Thought gex soil and magic soil are supposed to lower the pH?
Last edited by Quixotic; 31st Jan 2008 at 21:19. Reason: Formatting
Thought gex soil and magic soil are supposed to lower the pH?
Adoketa, Breitbinden, Paciquamis, Diplotaenia, Elizabethae, Mendezi, Inka, Agassizi, L046, L066, Crystal Red Shrimps
Yes, they are.
But my tank is around 200L, and only use closed to 9kg of bake soil. They don't seem to lower down the water.
Last edited by Quixotic; 31st Jan 2008 at 21:20. Reason: 'dun' is not a word
The spongicola has a variation of pattern on the back and side:
silane
Wow, impressive, are these two currently in your tank, Silane?
Wah wah nice shrimp. I have a temperature of 25 degrees and a pH of 6.4. Do you think these shrimps will survive? Any sightings at lfs so far? Thanks.
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I think this may be misspelled or mispronounced. Tiwati may actually be Towuti, the name of the lake where the shrimp is collected.
The pH seems rather far off the actual readings of the collection sites. I don't think it is worthwhile to try with that kind of parameters.
This is what Werner Klotz has to say about the parameters of the Sulawesi lakes, which was posted on www.petshrimp.com
So anyone keeping them should try to stick as close to the parameters above as possible.These parameters seems to be no problem in this species. In the Towuti, Mantoano and Poso lakes you can find pH values between 7,4 and 8,2; the conductivity is at about 224 µS and the total hardness at about 6°DH.
The water temperature is rather stabile at about 26,5°C. Only in shallow water regions near the shore the temperature can rise to 29°C.
Maybe the bigger problem with theese species could be that the bright colored shrimp live rather substrate-specific (C. spongicola for instance, not imported for aquarium puroposes until now, is restricted to a freshwater sponge).
Here are some pictures of the biotope where these shrimp were collected.
http://www.mimbon.de/indo2007.html
Wow! They look cute!? So Colorful sells them huh? Will go down to take a look.
Zack
Planted tank: Melanotaenia Lacustris, Melanotaenia Parkinsoni, Melanotaenia Praecox, Glossolepis Incisus, Melanotaenia Maccullochi, Melanotaenia Boesemani, Iriatherina Werneri, Barilius Canarensis
Not too sure... their biotope ph around 8 and temperature at 28. my thoughts is since they are wild caught, better to provide them with enviroment as close as they were in and experience with other species of shrimps, right pH range is essential for their well being.
A popular lfs at west was selling, but response wasn't good. This week they didn't stock up anymore.
yes, Andrew, there are in my tank now.
silane
Hi Silane, may I know what subtrate you are using for your Sulawesi shrimps? I can see they are black in color but just not sure what they are.
I am using medium size coral sands, some rocks collected from the river and granite stone. pH now is 8.0, temperature 29-30, GH 120.5.
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This is another shrimp that really attracts me besides red bee shrimp. Now comtemplating whether to setup a new tank. But what I'm afraid is that after setting up and waiting for it to cycle, these shrimps might not be available locally.
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I see, can this type of pebbles increase the pH. The pebbles look beautiful!
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Yeah. BTW what other species do you have?
silane
I was looking at this image http://www.mimbon.de/indo2007/image40.jpg and was wondering is that plant Egeria densa?
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Dont think so, the one in the pic is more bushy
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silane
Any idea what kind of plants there are? Wild guess. Could one of them be Eriocaulon sulawesi? Cause most probably I will be setting a natural tank.
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Hi
This plant is Ottelia mesenterium,endmic to the Malili Lakes
Greeting
Roland
www.mimbon.de
Hello Roland,
Thanks. Any other native aquatic plants?
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