one I like a lot .  You got them locally or on line?

ctaylor,

              I said the discus keepers were like a cult as had friends through out the years who kept them, they were rather anal on their care and remember they used to get into arguments over aspects of discus care , lol   .One still has them.  I don't know how they are kept now but my friends were make food for them beefheart, worm ,etc combos .

In the 70s the only discus were the wild color but by think early to mid 80s , if not later a few colors began to appear in the hobby . The prices were insane , lol . The die off was absurd , We used to call them 'freshwater marine fish" because they were than harder than marine fish .

They were kept with angelfish back than because the theory was that they were found in same vicinity but later people realized that adult angels were too aggressive and think it turned out that angels were found in cooler water but of course same river.

They are very pretty and I do like the different type strains.

How do you like your micro crab as far as active, you see him , doesn't bother the shrimp ?

I read about them some time ago in TFH magazine .

They seemed rather delicate.

Recently while looking at shrimp pics I saw Hulk shrimps .  They are bigger than regular size shrimp?

They also seem to sell them as individuals as opposed to 6 or more together .

More aggressive shrimp?

Thanks

Wicca,

             Do you need to buy new wood every few months ?  

Ctaylor,

                  Ah the discus people are like a cult lol  . There is a guy in the area who went decades ago with Jack Wattley who lives here in Florida to collect discus in the Amazon . He has a couple of Wattley discus strains reddish but not sure of the name.

I gave him some cory sterbai not long ago from my pond as had to many .

Very nice , Do they get along with each other if same sex ?

I imagine they nibble on your driftwood?

I recall when the Calico's came out years ago, they were rather expensive but the price has now come down like 90% on them .

We have huge plecos in the area canals but nothing small and cute like bristlenose .

danielt,

               In a way I find that a plus that they thrive in FW but will only reproduce in salt because I just want a few not the constant brigade of snails that one usually winds up with .

I second java fern . If that doesn't grow than nothing else will.  I do find that it grows best either attached to wood or attached to clay flowerpots or pieces .If is for substrate as Chris stated anubias .

Thanks I called the pet store I used today and they said to give them 2 weeks to get them .  I intend to pick up 3 or 4 for each 20 gallon.

If they climb out than so be it but like you seems most do not have that problem and it is rare.

Do you prefer a F over a M or you are getting another male to breed them?

The males have that neat 'bristle' head .

A friend has clown plecos (maccus) in a 125 gallon , He rarely if ever see's them but he does find babies .

Thank you both .  I am either going to go with Ottos or nerite snails .

I just assumed Ottos were 78 degree type fish.

Soothing,

                    Thanks that is what I thought.

Shrimphug,

                      Have you ever had any of your nerites climb out of the tank?   I ask this because I have been reading about them and some claim they aren't good in open top tanks since they are 'shoreline' snails . It does seem that they a great algae eaters .  I thought they were marine but seems several different types of them.

 thanks

Hello,

           I get a little bit of algae now and than an my anubias leaves , just a tiny bit no big deal but since my shrimp tank temp is bit to cool for Otto catfish, I was looking at Amano shrimp.

Do they actually eat algae or they only eat it if nothing else is available?

Thank you

Great bristlenose .  Do you see him much or mostly hides?

Fantastic .

I was looking into Ottos but my shrimp tanks are 72 at night 76 during the day but the 72 for 10 hours every night I thought to cold for ottos .

This is an interesting Topic because I light my 20 gallon longs with a CRL bulbs suspended about 6 inches off the tank as you can see in my avatar but if the led strips work out bright .   I would switch to some type strip light over the 20 gallon tanks which would look nicer than a suspended fixture .

Brightness was my concern because as is my plants grow great and 1 single bulb over the middle of each tank lights it up well but if I can get the same or more brightness with led strips will switch , plus I would like uniformed lighting and not such a bright area in middle ,so this thread is interesting .

Great shrimp, the snail section are also breath taking.

feather,

               What temps did you breed them at ?

Shrimphug,

                      Perhaps it is where you are buying them as far as their water is so different than yours that the shrimp are dying ?

 I agree with everyone about going slow.  I now have 3 - 20gallon planted and a 55 planted (old set up) for shrimp and tiny fish .  I waited a few months to add shrimp to my newer 20 galls and even than I only added 10 at a time and waited few weeks before adding other shrimp .

My water changes are weekly 10% tank volume but I only change 5% every 3 days. I use dechlorinated tap water , most here use RO.

Very nice shrimp .

Those are Will's Tigers?

I am waiting for him to grow out some more , love the clear stripes .

All your shrimp are very pretty.

The Bumble bee snails are salt are they not?