Doc4PC2

Yeah, buying shrimp will cost you a few bucks, for sure. Depending on what you kind you want.   lol

She is having her babies right now. I see two of them so far, but I can't find Eve, she picked a very good hiding place to have

them, because I can't find her. But I see two, tiny, tiny, tiny, CRS right now as I post. I'll let you know as I see more.

How many do they have?

Don't ask for pictures, you would have to have a very good camera, with a close up lens to get photos of these, and the

tank is surrounded by Photo Day Lights on both sides, but I don't have a good enough close up lens to get pics of these fry.

They are way smaller than I thought. I knew they would be tiny, but wow, are they tiny........

She molted completely today? Should she have molted before having here fry?

Cool! Congrats!

so I keep my tank between 72.5 and 73 degrees. I try to never let it go below 72, amd never get higher than 73 degrees, so it must be any time now. I am going to have to go on fry watch......lol

Should I take her out of that section after she has them, so only fry would be in that section, or should I keep her in there with her fry?

I first discovered my first berried shrimp. A CRS that I named "Eve"

I discovered that she was berried right around the first of May.

She gets larger every day I see her. I was wondering how much longer

will it be before I see fry? I know it's been at least 30 days since I

discovered her.

She is in her own section by herself in my 48" long tank, that is fry proof, and

that I set up for the babies.

Her pics are in my gallery when I first saw that she was berried.

I can tell you from personal experience, that Dukendabears Shrimp are healthy, quality, super fast shipping,

acclimate nicely, and I got a couple of deep blue oebt's that are amazing out of a batch I bought a awhile

back. His prices are very competitive, and you won't be dissappointed. I have ordered from him a few

times, and every order was amazing!

I just got a new order and as soon as I have time, I will get some pics up, but WOW! is what I've got to say!

I filled a container and will let it sit for another day or two, and do the test over again. I will probably redo the tests again this Wednesday, the 4th.

I am going to run some rain water test too. It is supposed to rain a lot this week, so I'll see what I get and post the results here.

Yep, those are the same nets I use, and I use them for all kinds of things. They are great for not only the shrimp, but fishing out

all kinds of stuff of our your tanks. The other nets I have tried, I never even use them anymore. I only use the white one like Han's.

They make a pretty big difference. You wouldn't think something like a net would make such a difference, but it does.

Love the moss bridge, they probably love that.

We have 3 water sources here. I just got the water report on our tap water in a ton of details.

I will run the test again, and let it sit in a container for two days, and check quality again. Thanks for the tip.

Still have the question though, do you think I could use my Tap Water instead of RO, or a mix of the two

and still give the shrimp the parameters they want?

Thanks! Doc

Yesterday, I did a experiment with my Tap Water. I use all RO water in my tanks, but I wanted to see if I could use my Tap Water, and just how different it was from the RO water, and also to

cut down on the expense.

I used API test Strips, and the API Master Kit, a TDS Meter, and a PH Meter to get all readings. I used the test tubes with the API Master Kit, with API GH, KH, Phosphate, Copper, and Ammonia tests.

I only used Colony, and Tetra Safe Start, and Bee Shrimp Minerals GH+ in water after tests. I wrote everything in my journal.

With just straight Tap Water - all tests at 72.5 degrees F.

TDS: - 61

PH: - 6.8

GH- 4 to 6

KH: - 6 to 8

Zero Ammonia

Zero Phosphate

Zero Copper

Zero Chlorine - which really surprised me

Tap Water: - After adding Colony, and Tetra Safe Start

TDS: was 130

All other water parameters the same.

So, my question is, would I be able to get away with using just Tap Water with Tetra Safe Start Plus, and Bee Shrimp Minerals GH+?

I would need to lower the KH using peat pellets, Malaysia drift wood, the xmas moss in the tanks, and plants, air stone, fallen oak leaf, Indian Almond leaf, sponge filters,

with the media area I have with the HOB, moving water filter, small UV Sterilizer, and each section has a nano filter. My substrate is Fluval Shrimp Stratum on the bottom

layer, and a top layer of Black Moon Sand.

I think I could get the (KH down to 1 to 2), and lower the (PH to 6.4 to 6.6) and keep the (GH around 4 to 6) - Or I could use a 50 / 50 mix of RO water and my Tap water?

I would like to lower my RO costs, but not at the expense of any of my Shrimp. But my Tap Water Tested way better than I thought. I have a one gallon tanks set up with

a nano filter, xmas moss square, Fluval Shrimp Stratum for substrate, and I used only Tap Water and treated it with Colony, and Tetra Safe Start, and the TDS is 130,

and the Temp is 72.5 degrees, and I put one gold fish in the one gallon tank with a small led light on top. With the Colony, it usually takes about 10 days to cycle, and

then I will see what the water reading are. Using the Colony, the gold fish does not seem stressed and is eating, and seems to be fine.

True, once they are good and soaked, they will sink on their own. If you put a few together and make a small bunch, and soak them for

a day for so, you can put a small clear rubber band around the stem and they will sink just fine.

That's good, because I don't have any Bloody Mary's. I like though.

Looks great! Love the open space to see your shrimp when you want to see them.

Yeah, lots of great info!

if there are miniature alder cones, I just put a punch together and wrap a plant anchor around the bottom. I haven't tried the Cholla wood yet.

nice color, really sunshine for sure. Awesome!

I would love to, but will have to wait until I have some dollars.....

I Put a xmas moss square, a little bit of moon sand on the bottom. It looks good, water is flowing good.

I put a fry proof stainless steel moss between the flow into the tank, so they won't get through, and I have

one low grade CBS just hanging out in there to see how it all works.

welcome! You will love it here!

I hooked up a Medium Marina Breeder Box, but do you put substrate on the bottom?

or some moss in it with a little substrate in the bottom?

I also put a mesh over the overflow, so no fry can get through.

What about collecting rain water, and then just filter it through a sponge type filter. Like collecting rain water in a

big new 30 gallon container, and then filter it, through sponges into 5 gallon containers.

Would something like that work?

So, it is good to put a few CBS, and CRS in with your TB's?

Thanks!