I didnt notice them trying to eat any personally prolly because there were so many but it is possible. Ghost shrimp have also been known to eat small fish as well. I ended up taking mine out.
Er... if your main goal is to raise Aura Blue shrimp I definitely would not use the CO2. Nikki showed CO2 will definitely affect shrimp, whether it be breeding or otherwise.
Source?
I have kept co2 in my shrimp tanks before without any problems. Granted I run them pretty low, just enough for healthy moss/liverwort growth and nothing more.
co2 dosage is fine, you just need to be smart about it and not overdo it.
Yeah I have heard that before but I have had no problem with my RCS, even though they are indestructible. The reason I have it set up like that is to lower my ph. Didnt really want to spend for new substrate. I have peat moss but when I do my test it doesnt seem to affect it. The co2 isnt running real fast. Nikki is where I am getting the shrimp from btw.
If you don't shut it off, even if you slowly acclimate the shrimp they will slowly die off. So you need to shut it off, let the CO2 gas out, then introduce the shrimp. Afterwards you'll have to slowly ramp the CO2 back up.
Yea, after you introduce them with the CO2 off, you can slowly increase the CO2 back up to any level you feel appropriate. However, if you were to reintroduce more shrimp down the line, now you have to ramp it back down. If you just suddenly stop that stress might also kill them.
Hmm good to know, thanks diwu! Just shut off the co2 and added the super peat and did a water change. Have you ever tried aura blues? Feels like a total gamble right now but keeping the faith.
I can't keep anything picky LOL. Still attending grad school and I live in an apartment so I don't really wanna invest in an RO unit... yet. My tap is quite soft though, ~150TDS which I hear is pretty darn good. My tap has quite high kh and gh as well. But I don't use buffering substrate either. So it's safest to just go with neocaridina or other non-picky shrimp like regular tigers.
Wish you best of luck with Aura Blues. Have you kept any other pickier shrimp before?
Wish I had tap water like that! Yeah Im gettin my RO water from the lfs for the meantime. Not so bad since its only a 10g.
This is my first time with picky shrimp. I only bought 2 just in case. I almost bought a whole dozen on a impulse buy but luckily came to my senses in time. So Im gettin some super tigers, pumpkins, and yellow shrimp as well. Which I already have yellows, just wanted to thicken the gene pool.
This is my first time with picky shrimp. I only bought 2 just in case. I almost bought a whole dozen on a impulse buy but luckily came to my senses in time. So Im gettin some super tigers, pumpkins, and yellow shrimp as well. Which I already have yellows, just wanted to thicken the gene pool.
Hope you don't end up with all females Or your tigers might end up breeding with the aura blues, might be interesting to see what comes out of it. Where are you going to house the pumpkins? Or are you going to let them mix with the yellows?
Not to derail this thread, but thank you Diwu13.
Makes me wonder how high or low their co2 injections were now as I haven't seen any adverse effects on my end. But again, my injections are incredibly low as I run low light set-ups for em.
Definitely something to ponder about now with future set-ups. I may test this theory :-D
No problem! I'm sure your shrimp are breeding fine. But in this case Knuggs has really really expensive and picky shrimp so I think breeding would be a top priority.
If the Tom is Tom Barr I would believe it, plus Im sure Nikki would would know as well. But always fun to experiment yourself. You never know. Definitely some useful information.
Not to derail this thread, but thank you Diwu13.
Makes me wonder how high or low their co2 injections were now as I haven't seen any adverse effects on my end. But again, my injections are incredibly low as I run low light set-ups for em.
Definitely something to ponder about now with future set-ups. I may test this theory :-D
If the Tom is Tom Barr I would believe it, plus Im sure Nikki would would know as well. But always fun to experiment yourself. You never know. Definitely some useful information.
I wouldnt mind hearing from anyone who has kept Aura Blues or tried and what their experience was like?
Not to derail this thread, but thank you Diwu13.
Makes me wonder how high or low their co2 injections were now as I haven't seen any adverse effects on my end. But again, my injections are incredibly low as I run low light set-ups for em.
Definitely something to ponder about now with future set-ups. I may test this theory :-D
Heres some new pics of the tank, def not a show tank. I hope its ready for the Auras. I managed to get the ph below 6.2 my test doesnt go any lower than that, so not really sure of the actual ph. I used some superpeat, its suppose to be for the filter but I said f it and threw it in the tank.
The brown stuff is Sera Super Peat I used probably 300g of it. It will eventually sink to the bottom. The writing is me keeping track of the ph in different scenarios. I dont think it would be that acidic. Would definitely be nice to see how low it was though. Gotta get some food tomorrow, I see what the lfs has. Not sure how many test will go under 6.2. Maybe I could try a airstone to bump it up a lil.
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