Sharing some of my sulawesi shrimps photos

[tatguy]

May I know what media is inside your filter?

[seudzar]

May I know what media is inside your filter?

Mixture of biohomme, ehiem substratpro and seachem matrix.

[tatguy]

thanks for the reply, another question.
i am using saltyshrimp 8.5 too, but i do not boil my water nor use CO2. i only pour the recommended amount and stir. all i get is milky water that reaches pH of about 7.5 only therefore i always overdose till i get the desired pH. does it happen to you too?
The water does get less milky over time though but the residue still settles at the bottom and milks my water up if i stir them.

[seudzar]

thanks for the reply, another question.
i am using saltyshrimp 8.5 too, but i do not boil my water nor use CO2. i only pour the recommended amount and stir. all i get is milky water that reaches pH of about 7.5 only therefore i always overdose till i get the desired pH. does it happen to you too?
The water does get less milky over time though but the residue still settles at the bottom and milks my water up if i stir them.

Hi, same for me, I do not use CO2 or boil the water. I did post this question to saltyshrimp before. They mention only when the mineral salt is almost fully dissolved, you will achieve pH close to 8. However they do not really concern about the pH level, they are more concern about gH and TDS. Try not to overdose. I got a couple of Sulawesi snails died due to overdose.

As for me, I just left the undissolved minerals in the tank, saltyshrimp did mention to pour those undissolved minerals in the tank. They will dissolved soon or later. Shrimps and snails does produce co2, just that not sure if they are enough.

[tatguy]

hmm ok thanks for the info.

[seudzar]

hmm ok thanks for the info.

You are welcome

[Kenng]

Hi Kenng,

I am using those 3W LED for my tank and the lights are turn on for 14 hours each day. The shrimps are kept in normal room temperature, i did use a fan to keep the temperature below 30 degree as these few weeks the weather is very hot.

For topping water up due to evaporation, i just pour in the distilled water.

For water change, i just mixed the salt with distilled water and add into the tank, usually change 10% of the water only every 1 week.

For the mineral salt 8.5. Yes it is very troublesome to dissolve it totally using hot water or using CO2. However, i did not use either one method, i just mixed it and pour directly onto the tank. If you find it troublesome, you might want to try use the mineral salt 7.5. It can dissolved easily with distilled water, leaving no residue.

However, as stated in their website. Mineral Salt 7.5 are for keeping C. Dennerli, white orchid, blue leg poso. Mineral Salt 8.5 are for more sensitive shrimps like Red line and Harlequin. However, keeping and breeding of red line and harlequins still seems impossible for me even using 8.5 salts. I wonder if any people successfully breeds them in Europe. I do not have much luck for Gold flakes. I do have malili red berried in my tank but to see if it successfully breeds, it will take probably another 2 - 3 months to tell.

If you just want to keep and breed C. Dennerli, white orchid or blue leg poso. You can just get mineral salt 7.5.

Cheers

Thank you Bro for sharing. Can I know how did you get the algae to grow so nicely on the rocks? Kind of surprise the LED lights can do this.

[seudzar]

I am using Green Element Evo 3W LED series. Total Wattage for my lights from these LED are 30watt which is quite big. The lights are ON for at least 13 hours everyday, so i believe under any condition the algae will surely grow.