Starting a new Shrimp Tank

[nicholasliao]

Is the hatchery net useful? How do you set up one and what is it use?

I doubt shrimps will know that it is a place for them to spawn. So what for?

[AndyPeh]

Is the hatchery net useful? How do you set up one and what is it use?

I doubt shrimps will know that it is a place for them to spawn. So what for?

Haha Hey Nic! You have the same thoughts as me initially, good thing Alvin clarified my confusion and I read this review -
http://www.planetinverts.com/Artific...ng%20Eggs.html.

The Shrimp Hatchery nets purpose is to provide a area of moving water for the eggs of a dead shrimp. - If you happen to find one in your tank.
The net is placed under or at the side of fast moving water to simulate the fanning of the mothers legs as if they were still hanging under.
The main challenge we would possibly face in our tanks is either one of the pest that exist or even other shrimps feeding on the eggs and carcass. And that the net would not be a good defense. So if you have a high rate flow from above the net or at the sides you can minimise this too a certain effect.

Alternatively having read Ryan Woods insights this would be mostly likely the technique I would employ should one of my shrimps pass on berried. -

I have a Satellite breeding box like this

Attachment 36075

Utilising it I would stick my hatchery net right underneath the inlet so water from my main tank will continously flow through the eggs and pest and other shrimp attacks would be minimised.

What I would do is pick out the dead berried mama put her and the eggs in the hatchery net in the satellite box and put a bunch of moss into the satellite box and hope for the best.

Only challenge I foresee in this is that it will not rectify the issue of the ammonia caused by a decaying rotting mama but I have faith some doses of my BN7 would fix that for me, and that the ammonia from it would not have that big of an effect in the total ppm of ammonia in the tank - Should that happen the bigger problem probably lies elsewhere than 1/2 dead shrimp.

[AndyPeh]

Hey Andy, Kudos to your very informative thread.

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Hi Joshua,

Means alot to me bro. Thank you!
These posts would not have been made possible if not for Seniors here that guided me throughout my learning process and getting the basics right.

AP

[nicholasliao]

So all you need is a net? Sounds simple enough.

[AndyPeh]

So all you need is a net? Sounds simple enough.

Yeap!

Made a post on this here - http://shrimplelife.blogspot.sg/2013...chery-net.html

May need to improvise on the flow rate because it has to be quite fast flowing waters.

[AndyPeh]

'09 霸王

Plants Plants Plants!

On Monday I posted on a special plant that I managed to get a hook up for.
Am delighted to share with you some pictures of it!

Echinodorus sp Iguaza from Argentina ('09) - Unlike the Satan and Terminator variants, the Iguaza or my more favored name for it - 霸王 (Overlord in Chinese), this awesome looking plant spots an unusually stout and short stems with well rounded leaves that gets rounder as the plant grows.

Love how the plant looks in the tank and I hope over time the leaves will rise upwards toward the lights.
Enjoy the pics! - More pics on blog


'09 霸王

While taking pictures of the plants I noticed this shrimp walking under to seek shelter from the glaring light.



And here is a new resident to the tank!



Mr. Not so Blue Blue Bolt! - It was a test shrimp from a friend who wanted to see how a Taiwan Bee would take to my water what is only 3 weeks old. Well he told me if it survives it is mine so cycling deities please don't take them away from me!

Meet the other of the Blues that was culled for this purpose. Lol sad shrimp but am confident that they will be good.



The New Layout of the tank



Some of my older and smaller Echinodorus and the love they get from the shrimps.





Also I did some water test. - Pictures found here.

GH - 5
KH - 1
Ammonia NH3 / NH4+ - 0.0 ppm
Nitrate NO3 - 10- 15ppm

Prepped age water for Water Change tomorrow!
Good night my fellow Shrimpletons.

[anakkucing]

[QUOTE=AndyPeh;730636]'09 霸王

Plants Plants Plants!

On Monday I posted on a special plant that I managed to get a hook up for.
Am delighted to share with you some pictures of it!

Echinodorus sp Iguaza from Argentina ('09) - Unlike the Satan and Terminator variants, the Iguaza or my more favored name for it - 霸王 (Overlord in Chinese), this awesome looking plant spots an unusually stout and short stems with well rounded leaves that gets rounder as the plant grows.

Love how the plant looks in the tank and I hope over time the leaves will rise upwards toward the lights.
Enjoy the pics! - More pics on blog



This plant is very nice.. Does it need co2?

[AndyPeh]

Hi Bro Anakkucing no it doesn't but with CO2 and Excel it would probably grow faster and nicer. But shrimp tanks so playing it safe.

[nicholasliao]

What's so good about this plant? Everyone seems to be using alot of it. I see alot of it in alvin's, soon hong, bai and koji's post.

[AndyPeh]

Hey Nic!
I don't it is as much as what the plant does. More of the ownership of a beautiful plant that will do the same job that all plants do.

[AndyPeh]

Day 18 / 19? I Can't Remember

Hi All,

As you can tell from the title, I sort of lost count and can't be fussed on the exact number of days.
What I am certain is that Thursdays will be my Water Change day. - Which was what I did Thursday night after my run.

Took some water for water test in the morning. Nitrate has been removed some what and is now a lighter shade of orange.



0 ppm Ammonia FTW.



And to my pleasant surprise. These look like they will be mine hahaha!
Although I might just get better quality ones myself.


Mr Not so Blue BB Caught Stunned.


His compatriot on the Montmotillonite Rocks

Yeap they are very much enjoying the tank from what I can tell.

Nice Blue Bolts that I hope to eventually own.


High Grade Blue Bolts - courtesy of*AlvinChan80



With the glass panels on my tank looking like the lights are turned on a little too much, I dug out my algae scrapper so when I get fed up and need to take away some algae for pics I will have it at hand.

On a separate note a friend told me he would be getting some Tibees and shared with me *a pic on the pair he would be getting.
Boy are they cool looking! Hope he succeeds in breeding lots of them and I would likely buy a pair myself from him then.


Skunk Pintos

Alright thats all from me now. Got to go watch a movie with the GF.*
Take care and have a good weekend ahead. Lates!

[AndyPeh]

Hej Shrimples!

Aren't you glad you checked on in today? Beacuse I am not going to disappoint!

Got some beautiful new shrimps! Have scoured far and wide to bring them to you. (Not really. Haha just drove around.)

Spent a good hour and a half acclimatizing them with the breeder box - Slow and steady dripping and I let the breeder box overflow do its job...

Spotted a few of the adventurous shrimps clinging on to the grill eager to get into their new home. - Maybe next time I will take the grill out and let them use the overflow as a water slide to go into the tank straight LOL. Will record that next time.



To those who are keen on picking up the shrimp hobby, I cannot over emphasize the importance of acclimatizing the shrimps to new waters.

My analogy would be it is akin to humans in a plane without pressurized cabins and air thermostat regulators. - We would not be able to compensate for the variances in altitude changes and the thinning air, no to mention the drop in temperature.
So for the shrimps it would be nice if we take care of them and give them sometime to get adjusted to the new waters they will be placed in.

Ways to acclimatize shrimps and getting them out of a bag is simple and everyone has their own way of doing this.
I will show my way when in a separate post later this week so do keep a look out of it if you are interested in how I do mine.


Wine Red Hino exploring its new surroundings


The Jayden Smith Look
(Perpetually caught between stunned and worried look)


Bad *** looking King Kong


The lot scavenging for food

Algae on wall growing fast.


Blue Panda with a nice catch of light showing blue cheeks.
(Maybe some would say not black enough, but I love it)


Wine Red has an itchy back. *Scratch Scratch


Another look at my Mr. Go!


My best friends favorite. Shadow Pandas!


Small Fella

Alright hope this lot brings me many many offsprings!
Will update tomorrow on my plans to make that possibility a reality.

