Jeff's Sulawesi Shrimps Tank (162L)

[ragn4rok]

Uploaded a video about this tank... (nb. no shrimps yet on the video... But you can see the hard scape in the real thing...) hehehe...

YouTube - Sulawesi Shrimp Tank

Enjoy!...

[leeruisheng]

It looks good all round. And love the effects of the water shimmering.

[ragn4rok]

More pictures... In the morning, they usually walk all around the tank lookin for some food..

Brown camo shrimps


Harlequin shrimps


More info about the shrimps: IMO, they molt more frequent than any other shrimps species (CRS, RCS, etc...)

[Quixotic]

Jeff, they look happy!

Are they comparatively more active in the morning than after lights out?

Any Tylomelania spp. (Sulawesi snails) in there?

[ragn4rok]

Hehehe.. Yes, they are very active after the lights out at night until the lamp starts again in the morning..

At noon, they are like these... hehehe




Quixotic, I don't get any Sulawesi snails yet.. Still lookin for them..

[Savant]

Really good idea not to have plants for ease of maintaining water quality? Does this however mean you need to change water frequently? or will a super filter (if there is such a thing, do?)

[ragn4rok]

I change the water weekly about 20 - 30% . BTW, here in Indonesia the prices of the sulawesi shrimps already drop like crazy around 50% since their first release...

[Quixotic]

Jeff, questions about your feeding regime.

1. What do you feed them with?

2. How much do you feed them per feeding?

3. How often do you feed them?

4. How many shrimps are in there?

Just trying to have a general idea on feeding and how not to overfeed.

Thanks.

[ragn4rok]

Hi Quixotic,

Sorry for a very late reply.

1. I don't feed them with any artificial food.. Only brown algae that I grow in my tank..
2. When they're hungry, they'll hunt for the algae
3. My tank 24 hrs give them the best food
4. I have 10 of each species, celebes beauty, brown camo, red goldflake (yellow cheek), and dark maroon.. But, some of them already gone to heaven.. Only about 3 - 6 for each species left because my longtime experiment to find their optimum living condition...

But, here's my latest update...
Yellow cheek carrying her eggs..


Brown camo carrying her eggs..


Celebes beauty shrimplet... Sorry can't get a better picture.. My camera not good enough for macro shot..


I still waiting for the dark maroon to carry eggs soon.. Maybe, they're still not mature enough to breed...

Jeffrey

[doppelbanddwarf]

Beautiful. Another full tank shot to show what it looks like now?

[ragn4rok]

hehehehe.. later... Full with brown algae tank...

[shrimp999]

Wow...since some of your species already carry eggs, what is your current water parameters like?
PH, KH, GH, temperature etc?

[ragn4rok]

Update, Celebes Beauty aka. Harlequin also already carrying eggs Photos coming soon.. Very difficult to take the picture..

pH, kH, gH I never check them.. But, IMO the key to make an optimum condition for this shrimps are: aerator (bubble maker to increase O2 level in the water), brown algae tank, 28C, many big rocks and old driftwood for hiding.. Yes, I think it's much better to use old driftwood (already 2 - 3 years submersed) because there is no tanin to be release to the water.. (Water in Malili lake system not contaminated with tanins right?)

I hope this information will help you to breed them..

[Quixotic]

I think the main challenge is first and foremost to keep them alive. Then the eggs will come naturally. They are really quite a challenge to keep, considering their alkaline/hard water requirements.

Thanks Jeff. Hope to see some success with the eggs.

[Fei Miao]

Congratulations on the shrimplets! Certainly challenging for me to keep them alive also.

[Madnezz]

two thumbs up

[torque6]

Very nice setup. How are you regulating your high PH? through coral chips or with additives ?

[crs_lover]

Nice setup! and the Sulawesi shrimps will like it as it provides good hiding locations.

[CrsFanatic]

I want a same tank in the near future

[PLee]

very nice setup and tank...