Re: Nano Tor, Andyh's 35l (update 17/01/2011)
bogwood said:
Looking good Andy.
Dont scrub the rocks too hard, i think your new shrimps will feel at home grazing stones.
Cheers! When you coming down to visit next?
They are constantly grazing the rocks
Dan Crawford said:
That looks lovely mate
Loving the green on the rocks, looks really natural!!
Hey Dan! How you doing dude? Long time no speak. Yes i have to agree the rocks do look cool, i have recently adapted the George farmer school of thinking with the rocks and been scrubbing them with a brush to keep them looking fresh. I may leave it for a while and see how they look.
George Farmer said:
Love the Sulawesi shrimp! Where do you get them from and how much? Any specific requirements?
They are seriously cool, and i cant stress how good they actually look. I havent taken a photo yet which does them justice.
Ok some data:
Common name; Cardinal Shrimp, although i have seem them labelled as many different things.
Scientfic Name; Caridina sp. "Cardinal"
Conditions; PH 7.0+ as minimum (up to 8.5) with a min temp of 26c
Location; Sulawesi, Indoneisa
Sizes: up to 1" (defo smaller than cherry/CRS etc)
I am keeping mine at Ph of just over 7.0, with very mature amazonia which is probaly 18months old and Seiryu stone which increases PH. So that should be fine. The tank needs to be very mature and stable no traces of ammonia etc.
Feeding them mixture of shrimp foods, although they seem very happy grazing the Algae at the moment.
The redness can vary from dark (amost maroon) through to bright pillar box red. The spots on some of them can appear blue which looks unreal. Mine seem to be varied. I currently have four.
I bought them from a Maidenhead store and paid £7.50 per shrimp, it was the first time i had seen them. Although i have heard that a few places are starting to get them.
I did hear that Waterzoo can get them George.
They are listed on many sites as difficult to keep, so watch this space!