Reply With QuoteJus read from the forum here that they quite difficult to keep. But I couldnt resist. Anyone keeping them alive for long? Anyone can advice? They are quite expensive for a novice like me, 6 bucks a piece.
Just bought these 2 Sulawesi babes from Natural View. Think they just arrive couple of days. Nice additions to my Nano tank with my CRS and Cherries. Hope they survive. Grab them while they last.
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Jus read from the forum here that they quite difficult to keep. But I couldnt resist. Anyone keeping them alive for long? Anyone can advice? They are quite expensive for a novice like me, 6 bucks a piece.
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Never keep a Sulawesi but base on what I read, they are best keep in pH of no less than 7, difficult to house them with your CRS and cherries.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b263/Aquatika/Fauna%20Aquatica/Shrimps/carcardenal0413032008800.jpg
I think mine is the one in the photo link above posted by one of the brothers here, Xema.
they must be kept in a pH of 8 and above.. even 7.0 - 7.9 they wont survive well.. thats what many ex-sulawesi keepers have been teling me.
Hmm... seems like it. Haven't release them yet but seems not good. Slowly replacing the water in the pack with my tank water. They don't seem as lively liao.
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Released after an hour. Hope can convince them to stay with me,
You are trying to kill themOriginally Posted by OceanSkyTree
Released after an hour. Hope can convince them to stay with me,
How can you put the Sulawesi Shrimp with CRS. They are not in a same Ph level.
如果你问我能活多久？
我只能够告诉你：一吸一呼之间。
Well, I hope not. The water they use in the LFS are the same for both types of shrimps. If they can survive there, hope they survive in my tank. I just a novice. My tank is simple and I do daily water changes with aged (2 days de-clorinated) tap water. In another way, I hope I have "rescued" them from the LFS,.
well, you seem to be going against all odds. good luck in keeping your sulawesi alive.
Never create what you can't control
OceanSkyTree,
Please take note that SMS language is strongly discouraged in the forum. They are really really difficult to read, more so for other members whose first language may not be English.
Thank you for the co-operation.
Thanks for the corrections
Where did you buy the shrimps? Do keep us update if they can survive.
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At
Natural View Aquarium
Blk 684 Hougang Ave 8 #01-953 Singapore 530684
Do a search in the LFS directory here and you can get directions to the place, small place but can get fishes in good condition there.
They are still surviving before I go for work. But quite worry as got a few Galaxy I bought yesterday also. They seem attracted to the Sulawesi and try to take swipes at them... think would remove the Galaxy later.
Do keep us update of your sulawesi babies
Sure will. Hope I can keep posting. It means they are still alive...wakakaka
Came back and find them still doing good. But find they like to stay at one corner. Do not know why. Observed more shrimp swiping by the Galaxies. This time, they are more bold, even nipping on the tail of the Cherry shrimps. If they would do this, what about my CRS and Sulawesi imports
? Although the Cherries are not the most expensive of my foreign imports, I decided... to wage the start of the Galaxy war. I am not going to wait to pick up some Cherry skins on the waterbed, that would be
!
It was no easy task to be. In a planted Nano tank and with their fast speeds, chasing after them with a net is like catching the ripples they left behind their tails. A call to re-strategise had to be made. This time I called up my good old buddy, OLD MacDonald. He had a farm and with his vast experience, what better weapon to use than his good old MacDonald wonder stirrer. Stir them into a corner and SWOP into the ambush net
. With this 4 of them little rascals are caught and nabbed into their confinement pail.
The last one was tough. Seeing how his other comrades fell, he learned. He led me go round and round in circles. I nearly got him once in the net but he slipped away
. From then on, it was difficult. These guys are just clever, aren't they. He learned! And he never went near the net again. He had me on my knees overlooking the fauna for his whereabouts for almost an hour
. This cannot be, I said. I increased my movement, making him to have no choice but to come out of hiding. I made a bluff, called a feint, stir him into a corner and finally got him after sweating over an hour, phew
!
This is the 3rd day. The babes are still looking good. Think they should have assimilated into the tank.
Anyone else have bought them? Can share how is your upkeep of them? Thinking of adding a couple more.
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