Water Parameters for Breeding Tigers

[Aria]

Just bought a bag of lovely Tigers. Most of them are bluish is this common?

Anyways I bought the Tigers on impulse and now I'm left with wondering what the best water parameters e.g. temperature and pH for breeding them. Does anyone have experience to share?

[imke]

Hi Aria,

tiger shrimp prefer water which is harder than bee shrimp need: try pH around 7-7,5. Otherwise the quickly get molting problems as I experienced. Temperature can also be lower (~22 Grad Celsius with variations down to 18 degree).

Do you have any pics of your tiger?

Cheers,
Imke

[Aria]

Hi Aria,

tiger shrimp prefer water which is harder than bee shrimp need: try pH around 7-7,5. Otherwise the quickly get molting problems as I experienced. Temperature can also be lower (~22 Grad Celsius with variations down to 18 degree).

Do you have any pics of your tiger?

Cheers,
Imke

Thanks for sharing the information I 've been confused by opposing opinions regarding the water parameters for Tigers. Most websites state that they prefer soft water about 6.5 i.e. same as CRS but some breeders also state preference for hard water. I'm more incline towards the latter so thanks for the confirmation

Hmm I guess the next issue is temperature as setting up a high pH tank with low temp would mean having to buy another chiller...

Haha do you think they would be able to breed in higher temperature?

I'll post a pix once I manage to get a decent pix

[imke]

Hi Aria,

you can keep them up to 25 degrees celsius but that's the maximum I'd try about a longer period. If you lower the temperature in autumn and lift it in spring they will breed more.

Tiger shrimp is very popular in Germany and most of them are held in harder water. Black tiger are sometimes held in a pH lower than 7. They are generally more sensitive to water parameter.

Best,
Imke

[Aria]

Thanks for the information

Right now my Tigers are housed in my one and only chilled tank. Have tried to increase the GH so they don't suffer in the meantime before I transfer them to a permanent home.

Its been a week since I've got them and they a hungry bunch. Just checked them and they are still bluish

Am starting a new thread to show their picture