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Mustafa, Are you familiar with Indian Almond leaf (a.k.a. Catappa leave) ? Do you think the Bee shrimp are sensitive to it ? I used one leaf per gallon to lower the pH. But the water is so dark now that I'm not sure my test kit can tell the result. :-D What did you use to lower the pH for Bee Shrimp...

I have some black and white strip bee shrimps and some common bee shrimps. I keep them together with Yamato shrimp and Red Cherry shrimp. All the shrimps are fine but the bees are dying one after another again. :cry: My tank parameter: kH=5 NO2 = 0 NH3/NH4 = 0 pH is about 7- 7.5 I have put in some I...

No, I didn't use any water conditional. I leave my tap water in a pail for a couple of days before use.

They are no rocks, just lots of gravel.
Does anyone know of any sucessful breeding... maybe in a German website ?

One of the mosquito shrimp died yesterday...
It turn whitish before it died.

Another is doing the same now... what should I do ?
My pH is 6.5 ~ 7.0.

The rest of the CRS and RCS are doing fine.
Maybe mosquito need higher pH ?

Anyone experience this before ?

Mustafa,

Is it a good bet that my mosquito shrimp prefer slightly acidic water ?
That of a lower pH ?

Does all shrimps like lower pH to breed (except Red Cherries) ?

Thanks Mustafa. This is the picture. http://tinypic.com/mq55c I'm having difficulty keep them alive. They seem very sensitive. I have 3 death out of a pack of 10. My tank: pH = 7.5 NO2 = < 0.3mg/L NH4 = 0 mg/L kH = 6 Temp = 28 deg C What pH should I provide ? More on the soft side ? The rest of my C...

KH - 50 GH - 80 Hi amber2461, Your KH is so high ! :shock: I'm breeding cherries but my KH is less than 5 all the time. I'm just curious how you manage to do it ? Did you add any additives ? What testkit did you use ? I'm using SERA KH tester. It is a drop-by-drop test. To get a KH=50, it is 50 dro...

I just got myself some Mosquito shrimps.

I'm wondering if it will cross with:
- Crystal Red shrimp
- Red Cherry shrimp
- Bee shrimp
- Tiger shrimp

Does anyone have any experience keep the mosquito shrimp ?
Could you share some information ?
Thanks.

Does anyone manage to breed them ?

How do we distinguish between a male and a female ?

Where can I get more information ? I thought of breeding them.

Thanks Bradimus..

I don't have much plants though except hair algae, frogbits and mosses.

What is the pH? The toxic effect of nitrItes is maginfied by a low (<6.5) pH. Yes, my pH = 6.5 Retest the KH. 0 would be unusual. I did it twice and it still show zero. So I did a kH test on my water supply. To my surprise, it is also zero. It seems that my water supply has lost it's buffering capa...

One of my young female Red Cherry shrimp died yesterday.. :( Another old female died today.. :( :( I did a water test yesterday and today. Nothing strange except.. NO2 = 0.9mg/L kH = 0 My kH was 3 a while ago after I put in some CRUSH coral chips. The shrimps molted happily. Now, it's seems that the...

I just threw in a slice of RAW sweet potato. The shrimps seem to have problem gnawing it.. perhaps it's too hard ? Anyway, how long can I leave the RAW or cook sweet potato in the tank ? Should I leave it until the shrimps finished it ? It coud takes days at this speed... :-D :-D But will it turn ba...

Bradimus,

did you cook the Sliced Sweet potato and Spinach ? (boiled in water)

Thanks Bradimus... i hope I can find some.

Does anyone know if it's safe for shrimps ?
Should I put in some coral chips to buffer the pH a little ?