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by Luis
Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:45 am
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Does everyone feed their shrimp daily
Replies: 8
Views: 2447

Re: Does everyone feed their shrimp daily

wow seems like you are step ahead of me. How hard are the malawa and Caridina sulawesi to care of? mind me asking for your water parameters? thank you in advance:) And do you know if they are harder than cherry shrimps? The temp in both tanks is 76 degrees. My water is 8.0 ph. It is liquid rock, Af...
by Luis
Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:55 pm
Forum: Crayfish Forum
Topic: Crayfish Mating
Replies: 8
Views: 7839

Re: Crayfish Mating

How do you tell when a female crayfish is reay to mate? How does she attract a male? I used to have 1 male- 2 female crayfish when I lived in NY , I had them for several years .They lived way past the few yrs they were supposed to live . They were a blue strain of a northern crayfish which is illeg...
by Luis
Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:39 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Does everyone feed their shrimp daily
Replies: 8
Views: 2447

Re: Does everyone feed their shrimp daily

Hi there Luis am kinda new to the hobby as well and I've only been keep keeping shrimps for 3 month now and they are red cherry shrimps. I decided to feed them only twice a week after so many researches online. I started with 21 and now am at 40+ I've read that they need time off food so they can f...
by Luis
Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:20 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Does everyone feed their shrimp daily
Replies: 8
Views: 2447

Re: Does everyone feed their shrimp daily

I have Neos and Ammano and feed 2 maybe 3 times a week and keep the tank at room temp 70 deg. I keep a small 25w heater in my 5g to maintain since I noticed the temp would fluctuate because home heat is only on while we are here. My other tanks 20g up to 70 have no heat and stay at 70. Are your shr...
by Luis
Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:46 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Does everyone feed their shrimp daily
Replies: 8
Views: 2447

Does everyone feed their shrimp daily

Hello Not long ago I purchased some Malawa Shrimp and Caridina sulawesi from petshrimp store in this forum. The shrimps are growing leaps and bounds . I feed daily either a hikari cichlid gold pellet (they love it) or algae sinking pellet. I read that they will eat micro algae off plant leaves and b...
by Luis
Tue Dec 18, 2012 2:09 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Pregnant ghost shrimp!
Replies: 3
Views: 1847

Re: Pregnant ghost shrimp!

My otocat who was in charge of cleaning my bettas tank recently passed away so instead of getting another my friend gave me one of her 4 ghost shrimp. My betta payed no mind to him. He seemed Lonley so I asked my mom to go get him a friend. She returned with to large females heavily fat with little...
by Luis
Tue Dec 18, 2012 1:46 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Are Endler's Livebearers safe with shrimp
Replies: 4
Views: 1923

Re: Are Endler's Livebearers safe with shrimp

Thank you I just ordered.
by Luis
Tue Dec 18, 2012 2:34 am
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Are Endler's Livebearers safe with shrimp
Replies: 4
Views: 1923

Re: Are Endler's Livebearers safe with shrimp

"I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but if you are asking if the Endler's are going to be eaten by the shrimp, then the answer is: absolutely not!" Thank you that was my question. I actually emailed when I found your sales site which has them and few days later decided to post in forum. I...
by Luis
Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:08 am
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Are Endler's Livebearers safe with shrimp
Replies: 4
Views: 1923

Are Endler's Livebearers safe with shrimp

Are Endler's Livebearers safe with shrimp such as Malawa Shrimp and Caridina sulawesi?

I ask this as not sure if the endlers would wind up as food .


Thanks