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Red Blossom shrimp
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Hi all,
They will be difficult to acclimatise and really need a very well established tank, you also need to replicate the water parameters for Sulawesi shrimps, this one is from Lake Towuti which is a nutrient poor, oligotrophic lake, so I would aim for very low NO3 etc. Water parameters are at <http://www.blue-tiger-shrimp.com/blog/tag/caridina-spinata/>
Have a look here: <http://ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=13415>, might also be worth dropping Anubia a line to find out how the shrimps are doing.
If you have the "Back to Nature .." Nano Aquariums book there are some details in there as well.
Also <http://www.crusta-fauna.org/shrimp-index/caridina-spinata/>.
Best of Luck,
cheers Darrel
They will be difficult to acclimatise and really need a very well established tank, you also need to replicate the water parameters for Sulawesi shrimps, this one is from Lake Towuti which is a nutrient poor, oligotrophic lake, so I would aim for very low NO3 etc. Water parameters are at <http://www.blue-tiger-shrimp.com/blog/tag/caridina-spinata/>
Have a look here: <http://ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=13415>, might also be worth dropping Anubia a line to find out how the shrimps are doing.
If you have the "Back to Nature .." Nano Aquariums book there are some details in there as well.
Also <http://www.crusta-fauna.org/shrimp-index/caridina-spinata/>.
Best of Luck,
cheers Darrel
Hi all,
Had a look in the "Back to Nature ..." and it recommends "short grass like plants and exposed rock", so Lilaeopsis or Eleocharis possibly, it also that you should keep Tylomelania snails with the Sulawesi shrimps.
I wonder if Cladophora balls and a fairly compact moss would be better decor? I think I might go for that.
cheers Darrel
Had a look in the "Back to Nature ..." and it recommends "short grass like plants and exposed rock", so Lilaeopsis or Eleocharis possibly, it also that you should keep Tylomelania snails with the Sulawesi shrimps.
I wonder if Cladophora balls and a fairly compact moss would be better decor? I think I might go for that.
cheers Darrel
Hi all,
Last one I promise. I think the sort of tank for the Sulawesi shrimps could be like Stuworrall's from his "90x45x45cm - The Unknown" thread <http://ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=13766>. Possibly with a Cladophora carpet around the base of the outcrops? and/or Blyxa/Pogostemon and some leaves and twigs?
This is lake Matano in Sulawesi for comparison:
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cheers Darrel
Last one I promise. I think the sort of tank for the Sulawesi shrimps could be like Stuworrall's from his "90x45x45cm - The Unknown" thread <http://ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=13766>. Possibly with a Cladophora carpet around the base of the outcrops? and/or Blyxa/Pogostemon and some leaves and twigs?
This is lake Matano in Sulawesi for comparison:
cheers Darrel
