Inactive cherry shrimps?

[silane]

cool it, silane. we all know that you are shrimp expert
To novice shrimp keepers like me and pork life, the 'definition' of good of course means not dying lah.

Was just worried that Pork life would really stop the hobby and go buy candy instead when you gave him the harsh expert advice on aged water that's why i quickly post that mine is still not dying even i didn't use AGED water. Just like that only. Not challenging your expertise lah. Cool it, man. why so ?

Oh no, I am not losing cool or taking you as a challenage, dont worry, but I scared if people doesn't get your shrimps to breed, they will give up your hobby in a matter of time with their short lifespan and being fragil.

Shrimp hobby is about breeding them, if you dont get to breed them, within a year or so, they will be all gone. Only when you can breed them (for high order breeding form species), means you have gave them a good enviroment, afterall, we all want to give our shrimps a good enviroment.

On the part you said you dont use age water, I am expecting that someone will sharing their varied experience when I post aged water is needed. Thank for shring your experience, sharing of varied experience is needed, I am learning from all of your everyday.

I alway like to tell newbies to do the safest thing to keep shrimps, so that there will be less hicupps and likely to maintain the hobby rather then giving up. So you see, we have the same "worry".

[zyblack]

pardon my ignorance. but i thought carbon is only good for removing dissolved chemical such chlorine etc. For metals such copper, lead etc, one would need some kind of ion exchange resin or something like that?

Hmm, I found this article on the web so I think it does remove copper in some way.
Characterization of Activated Carbon and Application of Copper Removal from Drinking Water

[blue33]

Just sharing my experienced. I'm keeping Sakura shrimp in my tank and i use EI methods, sometime i dose alot, and i change 50-60% of water every week, direct tap water into the tank and also dose Anti-chlorine solution at the same time. Sakura still breeds. Btw my CO2 is 4ps. Maybe Sakura/Cherry is tough.

[Pork Life]

So I guess you are using a "china-made" chiller? Carbon should be able to alleviate the problem a little. Try placing it in your filter and replace every week for the initial stage to see how it goes.

I using only a fan...and the temperature always round 25 to 26 degrees. Carbon cannot place in for sometime? Like 2 to 3 months or something like zeolite?

[d2sign]

Are you using one of those "china-made" chillers? If you are and they are more than a year old, I suggest getting a new one since I have heard from one of the LFS uncles that they leech copper into the water after a while. Copper is toxic to shrimps.

Hi zyblack, I'm using china-made chiller which more than a year old, would like to find out how true is it? Guess most of the bros here using 2nd hand china-made chiller like me. Please advice, thanks

This will not happen to Artica?

[zyblack]

I have heard from one of the LFS uncle in my area that China-made chillers may leak copper into the water and they have experienced it once in their own tanks where there was a massive shrimp die-out. How true this is I can't tell. But then again he mentioned the Titanium (Artica?) he is using now works perfectly for the past 5-6 years so he could be saying this to promote the more expensive brands

[d2hpeter]

Hmm, I found this article on the web so I think it does remove copper in some way.
Characterization of Activated Carbon and Application of Copper Removal from Drinking Water

could not access the link.
mind if you could extract some info and share? this is good for everyone to know.

[michaelmah]

Please post another link

It is interesting to know further