Beautiful shrimp that were much neglected.

[keehoe]

Just some photo of this beautiful shrimp that were not catching much attension that it worth.

[stormhawk]

Let me guess.. Malayans?

[keehoe]

Yup, and many of them pregnant. I put them together with lampeyes and a plant from Ron with massive root system. Notice the population increasing.

[turaco]

Kee Hoe,

Have you noticed those tiny baby shrimp if you ever bought a whole bag of malayan shrimps? They are so tiny that you might mistaken them as dirt in the water. Good food for killies?

[RonWill]

Gan,
When I buy shrimps, it's likely to be plenty of egg-laden females and just a couple of males (not like I can tell the sex difference). By the time I get home, the stressed females will usually release plenty of shrimplets. Adults will go into a breeding tank and the shrimplets into a growout container.

Good food for killies?

I'm culturing Malayan, Cherry and Tiger shrimps for....

oh yummy! So what do you think? Good as supplimentary diet and fish viagra!

BTW, Kee Hoe, the plant you took home is Cyperus species and it's intricate root system is also an excellent spawing 'mop'. [Will let you know the scientific name later]

As for other 'neglected shrimps', I think the Red-nose/Mosquito and Zebra shrimp are nice for planted tanks too but Zebra are very opportunistic feeders!!

I would have gotten me some CRS if I hadn't blown my budget on macrostomas and other killie eggs.

[keehoe]

Hi all, Yes Gan. They are good colour booster for my lameyes. Hopefully the lampeyes will attack the shrimplet instead of other fry that i have in inside. Saw at least a ZII fry in there and if i am not mistaken, an Aphysemion fry too, either EXO or CYA. I have no problem identify them when they are big enough. So for the time being, let them be. Since they have a big clump of java moss and Cyperus from Ron for hiding.

The shrimp are good cleaning crew but i think they can be dangerous to killie eggs.

[keehoe]

Don't worry Ron, i can always trade some CRS shrimplet for some Macrostoma fry.

[RonWill]

Kee Hoe,
The emersed plant is Cyperus alternifolius or commonly called "Umbrella Plant" (not Star Grass ). Personally, I think it's a great plant to use for those breeding shrimps especially if the tank is getting crowded.

[keehoe]

Tried red nose once and they clean up those plants in my tank rather fast. Let me get over the shcok before try them again.

[Piscesgirl]

You asked about Onyx sand in another thread so I guess I'll put in my 2 cents: I have very soft water so I found after my tank crashed when I added pressurized co2 (was doing DIY co2 and it was fine with that), so I added a handful or more Onyx sand by Seachem, and it buffered it just right. That was just a handful for a 29 gallon tank, because I didn't want to buffer it too much. Is your water soft?

[keehoe]

Deborah, Our normal tap water is of 70ppm TDS. It is too soft for growing plants most of the time. So that would buffer up the water to PH 7?

[Piscesgirl]

Yes it will. You may want to put just a tiny bit in a nylon stocking first to see how much it buffers, and add more to adjust. Apparently I'm told that Onyx sand is the same product as Gray Coast Calcite (which you can sometimes find cheaper by a bit it seems).