Maurice Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Hi everybody, I have setup another tank around a month ago for CRS The tank is finished cycling and ordered some some SS and S CRS, will be here on Tuesday tank details: 10Gal HOB and sponge filter ADA Aamazonia with ADA bacter 100 and Old sea mud as additives underneath the substrate PH - 6.2 TDS - 125 - RO/DI with SSgh + GH - 4.5 KH - 0/1 NH4 - 0 NO3 - 0 I am keeping the tank minimilastic with only some fissidens on wood, some cones and IAL I will update again when the shrimps are in got2envy and Louie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 What about some moss attached to the tubes ? h4n 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Hi Louie, Never thought of that, and its actually a good idea yes! I might just even do it tonight lol h4n 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Where did you find the Corner sponge filters? Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Corner-Bio-Sponge-Filter-Breeding-Shrimp-Discus-Angel-Nano-Fish-Tank-Aquarium-/300868989818?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368 h4n 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Hi Louie, Never thought of that, and its actually a good idea yes! I might just even do it tonight lol Lol you are a plant person. I suspect in time you will have at least tiny pots be it clay or shot glasses with some plants in there . I go to a pet store that sells cherry shrimp and they have a few 1 ounce shot glasses with gravel and water sprite growing in bushes out of it . It looks very nice . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Corner-Bio-Sponge-Filter-Breeding-Shrimp-Discus-Angel-Nano-Fish-Tank-Aquarium-/300868989818?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368Ah thanks, I do have a few of the tiny ones. Didn't know they were bigger, I usually just use the dual ones.Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaykidding Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Why do your tanks always look good!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Tank looks fantastic! Always love the simple clean look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Posted December 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Thanks guys Got my shrimps today, they are in the tank after acclimitising. Here are a couple random picks of some They are still a little dull in colour, only been in the tank for an hour now Looks like I got a couple sss grade instead of ss [/url Louie and got2envy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Beautiful shrimp . Are you using R/O water there or your tap water is good ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Posted January 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Thanks Louie Thay all doing great, should get some photos up again I am busy setting up another tank that will be the same size ecs for CBS I have learned my lesson with Caridina and tap water So using RO/DI with SS GH + to get tds 125 and GH to 4.5 I use this also for my Neos to get tds 180 and GH to 7.5 Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 Thanks Louie Thay all doing great, should get some photos up again I am busy setting up another tank that will be the same size ecs for CBS I have learned my lesson with Caridina and tap water So using RO/DI with SS GH + to get tds 125 and GH to 4.5 I use this also for my Neos to get tds 180 and GH to 7.5 CBS are my favorite as like the contrast between white/black . You do get interesting colors and rili's if you put a few CRS/CBS together so maybe a third tank might also be an idea . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 "You do get interesting colors and rili's if you put a few CRS/CBS together..." Huh? LOL My brain must not be working today. I don't get it. How can you get rilis from crs/cbs? PlantDude and Louie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlantDude Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 "You do get interesting colors and rili's if you put a few CRS/CBS together..." Huh? LOL My brain must not be working today. I don't get it. How can you get rilis from crs/cbs? Maybe he means similar colors lol or brain fart.Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk Louie and Soothing Shrimp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 "You do get interesting colors and rili's if you put a few CRS/CBS together..." Huh? LOL My brain must not be working today. I don't get it. How can you get rilis from crs/cbs? Seemed to me that I got shrimp from my mixture of CRS/CBS which looked like Rili's . They had that saddle color but not full cbs nor crs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 Maybe he means similar colors lol or brain fart. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk lol I call the morphs I got Rili as they looked that way to me . I don't sell shrimp so I wouldn't sell them as Rili but to me they looked like Rili . PlantDude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 I want pics, Louie! adrand 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Posted January 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Haha, yes please some pics I am getting the list of the importer today so might get some bees depending on priceBut will open another thread for the new tank, its still busy cycling for the momentI had my first berried in the tank 3 nights ago but the lady has dropped them, first time berried so not to worried as this is quite normal for first berried, there are 2 nice big SS females with saddles so waiting for them to molt, but this will also be there first time berried I bought 20 in total but lost 2 the very first night by them jumping/climbing out, so added some bracing around the tank Heres a cell pic of them eating some Shrimp King complete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 I want pics, Louie! These aren't the best pics because I use an old cell phone and it picks up green hue due to light . Though the water is very clear but the cell phone seems to pick the green color . The initial shrimps were Crystal red, Crystal black and few white ones . Over the year I have gotten what look like Rili and few with stripes down the back just to mention a few types . This tank is a 20 gallon long and perhaps over 100 shrimps by now but the one's without any color I net when I can and put in with guppies and endlers . I have gotten very neat colors and even have a few solid blacks which I'll photograph when I see them. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 I mean no disrespect Louie, so please don't take this that way. Are you sure those rili/lines aren't neos? The neos tend to get racing stripes on the back, and can look just like that rili. An indicator, for instance, is if you look closely on the cheek of the rili, it is not filled in. This is a common problem with neo rilis, so we often cross rili with fire or pfr to close the "ear hole." Other indicators are full red shrimp in the background. CRS won't be full red. Even low grades or super reds have some white on them. The white ones are cards though. Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 I mean no disrespect Louie, so please don't take this that way. Are you sure those rili/lines aren't neos? The neos tend to get racing stripes on the back, and can look just like that rili. An indicator, for instance, is if you look closely on the cheek of the rili, it is not filled in. This is a common problem with neo rilis, so we often cross rili with fire or pfr to close the "ear hole." Other indicators are full red shrimp in the background. CRS won't be full red. Even low grades or super reds have some white on them. The white ones are cards though. ''Are you sure those rili/lines aren't neos?'' lol oh no disrespect at all . As long as you don't mock root beer floats (root beer with vanilla Ice cream ) than we don't have a problem . I call them Rili because to me they look like Rili . I don't know what is what as far as neo or not . To me they look like Rili so I gave them that name . The cherry shrimp are also off springs because I have never put cherry shrimp in that tank . Here are also two diff color hues of the Whites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Does the horizontal white one have a clear midsection? If so, that snow is called "skeleton." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Does the horizontal white one have a clear midsection? If so, that snowball is called "skeleton." Does the horizontal white one have a clear midsection? If so, that snow is called "skeleton." He has a clear midsection but the other one isn't actually white but a pinkish/white . I have several of both . Over time I got a few interesting colors from the initial pure CBS,CRS and White shrimp and I have sold the babies are pure Panda shrimp at $50.00 each. Lol I'm just kidding I don't know shrimp genetics nor would I ever sell shrimp . Though in last few batches I no longer mix shrimp and individual tanks . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 I like skeletons quite a bit. You don't see them too often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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