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Dear all,

ToninaStyle.com is almost done. Enjoy and have fun. Questions and comments are all welcome.

See! And you didn't even need patience at all! Congratulations! I've noticed that it takes approximately 3 weeks for the babies to 'hatch,' maybe four. They 'hatch' very small (you saw some of my tiniest ones), approx 1 mm. The crystal reds start out with color right away -- they have little stripe...

Hi Mustafa,

thanks for info that you provided. yeap yeap. cherry reds eggs would trun to dark before hatched. i will keep updated.

thanks,

Tim

guess what. one of my female crystal red had load of eggs now. when i saw it this morning, i just couldnt express my feeling. hopefully, i can be a father soon. what do i need to pay attention to now? how long the eggs will hatch? for cherry reds, the eggs will be yellow before babies hatch. how abo...

hi guys/girls,

can anybody provide how to sex adult with pix? basically, i can tell males and females, but sometimes its hard to tell if they are not mature yet. has anybody known the ratio of male/female after hatch?

thanks for help,

Tim

Pete,

probably your NH3 is too high. will they eat normally? pH between 6.2~7.2, temp 22~27 degree C, and kH 2~6 should be fine.

Tim

hey E, good to see you here. nice tanks and shrimps. :lol: you lucky to have chance to have those crystals. sigh! i've been looking for them 1.5 years already. :roll: hehe... let me try if my pix work... my turn... Tim http://userpages.umbc.edu/~yang2/CIMG1109.jpg http://userpages.umbc.edu/~yang2/CI...

here is another one. envy envy all the time when i visit those pages.

http://solecism.jp-biz.net/shrimps/shrimpindex.htm

enjoy,

Tim

hi everyone, here is my opinion about liquid fertilizer. im a planted tank lover. a copper in the liquid fertilizer just tiny amount. they wont hurt shrimps at all. im dosing everyday. none of my shrimps have had problems with it. dont worry about those products that you can buy in the market. :smt0...

Hello Tim, Keeping Cherry Reds is similar to keeping all the other algae eating shrimp described on this website. Read my article "How to keep algae/detritus eating Shrimp" under the Articles section on my website and most of your questions should be answered. I'll give you short anwers h...

hello, im going to setup a 10 gallons tank for crystal reds. i have few questions about my setup... can you give me some advice? thanks alot... 1st, can i only use sponge filter? if i use sponge filter, do i need to change water often? if so, how often? 2nd, can i use powerhead with sponge filter? 3...

hello everyone,

i'm a new member here and just registered. maybe someone already posted this link, but if not, check it out.

http://www.japan-net.ne.jp/next/red/red*e.html

Tim