Malayan Shrimps

[guan]

how about using shrimps? usually they will clear off the dead plants. that time when i had a lot of dead plants in my 2ft tank, I threw in a packet of malayan shrimps and they clean up the tank in 3 days.

hey ting, u said u used malayan shrimp
but the LFS sell them in 100 pcs per bag, would the shrimp over crowd your 2ft tank?

(|squee|: I moved this from this since it stemmed out to a different discussion altogether)

[Ting]

hey ting, u said u used malayan shrimp
but the LFS sell them in 100 pcs per bag, would the shrimp over crowd your 2ft tank?

urr... actually I feel that they can survive in the tank cos the shrimps that sold in the bag are quite tiny. Only have to ensure they have hidding places like driftwood or caves, etc. And enough food to feed them.

for my case, cos I have a giant sae, so most of the food all gobble up by it, thus i think that's why my shrimps in the end left a bit...

anyway, since it's cheaper in a bag then buying in loose form, why not just get a bag and also you get higher survival rates... heehee

[guan]

urr... actually I feel that they can survive in the tank cos the shrimps that sold in the bag are quite tiny. Only have to ensure they have hidding places like driftwood or caves, etc. And enough food to feed them.

for my case, cos I have a giant sae, so most of the food all gobble up by it, thus i think that's why my shrimps in the end left a bit...

anyway, since it's cheaper in a bag then buying in loose form, why not just get a bag and also you get higher survival rates... heehee

true also,
but my tank is 1.5ft, with 10 cardinals, 10 rummy nose, 3 oto, and one of those panda sucker, with mosseas n hairgrass, with a crypts, thus i think if i add the malayan shrimps, then it will disrupt the tank ecosystem

[Ting]

true also,
but my tank is 1.5ft, with 10 cardinals, 10 rummy nose, 3 oto, and one of those panda sucker, with mosseas n hairgrass, with a crypts, thus i think if i add the malayan shrimps, then it will disrupt the tank ecosystem

maybe you can try sharing a bag of shrimps with some friends who's interested. so you won't get too much shrimps.

[guan]

maybe you can try sharing a bag of shrimps with some friends who's interested. so you won't get too much shrimps.

hmm..sounds good also,
but i am not going to buy malayan shrimp, cos the color seems very dull.
maybe looking for those CRS?
waiting to see who are breeding them and will buy from them.hehe

[Ting]

hmm..sounds good also,
but i am not going to buy malayan shrimp, cos the color seems very dull.
maybe looking for those CRS?
waiting to see who are breeding them and will buy from them.hehe

actually malayan shrimps when inside planted tank are very nice once they stable and mature. mine have very nice red body and yellow stripe, some are blue body with yellow stripe.

as for crs, I've not tried it yet. seems expensive and fragile. if the tank is not stable... they may not survive. btw, it's not easy to breed them. can read from some other posts on it.

[guan]

actually malayan shrimps when inside planted tank are very nice once they stable and mature. mine have very nice red body and yellow stripe, some are blue body with yellow stripe.

as for crs, I've not tried it yet. seems expensive and fragile. if the tank is not stable... they may not survive. btw, it's not easy to breed them. can read from some other posts on it.

ting,
oic, it seems that malayan shrimps are not so ugly at all.
but so how big can they grow up to?
the mature size is how many cm?
but it seems that nowsday yamato shrimps in the LFS are all very tiny, not worth the investment

[taz_boy]

i can share wif u if u wan....

[kemp]

i've malayan shrimps which is about 2-2.5cm big

ting,
oic, it seems that malayan shrimps are not so ugly at all.
but so how big can they grow up to?
the mature size is how many cm?
but it seems that nowsday yamato shrimps in the LFS are all very tiny, not worth the investment

[Ting]

Hi guan,

malayan shrimps can grow up to around 3cm, one of the biggest i saw in my friend's 4ft tank. almost same size as a matured yamato shrimp.

If you wanna get big yamato shrimps, can try the one at bukit merah view, Soon Heng. they have a good supply of big yamatos.

[richietay]

i used to have large grown yamatoes, tend to be territorial! Certainly not nice having it in your tank.

[AquaObsession]

what is the latin name (scientific name ) for malayan shrimps?

[richietay]

Malaysian Rainbow Shrimp?!

[kemp]

yup agree.
That time i got a bag of 100 of thems..certainly too much. Maybe you can run up some bros here who might want them and share it?
just my 2cent suggestion

maybe you can try sharing a bag of shrimps with some friends who's interested. so you won't get too much shrimps.

[luenny]

i used to have large grown yamatoes, tend to be territorial! Certainly not nice having it in your tank.

Yup, large grown yamatoes are territorial and aggressive too. Not to mention the fact that they can grow to be 5cm. Certainly not suitable for small tank. And if you are into mosses, you might want to reconsider because Yamatoes are known to eat certain mosses.

[planted86]

agree.... but it will eat the plants only when it can't find any algae....
so i think its quite safe...
my yamatoes in my tank haven touch my plants yet.... at least for now...