I have these shrimp in a very well matured 10 gallon tank with a single AZOO 3 sopnge filter and some moss. Water parameters are PH-8.0 with temp around 78 degrees F. TDS 220ppm last measurement. Substrate nis fluorite and black gravel of some sort. Also I use lava rock in my shrimp tanks to give bio film more area to colonize. I have found keeping these shrimp so far to be the same as with any of my other species and I feed them the same as well.
One neat thing is these shrimp behave somewhat differently than most other species I keep in that they are very active not only foraging and picking at the substrate, but also swimming around the tank. It is interesting to watch as they lazily sort of swim/float about the tank. My Sri lanka as well as some of my as yet unidentified Sulawesi species also show this behavior more often than other more common shrimp in the hobby.
On the 16th of November I noticed a saddled female among the 20 shrimp in the tank and to be honest was surprised by this since these shrimp are only around one half inch in size at this time.
This morning I was doing my usual weekend work in the shrimp room when a odd looking Malawa caught my eye... BERRIED she is and what a great thing to see for a full fledged shrimp nerd!
So now I am counting days and as long as all goes well soon little Malawa Shrimp will be joining the originals... I will add more info as I gather it, but I am surprised by one thing. I was originally attracted to these shrimp due to their blue color in the photos at the varieties page here at PetShrimp, but my shrimp are showing reddish hues as well as some bluish. I am now very curious to see the coloring as adults.
