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Ammonia Spike Vice Captain
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 Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:10 pm
Update time! The shrimp are doing very well- two batches of baby shrimp have hatched and two of my females are carrying eggs. The babies are growing incredibly quickly, the first batched hatched about two weeks ago and they are already about a fourth of their parents' size. They are starting to show a little bit of color, too. I have been feeding them algae wafers, Sera Vipachips and Fluval Shrimp Granules, and supplementing water changes with Fluval Shrimp Mineral Supplements. Have some pictures: The new rock-based layout, based on Takashi Amano's iwagumi rockwork. I took this picture a few weeks ago, so the moss had grown out a bit since then.  Some pictures of the shrimp:  Dinner. There is a baby just to the left of the algae wafer. heart 
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:31 am
Yay, Shrimp! I have Ghost Shrimp and they are soooo funny! I think you'll like them 3nodding
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Ammonia Spike Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:07 am
Akari_32 Yay, Shrimp! I have Ghost Shrimp and they are soooo funny! I think you'll like them 3nodding I've kept them before, but this is the first time I've set up a dedicated tank. whee
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:34 am
Ammonia Spike Akari_32 Yay, Shrimp! I have Ghost Shrimp and they are soooo funny! I think you'll like them 3nodding I've kept them before, but this is the first time I've set up a dedicated tank. whee The only tank I have ever had with just shrimp (and a few snails) was a 3 gallon quarintine tank LOL I just moved them all to the 10 gallon, and now I think I'm gunne take the gravel out of the tank, and leave some rocks in there and grow some algae... ninja
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:32 pm
I've never done shrimp before. :3 But that looks really awesome! It'll be a really pretty tank. I can't wait to see update pictures. How hard is it to keep a shrimp colony?
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:07 pm
Sweet! Can't wait to hear of your progress. I'm planning a moss wall for my tank as well once we're both working again and secure financially.
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:29 pm
Akari_32 Ammonia Spike Akari_32 Yay, Shrimp! I have Ghost Shrimp and they are soooo funny! I think you'll like them 3nodding I've kept them before, but this is the first time I've set up a dedicated tank. whee The only tank I have ever had with just shrimp (and a few snails) was a 3 gallon quarintine tank LOL I just moved them all to the 10 gallon, and now I think I'm gunne take the gravel out of the tank, and leave some rocks in there and grow some algae... ninja They're addictive, aren't they? XD Right now I have four Cherry shrimp in my three gallon, one male and three females. They've had eggs several times, but the endlers make it impossible to raise the babies. They're going to be the first shrimp in the tank after it's cycled. heart
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:32 pm
Ashkevha I've never done shrimp before. :3 But that looks really awesome! It'll be a really pretty tank. I can't wait to see update pictures. How hard is it to keep a shrimp colony? It varies. Cherry shrimp are VERY easy to keep and breed, but some other species can be pretty sensitive, like most of the Sulawesi shrimp.
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Ammonia Spike Vice Captain
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Ammonia Spike Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:35 pm
I talked to my boss tonight, and hopefully he might be able to get me some Tiger shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) for the tank.
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:30 pm
Ammonia Spike Ashkevha I've never done shrimp before. :3 But that looks really awesome! It'll be a really pretty tank. I can't wait to see update pictures. How hard is it to keep a shrimp colony? It varies. Cherry shrimp are VERY easy to keep and breed, but some other species can be pretty sensitive, like most of the Sulawesi shrimp. I'm shrimp ignorant XD;; So pardon any stupid questions.~ Can you have different species of shrimp together or can you only have the Cherry Shrimp?
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:14 am
Ashkevha Ammonia Spike Ashkevha I've never done shrimp before. :3 But that looks really awesome! It'll be a really pretty tank. I can't wait to see update pictures. How hard is it to keep a shrimp colony? It varies. Cherry shrimp are VERY easy to keep and breed, but some other species can be pretty sensitive, like most of the Sulawesi shrimp. I'm shrimp ignorant XD;; So pardon any stupid questions.~ Can you have different species of shrimp together or can you only have the Cherry Shrimp? It really depends. Some species of shrimp within the same genus will interbreed easily, so they can't be kept together. Also, water chemistry requirements vary a lot between species. So basically you can keep two types of shrimp together if they won't interbreed and do well in the same water conditions.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:30 am
Ammonia Spike Ashkevha Ammonia Spike Ashkevha I've never done shrimp before. :3 But that looks really awesome! It'll be a really pretty tank. I can't wait to see update pictures. How hard is it to keep a shrimp colony? It varies. Cherry shrimp are VERY easy to keep and breed, but some other species can be pretty sensitive, like most of the Sulawesi shrimp. I'm shrimp ignorant XD;; So pardon any stupid questions.~ Can you have different species of shrimp together or can you only have the Cherry Shrimp? It really depends. Some species of shrimp within the same genus will interbreed easily, so they can't be kept together. Also, water chemistry requirements vary a lot between species. So basically you can keep two types of shrimp together if they won't interbreed and do well in the same water conditions. o.o That's very interesting.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 7:53 am
Ashkevha Ammonia Spike Ashkevha Ammonia Spike Ashkevha I've never done shrimp before. :3 But that looks really awesome! It'll be a really pretty tank. I can't wait to see update pictures. How hard is it to keep a shrimp colony? It varies. Cherry shrimp are VERY easy to keep and breed, but some other species can be pretty sensitive, like most of the Sulawesi shrimp. I'm shrimp ignorant XD;; So pardon any stupid questions.~ Can you have different species of shrimp together or can you only have the Cherry Shrimp? It really depends. Some species of shrimp within the same genus will interbreed easily, so they can't be kept together. Also, water chemistry requirements vary a lot between species. So basically you can keep two types of shrimp together if they won't interbreed and do well in the same water conditions. o.o That's very interesting. Lol, it can get really complicated. XD
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:37 pm
I'm so close to getting it set up... probably this Saturday! blaugh
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Ammonia Spike Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:36 pm
I just bought all of my moss. Java for the back wall and willow moss for the driftwood.
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