Advertisements
Aquatic Avenue Banner Tropica Shop Banner Fishy Business Banner
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 20 of 28

Thread: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Posts
    221
    Feedback Score
    2 (100%)
    Country
    Singapore

    My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    Advertisements
    Fresh n Marine aQuarium Banner

    Advertise here

    Advertise here


    I've got 7 cardinals and 5 yellow cheeks about 6 months ago.
    Currently, there are about 25 cardinals and 3 yellow cheeks, which means that there are some births and some deaths, so here are some of the things i learn, which i hope will come useful to others interested in these beautiful shrimps.

    They are housed in a 1 feet nano tank, with coral chips as base (covered with gravels). This help stabilize the PH.
    I started the tank with an established nano hang on waterfall filter (It was used for my very successful cherry shrimp tank). The water falling from the filter creates lots of bubbles and break the water surface, and i think that helps oxygenate the tank.
    The tank is placed near the window, with morning sun. This turns all the large rocks and coral in my tank green. (Covered with algae, but not the bushy or hairy type).
    I find that algae grow better on course surface rocks.
    I do not perform regular water change regularly, but I do top up the water once in a while.
    The initial shrimps that were very shy. They went hiding in the crevices of the rocks and corals. Once the algae starts showing on the rocks, they come out more often to graze on the algae. I heard that these shrimps likes their own personal spaces, so I make sure that there are enough crevices for all of them.
    The shrimps are also fed daily with a rotation of hikari algae wafers, mosura, and some generic shrimp food pellets. Some days they are not fed, so they just pick on the rocks.
    They start moulting regularly. This is also when the mating starts. The male shrimps gets crazy and start mating with any females that are newly moulted.
    Females became berried, and little shrimplets came after.
    I covered my nano filter with a filter sponge, so that no shrimplets get sucked up the filter.
    The new batches of shrimplets are now young adults, and are not shy at all. Like their parents, they love grazing on the rocks.
    I last counted 5 berried females. Hope to see some 3rd generations shrimps soon.
    The tank is very established, with it's own ecosystem of small ramhorns snails and water fleas, which helps finish any food that doesn't get eaten. I also have a crew of nerites snails to help keep the algae in check.

    I also learn a trick to determine the sex of the shrimps:
    When the lights are off at night, the shrimps becomes transparent. When you suddenly switch on the tank light, you can see which shrimps have a saddle on it's back, and which shrimps are carrying eggs. Those are the females.
    That's all folks.
    Last edited by sthh; 7th Jul 2009 at 09:39.

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    Seng Kang, JB
    Posts
    692
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    2
    Country
    Malaysia

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    Bro can share the water parameters & temperature? Able to take a full tank shot? Thanks.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Posts
    96
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Indonesia

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    Bro, mind sharing how long have you keep them for?

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Posts
    221
    Feedback Score
    2 (100%)
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    Have kept them for 6months. The ammonia, nitrate and nitrite measurements are zero. Didn't check for temperature, but that shouldn't matter in hot and sunny Singapore, esp since the tank is placed near the window.
    Didn't have the test kit for PH and others, but hopefully the coral chips have done their job.

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Posts
    34
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    1
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    Quote Originally Posted by sthh View Post
    Have kept them for 6months. The ammonia, nitrate and nitrite measurements are zero. Didn't check for temperature, but that shouldn't matter in hot and sunny Singapore, esp since the tank is placed near the window.
    Didn't have the test kit for PH and others, but hopefully the coral chips have done their job.
    Hi sthh, thanks for sharing the insights. I hope mine will have babies soon

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Posts
    221
    Feedback Score
    2 (100%)
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    Quote Originally Posted by fla04gbf View Post
    Hi sthh, thanks for sharing the insights. I hope mine will have babies soon
    No worries, I am sure if your shrimps are happy with their environment, you will see shrimplets sooner or later.
    It was very exciting for me when the shrimplets came, and you couldn't help but stare at them all the time.

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Posts
    38
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    nice rocks...algae looks great on the rocks

  8. #8
    Join Date
    May 2009
    Location
    Woodlands
    Posts
    163
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    wow you are one harcore sulawesi shrimp keeper 2 thumbs up man what with all the info regarding them and the hassle at keeping em, yours are breeding well in a sun lit tank with just coral chips & hang on filter... nice!!!
    ...I'm da in da deep blue ...

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Posts
    13
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    Wow Kudos!
    I'm also trying to breed these beauties!

  10. #10
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Location
    almost north, but not quite.....
    Posts
    673
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    hi sthh

    noted that you don't check the temperature. do you mean you don't run a chiller or a fan too? being near the window, i am guessing the temperature could reach 30-31C without any cooling machines...
    hmm.. did i read somewhere previously that these shrimps prefer cool waters, or that isn't true.....

  11. #11
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Posts
    221
    Feedback Score
    2 (100%)
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    Quote Originally Posted by beetroot View Post
    hi sthh

    noted that you don't check the temperature. do you mean you don't run a chiller or a fan too? being near the window, i am guessing the temperature could reach 30-31C without any cooling machines...
    hmm.. did i read somewhere previously that these shrimps prefer cool waters, or that isn't true.....
    Nope, i never check the temperature. However, I did paste a reflective wallpaper at the back of the tank. That kinda reduce the temperature.
    These shrimps are native to Indonesia, so i don't think they like cool water. Actually, I read that most keepers in the western countries need heater for them.

  12. #12
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Posts
    13
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    Yea these shrimp prefer slightly warmer temperatures, by that I mean around 27-29degrees

  13. #13
    Join Date
    Aug 2002
    Location
    Ang Mo Kio
    Posts
    408
    Feedback Score
    2 (100%)
    Images
    85
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    What's the best GH for these shrimp? Any idea?

  14. #14
    Join Date
    Jul 2004
    Location
    Singapore/Taiwan/China
    Posts
    880
    Feedback Score
    6 (100%)
    Images
    89
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    sthh,

    Most of the Cardinals color is kind of thin, are the original breeding stocking this type of color?
    silane

  15. #15
    Join Date
    Oct 2003
    Posts
    191
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    11
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    You got no fish in the tank?

    Any danger of mosquito breeding?

  16. #16
    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Location
    Singapura
    Posts
    83
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    congrats on the shrimplets. originally from 7 to 25. you got sulawesi craze.join the club.

  17. #17
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Posts
    221
    Feedback Score
    2 (100%)
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    Quote Originally Posted by silane View Post
    sthh,

    Most of the Cardinals color is kind of thin, are the original breeding stocking this type of color?
    This picture was taken when i just switched on the light and saw them congregating. Most of the shrimps are still juveniles, which explains why some of them are smaller.

    But i do notice 2 types of colours. Bright Red and dark purplish red after their colour darkens.

    I am not too worried about mosquitoes breeding. i look at it everyday, and will surely notice them.

  18. #18
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Posts
    221
    Feedback Score
    2 (100%)
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    Just saw some very tiny shrimplets. Seems like the 3rd generation has finally arrived. This is so exciting

  19. #19
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Location
    West
    Posts
    357
    Feedback Score
    5 (100%)
    Images
    30
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    Keep up the good work pal and thanks for the write up.

    I myself had a hard time trying to maintain the population.

    Kudos to your nice work there.

  20. #20
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Posts
    133
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: My experience with Sulawesi Cardinals & Yellow Cheeks

    Wow! Very nice collection of sulawesi shrimps you have!
    May I ask where did you get them? Thinking of keeping a few after seeing your post

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •