Yamatos died easily

[hwchoy]

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On 10/8/2002 5:43:21 PM

must say they are great agle eater.... need to get more but no where selling it at the moment. any loabng.... thanks.
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actually saw one holding a gravel with black hair and MUNCHING!! []

[Cardinal Tetra]

BREEDING: The caridina japonica larvae won't survive in a fresh water tank. They need brackish water during the first weeks. In nature, they get carried downstream after hatching. This is obviously impossible in a tank, so you'll just have to improvise. One method is to put the mother into a separate tank until the larvae hatch, then remove her and gradually raise the salinity (your basic cooking salt will do) to about 17 grammes per litre. You can also prepare the nursery tank in advance and just suck the larvae out with a hose. An easy way to do this is to switch off the lights and lure them to one corner of the tank via a flashlight. I've heard yeast is a very good starter food. Once the fry has grown up past the larvae stage you can just put them back in a fresh water tank. They won't mind the change at all. As far as I know, the fertilization of the eggs takes place while they're still inside the ovary. The mother will later carry the eggs around on her belly for protection. You can easily discern them, they have a greyish colour, a bit like caviar. Happy shrimp nursing!

taken from http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/gshrimp.html

[eggz]

Could the yamato deaths be caused by heavy metals in the water?

Chan mentioned once that we have to be careful using those lead weights for plants. If the water is low PH and the weights are not of good quality, there might be problems.

In such an event, usually the first ones to bite it are the shrimps. And you can expect find a lot of them knocked out in a short time.



eggz

[DEA]

i use yamato shrimp as an early warning system for poor water conditions
when they start dying and/or jumping out, i change water
nowadays when i add yamato, i only do it after a water change

talking about temp
it could be because the oxygen level goes down when the temp goes up
same idea as CD