My 3-4th try, 1 feet cube Shrimp only.

**Ssur** · 5th Mar 2012, 12:15

Hi Shrimp-people!!!,

I have been lurking around, teasing with the idea of trying again.

This time, removing all rocks which i previously had, started with brand new substrate, and try to keep the aircon "not too cold" so that temperature change will be not too drastic.

It has been 2-3 weeks cycling plus 2 weeks with the shrimps i bought, no casualties, fingers crossed!

Now, any bros/sister, can enlighten me, is this a male or female shrimp? I have this naggy feeling i have a bunch of females only.

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**HeMan** · 5th Mar 2012, 12:23

I think is a female

**soonhong** · 5th Mar 2012, 12:38

it is female...

**darter** · 5th Mar 2012, 12:42

Very nice and red!

Where did you get it from? Looking for something like this.

**Ssur** · 5th Mar 2012, 13:20

As i expected, the most "male" looking one is female, i think i must have net all females only.

Bought from GC.

**darter** · 5th Mar 2012, 13:25

Thanks, time to visit GC!

**mincedmeat** · 5th Mar 2012, 14:06

Nice shrimp you got there! Maybe you can share with everyone else what are the parameters you are trying to keep, and also an overview of the tank.

**Navanod** · 5th Mar 2012, 15:05

Male fire red shrimps are normally not so nicely colored so almost all the shrimps that are sold would be females. Try to net some berried ones or look for a local breeder with males to let go

**Ssur** · 5th Mar 2012, 20:07

1ft X 1ft X1ft
Eden 501 with biohomme plus
4.2Watt Clip on Led light
Borneowild shrimp soil 6Kg
Shizen, Bt-9, Excel and BW Frenzy
Distilled water for wc.

Ph 6.1
gh 10
Temp 26-29C

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**Matt** · 5th Mar 2012, 22:21

Bro nice FR you have got there. Seen them at GC the other day and was tempted to bag some home but didn't.

Your GH seems quite high, maybe you'll want to bring it down to 5 or 6?

**mincedmeat** · 5th Mar 2012, 23:37

Got to agree with Matt there. It would have been fine if it's a Sulawesi tank, but it's not.

**Ssur** · 6th Mar 2012, 00:25

Originally Posted by Matt

Bro nice FR you have got there. Seen them at GC the other day and was tempted to bag some home but didn't.

Your GH seems quite high, maybe you'll want to bring it down to 5 or 6?

I have been trying to bring the GH down, by using distilled water, but it doesn't seem to be working.

Was able to bring it down to 8-9, but only to go back up to 10.

Any ideas how to bring down GH? I seen the Mosura soft water product, but was hoping that distilled water change would do the trick.