Some photos to share with fellow hobbyist

[alvinchan80]

A female Blue Bolt...


She is with her 'friends'... Hahaha

[goody992828]

Very Solid piece... nice

[alvinchan80]

Very Solid piece... nice

Thanks bro goody...

[starfox]

very nice! Wish i can have those =)

[Toxotes]

Beautiful shrimps, congratulations!

[alvinchan80]

very nice! Wish i can have those =)

You will have all these if you want them.. Just make sure your tank stable and you are ready..

Thank you...

Beautiful shrimps, congratulations!

Thank you so much for the compliments...

[14litre]

A female Blue Bolt...

I like this picture, somehow the driftwood appeared as a tree trunk to me.

btw, what are those tiny oval-ish white thingy? seed shrimps?

[alvinchan80]

I like this picture, somehow the driftwood appeared as a tree trunk to me.

btw, what are those tiny oval-ish white thingy? seed shrimps?

Thanks!!

Yup, they are seed shrimps... Overpopulating in the tank.. Haha..

[14litre]

Thanks!!

Yup, they are seed shrimps... Overpopulating in the tank.. Haha..

I see. Wow... that's really overpopulating sia.

[mukyo]

Bro Alvin,
Is bare tank a shrimp killer?


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[Toxotes]

Is bare tank a shrimp killer?

Although the question wasn't addressed to me I will answer it as well.
I don't use any soil in my shrimp tanks and still don't have losses.

[alvinchan80]

Bro Alvin,
Is bare tank a shrimp killer?

I wouldn't say bare soil-less tank is a shrimp killer because I never tried before.. All the while I have been using soil and its the soil which buffer to the PH that I need.. But I do know there has been success in soil-less shrimp keeping and breeding overseas but locally maybe need hobbyist to sound themselves out..

Although the question wasn't addressed to me I will answer it as well.
I don't use any soil in my shrimp tanks and still don't have losses.

That is good bro Toxotes, but what is the filtration you are using? And also if is it hard to pull down the PH of your tap water? Or you using 'processed' water like RO water?

I have always been curious with soil-less set up, but don't dare to try.. Haha..

[cheetf]

Soiless is workable but you have to figure out how to lower the PH and keep it that way. Singapore tap water is the ph 7-8 range.

[Toxotes]

My tapwater is pH 7.2 and very soft (gh 4). I have a big reservoir tank (300l) for water changes, where I "age" tapwater for a week ( I top it up after my weekly water changes). By then the pH drops to 6.8, this is what I use for a 10-20% change.
In my tanks I only use home-made air driven filters.

[alvinchan80]

My tapwater is pH 7.2 and very soft (gh 4). I have a big reservoir tank (300l) for water changes, where I "age" tapwater for a week ( I top it up after my weekly water changes). By then the pH drops to 6.8, this is what I use for a 10-20% change.
In my tanks I only use home-made air driven filters.

Your tap water is very similar to our tap water here..

I don't have soil-less set up so I make use of my soil to buffer the PH.. As for water change, I just use direct auto top up from RO water..

[cheetf]

My tapwater is pH 7.2 and very soft (gh 4). I have a big reservoir tank (300l) for water changes, where I "age" tapwater for a week ( I top it up after my weekly water changes). By then the pH drops to 6.8, this is what I use for a 10-20% change.
In my tanks I only use home-made air driven filters.

What makes your PH drop?

[Toxotes]

What makes your PH drop?

Telling the truth I don't do anything with the water. The reservoir tank is empty, only a k20 filter runs there to stir the water.
The only thing I take care of is that I never empty this tank fully, I always keep at least 20% of the "old" water there.

[alvinchan80]

It's been awhile since I update...

Here we go...













Happy shrimping....

[Matt]

Shrimps breeding well there bro!! Thumbs up!!

[alvinchan80]

Shrimps breeding well there bro!! Thumbs up!!

Thanks bro!! Yours doing well too.. Hehe...