Reply With QuoteI also want to go.Originally Posted by Ecalyte
I want to buy lots of nice fire red.
I also feel like it. I wonder if GC have still. Would take a look Tomorrow
still learning the hard way!!
I also want to go.
1) A bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work.
2) Men and fishes are alike. They get into trouble once they open their mouth.
3) Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish n he'll go broke. Give him a boat and you'll get rid of him for the weekend.
Hi I tought they are just blue versions of the fire reds and they are better at living at ph 7? 5.6 abit acidic will it kill the natural bbs in ur filter?
Hi If you guys are going do you mind me going too? My number is 96701405I also want to go.as my friend requires some fire reds
Where did you hear that AB is a blue version of FR? The farm that bred these guys out have not even released their scientific name.. Right now, only the farm and their distributors (maybe not even them) know what these guys really are..
And yes, my tank pH is very acidic and will cause most of my BB to die off.. I even run the risk of Nitrification stopping in my tank altogether, which is why I'm constantly monitoring the Ammonia levels in my tank. Luckily, at such a low pH the Ammonia will be converted to Ammonium that is completely harmless. So the only issue now is Nitrite.
The stronger bacteria will survive and colonize.. will probably take some time. However the pH reduction in my tank has been an on-going thing over the last 3-4 weeks (since I started using only distilled water for my WC and top ups) so I'm hoping that the gradual decline in pH has not been too much of a shock to my bacteria colony. So far so good.. Ammonia's been at zero during my tests (once every 3 days).
That being said, my tank went through a period of 31 days with no deaths since I started using distilled water, and I'm not keen on using tap water anymore (even if it's to mix with my distilled water). So I guess this low pH is something I have to live with.. If it drops any lower.. I'll definitely have to take action to increase the pH slowly.
My 2 ft tank also hAs been on distilled water chage since it was started same as you no deaths but a few dead because of old age as the tank 8 months already
Yep, when they were first introduced into the hobby they were quickly labelled as Fire Blue. However they have no relation to Fire Red except for the similarity in the name. The Fu Shrimp farm then gave an American/Canadian entity (TheShrimpLab.com) naming rights to this shrimp. They proceeded to call it Aura Blue and immediately made it official.My 2 ft tank also hAs been on distilled water chage since it was started same as you no deaths but a few dead because of old age as the tank 8 months already
SOURCE: http://www.shrimpnow.com/forums/show...ra-Blue-Shrimp
In this thread you can see Niki (Also from TheShrimpLab.com) stating that these shrimps are indeed Caridina and not Neocaridina (The species FR belong to). They also claim that this is an entirely new species altogether..
Which brand of distilled water do you use? Have you tested the LIFE distilled water pH lately? My latest batch is reading 5.6 ... the reason why my tank pH is so low right now. Nothing fighting the New Amazonia soil from constantly reducing the pH..
Orh... So fr +ab = cherry? Or just nothing at all?
Also, for those interested in making a trip down to the east side farms this weekend, please PM me your contact details. If you don't drive, I can arrange a pick up at Kembangan MRT. I can bring a maximum of 3 people as my gf will be coming along, the rest will have to make their own way there.. or if you drive, meet up there.
Since FR is Neocaridina, and AB is Caridina.. I don't think they can cross breed. However, I've been told that on very rare occasions they might... maybe can try and see what comes out? Hehe! Maybe a Painted Fire Blue shrimp.. or an Aura Red (Which is pretty much low grade cherry haha!)
I would pay so much money for a Painted Fire Blue shrimp.............. a blue morph of a Painted Fire Red.. *drool*
I was imaging if ur abs can breed and breed bluer and bluer would it look like paint blue fire shrimp which looks like a super blue bolt XD my imagination a bit alot
On another website silane said this AB seems to be able to cross with cherry?
So if it is like u said, Caridina, it will cross with your Crs? I'm intending to get a few in the future to try out but don't wish to cross them. Any advices?
There are many conflicting information.. I've also been told that they can (rarely) breed with FR. But I've been told categorically that they won't breed with CRS. This is why I've placed them in the partition with my CRS.. hehe
U are keeping them at ph5.6 which is very low I think. My Crs tank ph is very low too. Like ph5.2-5.4 and no cherries Sakura fire red are able to survive for more than 2 weeks in it I think. Only the Crs can survive.
I have 4 FRs in this tank that I moved from my Hastatus cube as they've been dying in the following water parameters: pH 7.0-7.2, GH 7-9, KH 2, temperature 25-26degC. Ever since I've moved them to the 2ft CRS tank, they've coloured up a lot. They are very.. very red now, almost painted quality. I'll try to take pictures soon. They've been in there for about 2 weeks now.. I'll keep updating on their welfare.. hopefully they don't die.
I checked with Roland before I bought a couple of these Aura Blues and he told me the keeping condition should be the same as cherries, so ph should be higher at maybe 7 or 7.2.
Wow that is a lot of the Aura Blues. Envy you.
Are you able to idenitify the males when you scoop them from the tank? When I bought mine, I thought I had some males but later found them to be all females when their saddles appearred. Their deep blues masked the saddles.Side by side with my CRS Flowerhead mama..
I'll keep this post updated with their feeding and breeding behaviour. I know that the Aura Blue (AB) males will dance along with the CRS males if a CRS female is releasing the hormone. I've been told that this is true across the fresh water crustacean line. It means that if my Aura blue female is ready, my male CRS will also dance along with the AB males. However this doesn't mean that they will crossbreed..
Also from now on I'll refer to the Aura Blues as AB for convenience purposes..
I also wanna go leh bro, I've heard that they have painted fire red grades just in a large tank and no special selective breeding?
Yes, their patterns also reminds me of Yamatos! And the way they jump!
I hope they're not related to Yamato though, cause that may mean they cannot breed in fresh water!
I've heard likewise. But after looking at them, I'm very sure they're not related to fire reds at all...could be a totally new thing
My tank is now 5.8pH, GH 4, KH 0, TDS 100, chiller is going on tonight, now temp is around 28-29. The plan is to lower it to 25. Lets see how they do...need to up the TDS slowly as well.
Nice collection bro Ecalyte, guess you finally got your hands on the Aura Blue shrimps from GC after tedious wait of going down often to check whether the stocks came? Very nice blue shine on the shrimps. Did you left any for us to buy? Haha...
Thanks for sharing!
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