Hair algae infesting your tank? get some malayans.

[illumnae]

thanks to this thread C328 ran out of Malayans today...just when i wanted to give my discus their live food treat

[EvolutionZ]

opps.. didn't know this tread have such big impact.. sorry to your discus.

[Aquaculture]

Yup, I totally agree with you.

It comes in an assorted colours and till the extend that I often wonder if they're actually of different species and lfs brand them generally as Malayan Shrimps.

[EvolutionZ]

some of mine were bluish.. but they were hiding.. i'll try to take more pictures..

[barmby]

These are old shrimps :O nice. thanks for sharing.

[Savant]

I wanted to get a bag for my Pleco Tank (I think the plecos eat them) but they were sold out...

[illumnae]

yeah i called at lunch uncle said they have alot...by evening auntie said lots of people either came to buy or called to reserve...she's very surprised as she said usually she keeps them for days and days and noone wants them.

Evo can go ask for a kopi already from them

Back to topic, I have 50 that I put into my new 422 in hopes that they will breed sufficiently prolifically that I will have an established supply of food for my altums once i transfer them in...i have seen red, blue, brown and transparent thus far, including one huge giant brown one with a cream streak down its back. it was sitting on the back of my tank looking like a grasshopper

[natureAddict]

hi evolutionZ your pictures are really good - thanks. maybe can consider in-breeding these specific colors of malayan shrimps - if its not already doing

[Savant]

Thats what they do in my L46 tank.... I'm surprised the population has not boomed despite their breeding... means they must have been eaten up by the L46....

Hope to do the same in the proposed office setup for Apisto... throw a handful in after cycling... then wait for them to propagate before puttin in my Apisto

[EvolutionZ]

if im not wrong.. the lava stage will float on water for a few days.. meanwhile i guess most fish will eat all of them.. unless you have lots of floating plant for them to hide..

savant, i remember in the past when i had my crs tank, during the cycling stage, i uses malayan to test water.

[illumnae]

Thats what they do in my L46 tank.... I'm surprised the population has not boomed despite their breeding... means they must have been eaten up by the L46....

Hope to do the same in the proposed office setup for Apisto... throw a handful in after cycling... then wait for them to propagate before puttin in my Apisto

My apistos generally don't hunt shrimps for food. they love to kill the shrimp for sport. When i used to keep shrimp in the same tank as the apisto, they would tear the shrimp in half and leave both halves uneaten.

[EvolutionZ]

luckily the agasizzi 'netz' i got from you still show no interest on the shrimps..
i used to keep 1 pair of agasizzi red-black and they hunt shrimp for food.. saw the male happily eating the shrimp..

[illumnae]

luckily i dropped by c328 today and someone who reserved malayans didn't collect...got my bag of 50, lucky fish!

[doubleace]

Can check with seaview they do carry alot also...

[EvolutionZ]

i saw 2 packs of 100s at polyart today! haha

[barmby]

you may try Y618

[fishpoo]

sounds great... but does anyone know the maximum size of these shrimp?
any idea if they can be kept with crs?

[EvolutionZ]

yes.. able to comm with crs... max size same as most dwarf shrimp ~2 - 3 cm

[doubleace]

I've just bought 100 pieces from C328 and they're now in my 4ft planted. Hopefully the fish wont go and chase them.

[EvolutionZ]

good luck with them! whats the size?