HELP Qns on shrimp set up

[tung hu]

hi all, have tried setting up a shrimp tank twice but failed. 1st set up is with old magic soil some moss and a small filter. soil was from 1 of my friend cause he gave up his collection so i took over add all the stuffs and run for 3 days then introduce shrimps in but less than 1 month shrimps all died. 2nd attempt is change all the soil to those black kind of gravel (not soil) run for abt 1 week but end up still the same out of 20 shrimps now left 3 or 4. 5 otos are doin fine. can any1 pls enlighten me for the setup.

[wei]

shrimps are more sensitive to water parameters than fishes...your longest cycling period was only 1week, which i feel was way too short. And did you measure your water parameters before introducing the shrimps?

do a search for more information on cycling for shrimp tanks

Originally Posted by tung hu

hi all, have tried setting up a shrimp tank twice but failed. 1st set up is with old magic soil some moss and a small filter. soil was from 1 of my friend cause he gave up his collection so i took over add all the stuffs and run for 3 days then introduce shrimps in but less than 1 month shrimps all died. 2nd attempt is change all the soil to those black kind of gravel (not soil) run for abt 1 week but end up still the same out of 20 shrimps now left 3 or 4. 5 otos are doin fine. can any1 pls enlighten me for the setup.

firstly bro, you need to cycle your tank for at least 1 month before you introduce the shrimps in. You also need to have a good filter system with sufficient filter medias to cultivate the desired beneficial bacteria.

Magic soil is fine but the 2nd type of soil i presume is black quartz or crystal.
This kind of soil is surely a NONO for shrimps, i dont noe they exact reason but shrimps will not survive in them, tried it many times.

so now you got to start cycling your tank, make sure ammonia and nitrite readings show 0 before you introduce the shrimps into your tank.

may be you can try with hardy shrimps like Cherry Shrimps or Sulawesi Shrimps 1st.

[gyjd]

Originally Posted by CatOhCat

may be you can try with hardy shrimps like Cherry Shrimps or Sulawesi Shrimps 1st.

hi, i think Sulawesi Shrimps are way too expensive to use to try rite?
maybe Malayan shrimps is a better choice...

regards,

[Xmant]

Originally Posted by CatOhCat

may be you can try with hardy shrimps like Cherry Shrimps or Sulawesi Shrimps 1st.

Care to share your Sulawesi Shrimp water parameters?

[tung hu]

Originally Posted by CatOhCat

may be you can try with hardy shrimps like Cherry Shrimps or Sulawesi Shrimps 1st.

hi bro, tried with cherry the 2nd time now left abt 4 pieces.

[tung hu]

Originally Posted by bbpippen

firstly bro, you need to cycle your tank for at least 1 month before you introduce the shrimps in. You also need to have a good filter system with sufficient filter medias to cultivate the desired beneficial bacteria.

Magic soil is fine but the 2nd type of soil i presume is black quartz or crystal.
This kind of soil is surely a NONO for shrimps, i dont noe they exact reason but shrimps will not survive in them, tried it many times.

so now you got to start cycling your tank, make sure ammonia and nitrite readings show 0 before you introduce the shrimps into your tank.

hi bro, yah think is crystal they r very fine n shinny wan. so think i shall change back to magic soil.

[tanhann]

Originally Posted by gyjd

hi, i think Sulawesi Shrimps are way too expensive to use to try rite?
maybe Malayan shrimps is a better choice...

regards,

What is the market rate for Sulawesi Shrimps?

Originally Posted by tung hu

hi bro, yah think is crystal they r very fine n shinny wan. so think i shall change back to magic soil.

yup if its crystal please dont use, but if you really must then good luck haha