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by helgi
Fri Feb 03, 2023 6:27 pm
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: Hello from Singapore
Replies: 21
Views: 12451

Re: Hello from Singapore

Probably it's the batch problem. The shop I frequent, their snails are always half dead in the tank. Recently I went there n there was no snails. Went to 4 different shops b4 I found 1. Bought 2 and my old snail immediately ride on one of the new snails for a few days. I took the other lonely one o...
by helgi
Tue Jan 31, 2023 4:54 pm
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: Hello from Singapore
Replies: 21
Views: 12451

Re: Hello from Singapore

My previous experience with adding the horned nerite snail in has never been successful, all of them died not long after adding in but the shrimps and the old snail seems to survive well. Trying to slowly drip the tank water into the newly bought snails water bag b4 dropping them in this time. Odd....
by helgi
Sun Jan 15, 2023 8:23 am
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: How to best introduce new brackish snails to my shrimp bowl…
Replies: 2
Views: 1012

Re: How to best introduce new brackish snails to my shrimp bowl…

I put nerites from a fresh water tank on floating peace of foam with thought that if they don't want to go into the water they will stay on the foam All of them immediately "ran" under the surface, no any doubts. Since then (about 6 months ago) all of them still alive and crawling in the b...
by helgi
Sun Jan 01, 2023 9:40 pm
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: Hello from Singapore
Replies: 21
Views: 12451

Re: Hello from Singapore

Hi from Singapore

My ~7 month old setup, got at least 2 batches of larvae and now they are hiding somewhere
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by helgi
Thu Dec 01, 2022 4:35 pm
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: My success story
Replies: 241
Views: 196841

Re: My success story

Just to share

I set up a 27 liters (30x30x30cm) cube tank at the end of July, and two days ago the first larvae began floating in it. Kinda success! 8)
by helgi
Fri Sep 23, 2022 8:26 pm
Forum: Supershrimp!
Topic: Gravel cleaner?
Replies: 5
Views: 1139

Re: Gravel cleaner?

I use turkey baster to clean dirt from opae ula tank, then filter sucked water and then drain it back to the tank.
I have to clean because kind of brownish algae grows on glass and falls as a nasty flakes on gravel. And unfortunately horned nerites don't eat this algae.