Have been reading up and busy trying to set up my tanks for quite awhile now.
just need advise on bros here on where to get the shrimps for my tank now
& also, will gravels be okay instead of getting soil as read from some of the post.
Last edited by Jianyuan; 14th Jun 2011 at 04:10.
Its all depends on what shrimps you wants to get. Some like cherries are able to take it, some like crs will have hard time keeping alive. Its better to get your water parameter to suit your prefered shrimp and not getting your shrimps used to the water parameter.
CRS - CRazy about Shrimps
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First you can try the nearest LFS from your place (http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...Shop-Directory)
I am on west so i usually went to Colourful Tropical Aquarium, Clementi Florist & Aquarium ( C328 ) and Polyart Aquarium.
Maybe you can check this shop too
http://www.gcshop-sg.com/product.php...ata=20&cate=-1
http://www.crshaven.com/
Soil will help to make the water more stable. For me this is quite important.
Don't forget about the temperature too.
Hope this is useful for you. Happy shrimp-ing.
alright noted.
i shld be starting out with cherriesshall take a look near the north east area. !!
cheers!!
Bro , i reckon that soil is quite important for shrimps like crystal red shrimps , but i have an experience keeping neo-caridina species of shrimps in tanks with lapis sand as substrate.
For shrimps , you can check out crshaven , Natural Aquarium and Green Chapter , if not you can search in buy and sell and see if any bro live near you then you get the shrimps from them.For starters , i recommend you keeping cherries then golden/snow white then crystal red shrimps.When you buy shrimps , don't buy those which are big because they should be old already.I always resist the temptation to buy gravid shrimps as for me , the pregnant shrimps may just drop eggs or release lesser shrimpslet when you buy them home from shop causing in the pregnant shrimp being stress and have to re-adapt to the new environment at home.
there are shops at yishun, blk618, and 9++(near to the town council)..Originally Posted by Jianyuan
alright noted.
i shld be starting out with cherries
cheers!!
Thanks bro !! Have gotten some cherry shrimps to start out with. Any recommendations of soil and prices of them.
I am using ADA II Amazonia
There are many other brands.. I think the most popular 2 are ADA and GEX! I think I bought my ADA soil for $36.. the big bag. More than enough for a 2ft tank
You bought the shrimps before buying the soil?
Yeah. Im rearing them seperately in another tank while preparing the 2 ft tank.
There is the benibachi soil which you can get from green chapter or project soil. Check out green chapter website for the price
alright bro kenng, thanks alot for the recommendations. have looked through them. will get those soon.!! still looking around at the different threads at other people's tanks and equipments.
hi thanks. but i cant seemed to be able to access the url provided.
Try this.
http://colourfulaquarium.blogspot.com/
Thanks alot bro.
thnks for all the help and advice!
srry . ive got another question, ive ordered the benibachi soil 5kg. wld it be enough for a 2ft tank?
Yes its thick enough. Not to worry.
IMHO, 5kg is enough for shrimp tank, but 8kg is better for planted tank.
Yeah 5 kg is enough. slightly able to create a slope in the tank without having a flat look.
Keep the pictures coming.
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