My new CRS and TIGER tank

Tman · Post by **Tman** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:05 pm

My three weeks old shrimp tank. I am using ADA soil with a hanging filter and also a pressurised Co2 system.Currently my ph is around 6 and temperature varies from 27c-29c, 5.4WPG...should be enough... now I have few crystal red and some tiger shrimps.My tank still in cycling mode but no death reported so far.

Tman · Post by **Tman** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:06 pm

how do I upload photos here

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:02 am

Get a photobucket or other picture hosting account and upload your pictures there. You can then use the img tag format in the editor here to insert the pic. You canuse the preview to see if it works. An example is right above the compose window. Look and you'l see it.[/img]

BTW- check the mineral content of any soil you use. Many metalic ions will be bad for the shrimp in the long run. I am not familiar with yours.

milalic · Post by **milalic** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:18 am

Do you know that crystal red shrimp and tiger shrimp inter breed?

-Pedro

Tman · Post by **Tman** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:51 pm

Ok let me try...

It works...

thank you "badflash"
The ADA soil "Amazon" kind has been used by the LFS so he recommended me. Its almost a month now and no death reported. I guess its allright for the shrimps

Inter breed???? I am not aware of that.. so how does the shrimp looks like when they interbreed.. is it a good thing?

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:01 pm

Very nice tank

It looks like a little village for shrimp. Interbreeding and hybrids has been touchy subjects and discussed in past threads. You can do a search on them. good luck with you tank and hope you shrimp start to reproduce soon

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:39 pm

Wow, very impressive tank! It looks great!

-John (AKA: The Puffer Ninja)

zapisto · Post by **zapisto** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:48 pm

very nice tank
is it me or the line on your tiger look like redish ?

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:01 pm

On my computer.
It also looks Reddish Brown.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:17 pm

Tman, is this due to the camera/lighting or are the stripes truly red?

Tman · Post by **Tman** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:19 pm

Its reddish brown... the batch that I bought around 3 or 4 are all in this color.. is this normal

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:26 pm

The stripes are usually brown or black that is why it caught our attention. That just means you have something unique, you can see what developes from this

zapisto · Post by **zapisto** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:05 pm

Neonshrimp wrote:The stripes are usually brown or black that is why it caught our attention. That just means you have something unique, you can see what developes from this

well
for me , that mean this shrimp is not happy , but i can be wrong.
the thing i observe when i lost mine is the change of color on the line.

black to reddish brown......

mustafa , any advice ?

Post by **Mustafa** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:58 pm

zapisto wrote: well
for me , that mean this shrimp is not happy , but i can be wrong.
the thing i observe when i lost mine is the change of color on the line.

black to reddish brown......

mustafa , any advice ?

Yes, that's usually the case. Not stressed-out, healthy tiger shrimp have very dark stripes and are quite clear...no sign of milky coloration. The shrimp in the picture looks ok, although it's hard to tell from just a picture. The flash on a camera can make colors look different from what they really are, especially if it's just the "normal" flash that comes with the camera.

Tman · Post by **Tman** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:01 pm

interesting.. the red line has been there for a long time ever sine i bought them... they look happy to me.. very active. i ll lookout for any abnormal behavior..could it be interbreed w other species??