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if any chance to drop by Singapore, visit the LFS..

bumblebee/bee/tiger..... in bulk of 20pcs for S$7, or ~S$0.50 sold separately
cherries..... ~S$1, if know where to get, S$0.50 each.....

so any business trip, worth to try to bring some to test the survival rate.....

kross wrote:these came along with a bag of supposingly 100 malayans that i bought from a lfs..... turned out that i got around 60pcs of malayan and the rest are these....

we found a new species?
can name as krosshrimp?

It has eggs, but I don't know what to expect, it was not mislabeled at all the retailer was very honest in saying that he doesn't know whta the shrimp is, I don't too. Then are these shrimp as listed on this page? http://www.rva.ne.jp/shrimp/neocari_sp_zeblla.htm Or these ones as on this page? http...

retardo wrote:where r u located? i haven't heard of it selling outside of Japan...

so u have heard of it now...

bet its expensive if just introduced in market outside japan

i have been separating my nana, trimming leaves with spot algae.... on top of my shrimp tank, and rescaping straight inside the tank without knowing the risk.... so far the shrimps are still surviving and happy....
guess i was lucky

ya, agree... they do change color sometimes, hope my guess is wrong... keep my fingers crossed, hope they are real neon green...

will update on further observation.

just wondering has any other forumers faced the same thing before on neon green (excluding rainbow)?

just got some neon green last weekend, they were still in bags, just arrived at the lfs. but after a few days, some of the green color starts to fade way to yellowish brown. now some of them only left a bright green line along the top, the body carries yellowish strips (like those on wood or malayan...

kross wrote:

Ljung wrote:i feed them everyday.... everyone got their share
make sure everyone is happy

i think u need a food timer in the coming weeks.

hire a temp staff to feed them
or separate out the fish

i am using hanging filter, so need to change whenever it is choked by too much.... whatever insede....

i only remove them when they looked new and i feel like getting my fingers wet...

kross wrote: as for peatmoss, my fren used it and it didn't work for him....
maybe the quantity wasn't not enough.

maybe the peatmoss was not put at the filter for water current to run through?

or, use ADA soil....
or, leave some cabomba inside your tank and let them rot....

kross wrote:put in 4 to 6 Boraras sp or maculatus or merah or the more expensive brigittae with your shrimps and keep your hobby.

agree with Kross, a good way to keep your shrimp and away from mosquitio...

... and dont give up this fantastic hobby....

kross,

at home, i am the only one who knows what's really in my tank...

pigheadd,

that means we need a chiller to keep them alive during summer time?

hi to all shrimps hobbyists and experts.... i am considering to try to start crystal red keeping, but still wondering whether is that hard to keep? it's not only because of the high cost to use them for trial and error to get the correct tank condition, i just dont want to cause unnecessary loss to ...

ya and sorry for any misleading message that i have posted...
on top of what i have posted, i would like to stress again, as commented from Mustafa, that it is very important to have a heavily planted tank if intend to keep both fish and breed shrimp in the same tank.