Succesfully breeding Cardinals....

[chungck]

I started with 10 cardinals......8 died and 2 left ( didn't know that the 2 leftover were a couple )....
from 23th of december.....till now the female got 4 times eggs.....so now I have a population of 50......few days ago I saw 2 berried from the first generation shrimplets who are now 3 months old.....

4 weeks ago I bought the Yellow Cheeks ( 11 ).....the survived the quarantine period and are doing well......

Friday, 2-days ago I bought some other species...Harlequin (10 ), Red Orchid (12 ) and
Blue dot red line (10)...........and some plants from the Sulawesi area....

Mini red cherry water plant

Sulawesi moss

Towuti moss

And this is my second tank I call it the Aqua65 Sulawesi, it need another 2 weeks before I add some sulawesi shrimps in it...

[nasty12]

Very nice Setup!!!
cant seem to find those mosses in Sg though!! care to share where you get them from?

[chungck]

I bought them here in Holland...in a lfs store.....

[Aria]

Hi

Thanks for sharing pictures of your Sulawesi flora They look really nice and unique.

Possible to post close-up picks of your shrimps?

Cheers

[chungck]

I will shoot some pictures..........

[chungck]

Update!!!!

have fun


lavarock

berried red orchid



harlequine





another berried red orchid

more harlequine



more harlequine

[Aria]

Thanks for the beautiful photos. You have a great collection there. First time I've seen a Berried Orchid. Nice

Would be great if you could show pictures of your Blue Dot Red Line and Yellow Cheeks

[chromes03]

Hey Chung,

May you share you water parameter? Are all the different species in 1 tank? What type of light output are you giving the plants? I have heard that they need high light and for the moss lower temp about 78F...Thanks Henry

[chungck]

Hey Chung,

May you share you water parameter? Are all the different species in 1 tank? What type of light output are you giving the plants? I have heard that they need high light and for the moss lower temp about 78F...Thanks Henry

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Parmameter still the same PH 7,6....GH 7...KH 6

Yes, 5 species in ONE tank....the Harlequins are the most shy one....always hiding....but with the cardinals and Yellow cheeks....
they frequently coming out their hidingplaces....

My average temp. 26,8 degrees(80,2 F )......

using normaly lightoutput ( 9 hours a day)

[chungck]

Would be great if you could show pictures of your Blue Dot Red Line and Yellow Cheeks

offcourse,

later on i will shoot some picture too......

[chromes03]

Hey what are you currently feeding your yellow cheeks? I have cardinals and yellow cheeks as well but the yellow cheeks seems not interested in anything. My cardinals are in better off condition as I can see that the prego females already released some of her babies....

[chungck]

Hey what are you currently feeding your yellow cheeks? I have cardinals and yellow cheeks as well but the yellow cheeks seems not interested in anything. My cardinals are in better off condition as I can see that the prego females already released some of her babies....

hey,

No problem, my yellow cheeks eat the same as the cardinals....sera shrimp pallets....

from all species the harlequine are and is the most vulnerable under the sulawesis.......I bought last friday 10 of these but now 6 left....

the other species are fine ........cardinal, yellow cheek, red orchid and the red line....

As I said no feedingproblem....when I drop some of the pallets ( not more than 2 or 3 pallets in 3 days ) in my tank....in the first who gets the pallet first is the cardinal the yellow cheek will join as second, third is red orchid and than the red line....the harlequine will join as the last one....



And a Update..... some sulawesis are moved to another tank.....I couldn't wait.....so here some pictures..

Cardinal...


Yellow cheeks...


Red Orchid.....








Dinner...

[Aria]

Thanks for sharing the pictures they are beautiful

Hey just curious what substrate are you using? Don't think I've seen them before..

Cheers

[chungck]

Thanks for sharing the pictures they are beautiful

Hey just curious what substrate are you using? Don't think I've seen them before..

Cheers

thanks.......

its no substrate but normal gravel......I also saw it for the first time.....I mixed it....2 colours, caviar( light brown) en beach ( white )....

[Aria]

thanks.......

its no substrate but normal gravel......I also saw it for the first time.....I mixed it....2 colours, caviar( light brown) en beach ( white )....

Oh I see thanks. So how do you maintain your pH if your substrate is inert?

[chungck]

So how do you maintain your pH if your substrate is inert?

I don't understand the meaning "inert"......,

I do waterchange( 10 days) and as you see....no leaves and no wood.....and still my PH is 7.6

[Aria]

I don't understand the meaning "inert"......,

I do waterchange( 10 days) and as you see....no leaves and no wood.....and still my PH is 7.6

Haha it seems that the water that comes out of your tap is quite hard then. Most people here use coral chips as substrate to achieve pH 8 which is what the Sulawesi shrimps supposedly require, not only to thrive but to breed. You may want to try increasing your pH to see if the Harlequins would fare better

Having said that Harlequins are notoriusly fragile. The fact that you're able to breed any Sulawesi shrimp at all is an amazing feat in itself

[chungck]

Yes, the water out my tap is already 7,6....about the Harlequins....ive heard that they need freshwater sponge...to survive........hard to become one...but the lfs store said to try to get some over from Indonesia.

[Aria]

Yes, the water out my tap is already 7,6....about the Harlequins....ive heard that they need freshwater sponge...to survive........hard to become one...but the lfs store said to try to get some over from Indonesia.

Yes I hear they need the freshwater sponge. I was told by the lfs guy that live sponge may not be neccessary and that dead sponge (coral) will do. They sell the coral here in Singapore

[silane]

I am confused, freshwater sponge = coral???