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Re: 5 gallon to 10 gallon upgrade

PostPosted:29 Sep 2016 19:35
by caine
I suspect the rocks on the left just have more biofilm and so they are being lazy

I alternate between two foods. Spirulina powder from the health food store and a secret feed. The secret feed is also from tue health food store, it is a powdered lactobacillus with Vitamin C. I some weeks i feed every day, and some weeks only once. I'm not regimented about it.

When I was raising fancy caridinia shrimp, I did some research on lactobacillus and aquatic animal care. It's quite interesting.

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Re: 5 gallon to 10 gallon upgrade

PostPosted:29 Sep 2016 19:46
by odin
Oh neat, i only keep Opae ula, alphas and cherry shrimp in my community tropical tank.... why did you stop breeding fresh water shrimp?

Re: 5 gallon to 10 gallon upgrade

PostPosted:30 Sep 2016 18:47
by caine
I started my own business and quickly found that time to care for 10 aquariums was much more time than I had I had to downsize rapidly. I currently have a little Pico reef, one Sulawesi cardinal in its own 10 gallon, chili rasboras in a 10 gallon, some white cloud mountain minnows in a10 gallon, and the opae ula.



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Re: 5 gallon to 10 gallon upgrade

PostPosted:30 Sep 2016 19:11
by odin
Sounds awesome! If they didn't need such regular water changes i would have lots of fresh water shrimp tanks. :laugh:

Re: 5 gallon to 10 gallon upgrade

PostPosted:30 Sep 2016 20:25
by caine
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Re: 5 gallon to 10 gallon upgrade

PostPosted:01 Oct 2016 03:05
by Ann
odin wrote:Sounds awesome! If they didn't need such regular water changes i would have lots of fresh water shrimp tanks. :laugh:
Same here. I finally found someone who would sell all male of the yellow variant of cherry shrimp, then I thought about water changes, filters, plants and everything else and I abandoned the whole idea.
Ann

Re: 5 gallon to 10 gallon upgrade

PostPosted:01 Oct 2016 04:51
by caine
Neocaridina aren't even bad. They are generally pretty hardy. It's the fancy caridina that get you. They are lovely to watch though.

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Re: 5 gallon to 10 gallon upgrade

PostPosted:01 Oct 2016 13:27
by Ann
I love all pet shrimp and I'd have them coming out of the windows if I could (well, maybe not that many), but right now my capabilities are limited to Opae Ula. They are my favorite anyway. I'm waiting for an established yellow and white variant to come along. :upsidedown:

Re: 5 gallon to 10 gallon upgrade

PostPosted:01 Oct 2016 14:20
by Ann
Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: 5 gallon to 10 gallon upgrade

PostPosted:01 Oct 2016 17:05
by caine
Opae ula are so easy to care for too. I've really enjoyed them so far.

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