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  6. What form of food for your shrimp?

    in Care, feeding and breeding

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    Yeah, I'll would definitely be careful handling the stinging needle leafs. After you boil them, then they can't sting anymore.

    It will be good to grow my own, then I know they are all natural, with no pesticides or anything else. The boiling takes

    all of that away, but it's just better knowing when you grow it yourself. Now, if I can successfully grow it, that will be

    the question.  lol

  10. New Tank arrives Tomorrow, May 5th, 2014

    in Journals

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    My new tank is supposed to be here tomorrow, so I will start a journal with it, and try

    to take photos and videos along the way, and keep the journal as time will allow me

    to do it.  The area is ready for the tank, and I have everything that I need except a

    couple of little things that I want, but aren't necessities.

     

     

  11. What form of food for your shrimp?

    in Care, feeding and breeding

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    It seems like my shrimp really love it when I blanch a small slice of organic zucchini, or organic spinach leaf.

    I just boil it for three minutes, let it cool, and them put it in, and they seem to swarm to the veggies.

     

    I also feed the powered, so that I know they are all getting some food, and a mix of good quality food like

    Shrimp King and a few others. They also love the snowflake food.

     

    I also use a little Borneo Wild Shrimp Shield too when I do water changes.

  18. water parameter for breeding?

    in Substrates and Water Chemistry

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    All of my shrimps are doing fine, I have no deaths, not a single one. But, I do have a very large tank that will

    be here next week. It is 48 inches long, and has 7 sections, so I can separate the species, and get more specific

    on water parameters. I have not paid, what you think I paid, for my shrimps, and even though I am new, I assure you,

    I research and learn and have spent countless hours before setting up the three tanks I have now. It is just the

    shrimp lingo, that I am not familiar with, like Neos, or bees. Everyone uses appreviations for everything, so I

    am not familiar with all of the shrimp lingo, but I assure you, I do my homework, I own both versions of the shrimp

    keepers magazines, that has a ton of info, but I like getting opinions from people that have been successfully raising,

    and keeping them, like on this forum. I talked to people like H4N, Will at the Shrimp Tank, Dave at invert obsessions,

    and a few others on the phone at length being nice enough to let me pick their brains.

    My point is, I did not just jump in, buy a bunch of shrimp, throw them in a tank, without spending hours, days, weeks,

    doing research and talking to successful keepers before I set up my first tank. I also have been keeping tropical

    fish for years, but never shrimp.

    I will use Fluval Shrimp Substrate and black moon sand in the new tank, and only xmas moss, and one plant in

    each section. I have the design, needs, water parameters and everything I need for my new larger sectioned tank.

    I have drawings setup for each section, and species showing how each section will be set up right to the fallen

    oak leaf. The middle section will house the filters, hob, uv sterilizer, water polisher, heater, moving bed filter,

    etc, plus each section will have their own sponge filter, Malaysia drift wood, alder cones, indian almond leaf,

    xmas moss, shrimp cave, air stone, and everything is planned, purchased, and ready for when the tank gets here.

    I setup a special place for the tank, with top shelves, lighthouse wallpaper, heavy duty and reinforced cabinet

    and stand, power stations, and even a autographed copy of favorite show called "Tanked". I have stated a journal,

    and will photograph, and video each step as I go, to get help, opinions, and to inspire others to join in the shrimp life,

    which will be on my website called: TheShrimpLife.com - and is being built as we speak, but will take some time

    before it is online.

    I have noticed their is a lot of different opinions on TDS, PH, RO water, Minerals, species, breeding, keeping

    what with what, temps, etc, so I take the best info i can get, and live and learn like everyone else. Some lessons,

    I am sure, I will learn the hard way, but as long as i enjoy the journey along the way, so be it. I just enjoy them,

    have fun, and appreciate this forum for sure! TheShrimpLife is new and exciting, and I am learning and meeting

    some awesome people along the way.

  23. water parameter for breeding?

    in Substrates and Water Chemistry

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    My GH is 5 to 6, and

    0 KH. because I only use RO water and the bee shrimp mineral GH+, and nothing else in the water.

     

    My temp never goes over 73F. It stays pretty steady from 72 to 73, but never over 73F.  Should I keep the temp lower? like around 70F?

     

    I can lower the TDS, no problem. I have heard some many people say to use a TDS of 190 to 210, and them some say 150. So I split it and keep my TDS at 165, but lowering it to 125 would be

    easy to do, although I would probably lower a little bit at a time until I got to 125.

     

    Right now, all of my shrimp are all together in a 10 gallon tank. I have a new 48" Long tank coming next week that will give me the ability to make 6 dividers and

    split them up, but right now, they are all in the same tank, and seem to be doing just fine. All different sizes too.

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