My Shrimp tank

Thanks Fhm, ill try Aquatic Vision or Sams, never saw them before but will ask.

 

I don't use RO water at all and all of mine are doing pretty good . Shrimps babies is very small so you will have to remove them from the filter daily. I cleaned my canister a few weeks ago , I removed about 10 adults and more than 20 3mm size shrimps from it , same goes for HOB and also my diy inside tank filter the same, just much easier to catch the babies .

 

Ok so RO not necessary. Do I use same filter media as normal. What do you guys think of Hamburg Matten Aquarium Filter? for those of you not familiar I have tried this long ago but it is a struggle to get the correct foam, There are so many variations I is quite interesting especially the corner one.
here is a few links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_1cSR3mbM4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd87e5iDCKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQJFcpIVJE8

 

For those with limited youtube access of limited cap here is a nice link. Would love to here what you guys think.
http://www.seriouslyfish.com/a-basic-guide-to-the-hamburger-mattenfilter/

 

Normal sponge filter is good enough, or just use a pre filter on your HOB or canistor.

 

Got sad news last night. The last shipment of Shrimp did not make it into SA. Was confiscated on OR. Got the last 8 shrimp from a LPS

 

Only reason I use RO water is because I have an RO unit at home.
But I mix the water with normal aged water.

 

That is sad about the shipment

 

Fudge... All my shrimp died yesterday.
Did a waterchange, they started acting all weird, And in 5 min, dead... So last time I tried. Now going to keep the tank as a planted tanks, or rather propagation tanks

 

Oh no do you know what happened? sorry to hear. what shrimp was it.

 

No idea what I did wrong.
Used RO water, with 3mm of Prime in and pH- to get the pH on 6.5.
Think they were Cherry Shrimp.

 

Maybe the container storing the water has been contaminated?

 

Oh no, are you sure they were dead, I made the same mistake a few weeks ago with a water change , 5 was dead, or so I believed , next week the same thing, then my other half said they wasn't dead , hulle het vervel en dit vat n paar uur , it looks like they are dead but is actually busy removing the old skin .

 

Might be

 

Nope. Decomposing started taking place. Removed them tonight

 

Bugger, sorry to hear that. Maybe something to do with extra chemicals in the water from the public holiday. I have heard of people having these sudden death issues when doing water changes on or near to public holidays. Apparently extra chemicals are dosed into the water around these days.

 

Check your nitrate levels
Shrimps dont like NO3

 

Ouch! So sorry for your loss!

I had the same experience once. I did a water change and all of a sudden my shrimp started acting strange. I immediately caught them and dumped them in the tank next to it - on which I also just did a water change with no problems. I was lucky, they survived.

Weekends and public holidays are not a good time to do water changes because as @MattLamm mentioned, they treat the plants on these days. As @mattie also mentioned, they are very sensitive to water conditions and it has to be pretty perfect.

Don't give up, they're very rewarding to keep, but I think it's going to be a while before we see them in the trade again. They'll be keeping an eye on the imports now.

If you're interested, I can pm you the number of someone in Hatfield that breeds them for a bit of extra cash. About R5 cheaper per shrimp that what you've paid.

Let me know.

Ps: I do smaller, daily changes on my tank, maybe give that a go next time.

 

I started aging the water since Monday night. The 200l i used new tap water on the Public Holiday

 

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