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Tiger Shrimp, New Addition
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:56 pm
by Newjohn
Well I have had them, for over a week.
And they are all doing fine.
Take a look.
John
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 6:07 pm
by The Fisherman
Cool! They look nice, and great photos as always!
-John (AKA: The Puffer Ninja)
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:05 am
by Lady Friesian
Aah, they're so pretty...especially with the moss. What kind of gravel is that?
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:53 am
by YuccaPatrol
Nice looking tigers!
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:14 am
by Neonshrimp
Thanks for the pictures. The stripes really stand out against the white gravel
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:19 am
by blinster
This might sound a little horrible, but are these tiger shrimps used for human consumption? They look really familiar to the grey striped shrimps my mom use to cook.
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:25 am
by blinster
Sorry guys, I just realized the size is totally off. The food ones I'm thinking about are at least the size of my thumb.
sorry
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:36 pm
by Shrimp&Snails
Lovely photos and gorgeous shrimp. Tigers are one of my fave shrimp and they look nice and healthy...they'll be breeding in no time.
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:58 pm
by Newjohn
Everyone
Thank You.
I have been waiting to get Tigers, for a long time.
I finialy, got the soft water thing, under contol.
Hpoefuly the next pictures I post of they.
Will be females carring eggs.
John
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:13 am
by Newjohn
Just a update
I thought I had the PH stable at 6.8.
And I stopped checking the PH.
And was only doing water changes with R/O water.
I had Berried Females 2 different times, yet there were no offspring.
So, I checked the PH and found it to be 7.6.
It has taken me almost 1 month. To bring the PH back down to 6.8
I wanted to bring it down slowly, because I had a bad out come with dropping the PH to fast.
I will never be that lazy again.
John
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:43 am
by Neonshrimp
I thought I had the PH stable at 6.8.
And I stopped checking the PH.
And was only doing water changes with R/O water.
I had Berried Females 2 different times, yet there were no offspring.
So, I checked the PH and found it to be 7.6.
Thanks for the update and the warning. I will try to check my tanks pH more often now
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:48 am
by zapisto
Nice Pics.
Mine are in Black water
i will not be able take nice shot like that.
i am trying to keep my ph around 6.7 with a lot of difficulties, my is droping
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 1:58 pm
by Newjohn
One more suggestion.
If you skip doing PH checks, Make sure your PH meter is calibrated.
Since it was sitting un-used, and I did not re-calibrate it.
It was .5 off .
I was trying to get a PH of 6.8, which I thought I had.
And after calibrating the meter, I really had 6.3.
Luckily, I did not lose any Shrimp.
The things our Inverts have to go through.
John
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 9:51 pm
by milalic
Newjohn wrote:One more suggestion.
If you skip doing PH checks, Make sure your PH meter is calibrated.
Since it was sitting un-used, and I did not re-calibrate it.
It was .5 off .
I was trying to get a PH of 6.8, which I thought I had.
And after calibrating the meter, I really had 6.3.
Luckily, I did not lose any Shrimp.
The things our Inverts have to go through.
John
what method are you using for lowering the ph?
-Pedro
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 4:13 am
by Shrimp&Snails
I keep my Tigers in around 6.8 to 7.2. I use test strips which aren't the most accurate...lot's of breeding, four berried females and lots of little ones. I have three generations of Tiger shrimp scooting around.
A breeder who also lives in London keeps and breeds these guys in a PH of 7.6 but we both can't get our cherries to breed...weird eh?