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by nick11380
Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:53 am
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Malawa shrimp with white eggs
Replies: 10
Views: 2944

Re: Malawa shrimp with white eggs

The shrimp that are carrying white egg are carrying all white eggs.
by nick11380
Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:55 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Missing pincer legs
Replies: 1
Views: 678

Missing pincer legs

I just bought some home bred Sulawewi Cardinal shrimp. I put them in a 29 gallon aquarium with Malawa shrimp and Sulawewi Tylomelania snails. The next day after I received them I noticed that 1 of the cardinal shrimp was missing 3 of it's white pincer legs. I didn't notice it right away so I thought...
by nick11380
Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:49 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Malawa shrimp with white eggs
Replies: 10
Views: 2944

Malawa shrimp with white eggs

A while back I bought some Malawa shrimp from Mustafa. They've been doing great and breeding like crazy. Recently I found a couple Malawa shrimp carrying whiteish/yellow eggs. While all the others have been carrying black eggs.

Has anyone else had Malawa shrimp carrry whiteish/yellow eggs?
by nick11380
Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:02 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: to use RO water or not?
Replies: 14
Views: 4306

Re: to use RO water or not?

I bought a Ro unit for my shrimp but after reading mixed reviews on RO water I never took it out of the box. I decided to buy a Kold stel-IL filter. It makes water changes so much easier. Just hook it up to the faucet, temp match the water and dump it in the tank. I love not having to warm up cold w...
by nick11380
Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:31 am
Forum: Crayfish Forum
Topic: General questions about Keeping CPOs
Replies: 4
Views: 3460

Re: General questions about Keeping CPOs

If you start a community invert tank make sure you do your research and only keep inverts that can't interbreed together. Otherwise you will end up with a tank full of hybreds.
by nick11380
Mon May 11, 2009 8:12 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Carbon Filter Revisited
Replies: 50
Views: 15555

Re: Carbon Filter Revisited

I just got my Kold Ster-il filter a few day ago. It's a bit of a pain to use because I don't a have a place to mount it. So when I use it I have to set it in the tub and hook it up to the bathroom sink with Python hose. Then fill my 5 gallon pail with it. But it does make water changes a lot faster....
by nick11380
Mon May 04, 2009 7:53 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: is it ok to have the sponge filter as the ONLY filter?
Replies: 5
Views: 2354

Re: is it ok to have the sponge filter as the ONLY filter?

I have only sponge filters in my shrimp tanks. But I wonder if it's enough mechanical filteration. Because the fine particals don't get filtered out like they do with the HOB filters.
by nick11380
Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:07 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Looking for large prawn
Replies: 1
Views: 942

Re: Looking for large prawn

The following rules must be adhered to when participating in the Petshrimp.com forums. If rules are blatantly broken the rule breaker will be issued a warning or be banned from the forums at the discretion of the forum owner or moderators: 1. Offers of anything for sale (i.e. animals and/or goods) o...
by nick11380
Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:49 am
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: Halocaridina rubra reproduction question
Replies: 25
Views: 14282

Re: Halocaridina rubra reproduction question

I was thinking about asking the same question about my Malawa shrimp. Their about 5 months old and 1.5 - 2 cm and haven't started reproducing yet. I have a 75 watt flourescent light for algae growth. Because of all the algae. I haven't been feeding them. But their growing, moulting, and pooping but ...
by nick11380
Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:05 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Neon Tetras
Replies: 1
Views: 1108

Re: Neon Tetras

If the shrimplets can fit in their mouth, the neons will eat them.
by nick11380
Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:42 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Shrimp for an Eclipse 12g
Replies: 2
Views: 904

Re: Shrimp for an Eclipse 12g

You could start with getting 10 cherry shrimp so you have good odds of getting both males and females. Cherry shrimp are Neocaridina sp . Since the Neocaridina sp (Cherry, snowball, yellow, blue pearl)inter breed. It would be best to check the shrimp varieties section and choose a Caridina sp. with ...
by nick11380
Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:27 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: how many does it take?
Replies: 2
Views: 1095

Re: how many does it take?

It is often suggested that you start with 10 young shrimp. This way you will have good odds of have both males and females. However, if you have one berried female. That one shrimp is all you need to start a colony. Shrimp don't suffer from inbreeding so it's nothing to worry about.
by nick11380
Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:38 am
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: want to get into shrimp but have some questions
Replies: 6
Views: 1656

Re: want to get into shrimp but have some questions

Doing a search before asking questions is one of the rules. There is a lot of good information on Macros on this forum. Try seaching Macrobrachium.
by nick11380
Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:01 am
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Carbon Filter Revisited
Replies: 50
Views: 15555

Re: Carbon Filter Revisited

I'm really enjoying this filter! I can now do a water change on a 20 gallon tank in about 10 minutes. Turn on the python that is connected to my overflow sump and suck the tank down to half, turn on the hose out of my filter and fill the tank back up. Refill rate is 4 GPM so the tank is back up to ...
by nick11380
Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:38 am
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: want to get into shrimp but have some questions
Replies: 6
Views: 1656

Re: want to get into shrimp but have some questions

There is no reason to bump. You didn't get an answer because we don't know. You say you want to get Macros but there are a lot of different kinds having different requirements. Some might be Ok in a 20 gallon tank but others are much too big for a tank that small. Such as the macrobrachium rosenberg...