Till then thank you for viewing.

Your Fellow Shrimple Folk out!
Adios.

[nicholasliao]

Is wine red harder to care for than crs? Chiller still needed?

[AndyPeh]

Is wine red harder to care for than crs? Chiller still needed?

Hey bro! Yeap. Chiller definitely needed for wine reds. They are similar or in fact a little harder to keep compared to CRS.

[AndyPeh]

Bro Stardus your mailbox seems full can't send you the reply.

[AndyPeh]

Day 21/22 - Shrimple Town

Hi All,

Thank you all for the appreciation and comments you have been sending via private message!


Wine Red out for a climb on the Rataj

I spotted my little Wine Red walking about and noticed although the red is not very solid on this one it looks a lot like a red ant. Haha just a quirky observation.


Hiding in the huge leaves of my 霸王


Out he comes!



More pictures on my beautiful Mr. Go! with his WR Hinomaru friend.






Away from the glaring lights.

Wine Red molted and seemed to have grown, could be my eyes haha.




My WR No-Entry very elusive fella.

Ran some water test.

GH - 5
KH - 1
Nitrate NO3 - 20-25ppm - About time for Water Change soon. Thursday.

That is all for now good night folks!

[es.]

nice tank you have there with all the combination!

[AndyPeh]

nice tank you have there with all the combination!

Thank you es. for the support!

[AndyPeh]

2nd Wave

Hi Fellow Shrimples!


Hope this post finds you well.


As suggested by the title there is a 2nd wave of inhabitants this week.
This will be the last mass migration for the Shadow Colony, now all that is left for them to do is what Mr Spock would deliver in his salute - Live Long and Prosper (Well in this case Procreate!)


Here are some pictures of them spending sometime getting adjusted to the new world.
And a short video of them being acclimatized to the new water parameters.

Area 51 - Quarantine and Adjustment Breeder Boxes



Wine Reds - 11 Immigrants





Blue Bolts - 06 Immigrants


Drip Drip Drip.

I did an acclimatization period of 6 hours on this batch for them to be better localized to the new world. - Culture shocks can be nasty.

Water Change

I had to change my water change plans because of their arrival and did in only on Friday night.
Ran some water test this morning.

Nitrate (NO3) - 10 ppm
Ammonia (NH3 / NH4+) - 0 ppm
GH - 5
KH -1
TDS - 158
PH - 5.3


Pictures of them in the new environment.

Find more pics on the blog.

Thank you for your time!
Take care and have a great weekend ahead wherever you are at.

[AndyPeh]

Hey all sorry meant to have posted this yesterday but for some reason my internet is refusing to connect to AQ.
If anyone knows anything please share.
Good thing for 3G and the iPad

Monday Blues

Hi Shrimp Lovers!

Here is Monday update from Shrimple Town. Today we mourn for the loss of one of *the beautiful occupants. - One of the lined King Kongs passed on.
Was taking pictures when I noticed a shrimp hanging on the frogbits had an orange head, on inspection I noticed it was not moving so used a net to disturb it only to have it floating peacefully into the net.

RIP my little one. I guess you went peacefully swinging on those 'trees'



If you are curious like me as to why the head turned orange what I got from checking with a friend is that it already started to mold and rot.

Other than that the rest are looking good!

Finally managed to catch hold of this little guy my gf calls Denim.


Full Denim Colored Blue Bolt


Tell me if am wrong but this fella looks deformed. Probably from too much in breeding.


Big Blue*

Tossed in a piece of LOWKEYS food and as usual there was a manic charge when it started flaking.


LOWKEYS! Nom Nom Nom

Ok for all of you who are probably very observant and noticed the fade out on the colors for my pictures, that because my iPhone 4 finally gave up on me - well the camera function at least.*
So now as what my girl friend reminded me - Beggars can't be choosers so I am using her old Samsung Note to capture this crappy faded images.
Till my contract expires! I need a new iPhone!*

That is all good night and take care folks.