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Who can tell me by experience how fast (slow) the just benthic juveniles grow?
After what time do they grow for example 1 mm ?
During their expected live time of approximately 20 years, when do they reach 12 mm?
When do they become pregnant the first time, …which length in which time?
Tnx Gerd

Hi, for 7 years I kept Red Cherry during warm summer and cold winter continuously in a 250 l black container (100x50x50 cm) outside in the garden. During the freezing temperatures I switched on a 100 watt heater do prevent water temperatures below freezing. At times the surface was covered with 10 m...

Hi Courtney, please let us know, what you did with your 2 Gallon tank. Temperature, salinity, light, food, what kind of rocks and very important, how long did you wait after starting the tank with Halocaridina rubra? Recommended salinity is 12 ppt (about 1.008 sg) to 23 ppt (about 1.016 sg). Regards...

Hi Mustafa, in Germany we do have very different tap water. To prevent disappointment we recommend some of the following rules to keep and breed Sulawesi shrimps: Tanks with at least 20 l We fill them with ro water and add 3,6 to 4 grams of mineral salt 8,5. You should measure 200 to 250 micro sieme...

Hi, since mineral salt 8,5 in Germany is available we are more successful in breeding C. dennerli, masapi, trimaculatus, spinata, yellow nose, white orchid, spongicola, longidigita and perhaps others. We are still experimenting with coral sand or just sand, plants, food and other parameters. It woul...

Mustafa,
due to the very different values of tap water in Germany we use RO water and mineral salt 8,5 with increasing success in breeding Sulawesi shrimps.
That means that abt. 200 to 250 microsiemens are recommended.
Regards Gerd

She looks lovely. How is she faring in your current tank? Hi Mustafa, we made an import from Aristocratama via A.-Holland. My part of that shipment were 20 Yellow Noses. Within the last 3 weeks 10 died. 4 are carring eggs now. Interesting was the water conductance, instead of abt. 200 us we measure...

Hi stonefox, exchange a certain quantity of tank water with osmotic water. Take 100 to 200 ml osmotic water and fill mineral 8,5 in and mix it a few seconds. Now all of this mixture should be given slowly in your tank. After a few hours it will change from milky to clear water. The salt must not be ...