Caridina sp whiteorchid

[joydiv]

This is another species I think that will survive in aquarium and breed.
Have been keeping it for a month and now one of them has berried.

Hope they will give me plenty of offsprings.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb218/joydiv_sg/Sulawesi%20Shrimps/whiteorchid.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb218/joydiv_sg/Sulawesi%20Shrimps/whiteorchid2.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb218/joydiv_sg/Sulawesi%20Shrimps/whiteorchidP.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb218/joydiv_sg/Sulawesi%20Shrimps/whiteorchidP1.jpg

[dxiong5]

Wow, nice shrimp. They really do look exotic.

[silane]

joydiv,

How many can 1 give birth to?

[joydiv]

The number of eggs is quite small. Each clutch should be between 10 to 15 eggs. I am still waiting for the birth so not sure what the gestation period is like. So far it's been 4 days since I first discovered that it was carring eggs.

[joydiv]

Here is the baby.

[tianxiang15]

They look really nice! Keep the pictures coming. :)

[seetharam]

Truly Beautiful Shrimp ..... Can you tell us more about the tank parameters please.

[joydiv]

Tank parameter

pH 8.0
GH - 3
TDS - 130
Water Change - 5 to 10% twice a week

They are from the Malili lake system. Requirements is the same as all Sulawesi Shrimps.
Also these shrimps love cooler water.
The ones I kept in 28 - 30 degrees suffer casualties - 30%
The ones in 24 - 26 degrees - 0% casualties
Water parameter wise its the same.
I find these are as hardy as Caridina dernneli (white spot)

[seetharam]

Thank You for that information ..... How do you maintain your pH at 8?

[FateSaint]

thats awesome

[joydiv]

What I do is I have a tub with coral chips. RO water is added to this tub and the water is aged for 3 to 5 days. The pH will be around 8 to 8.5 and the TDS will be less than 100.

In the tank itself, I have rocks that will increase the pH and buffer it at above 8.

[discusdubai]

Wow...It really look exotic...=)

[Refael_Hdr]

What I do is I have a tub with coral chips. RO water is added to this tub and the water is aged for 3 to 5 days. The pH will be around 8 to 8.5 and the TDS will be less than 100.

In the tank itself, I have rocks that will increase the pH and buffer it at above 8.

How do you get only 3 GH using coral chips? it should be much higher...
What is your KH?...

[joydiv]

Using RO water - TDS is less than 20.

After 3 days in my tub, the tds went up to around 50 plus.
I guess if you age the water longer, the TDS will go up even more. I have yet to try.
You can try it but what i know is that low tds is not a necessity for some species.

On the other hand, I have some rocks from the lake itself. It brings pH up to 7.5 with a tds in the low 40s after a month!

My KH is around 4 to 5.

[wklotz]

Hi joydiv!

Your Caridina sp. "whiteorchid" got a scientific name theese days. This specs is now called Caridina striata.

Cheers
Werner

[Justin12345]

What I do is I have a tub with coral chips. RO water is added to this tub and the water is aged for 3 to 5 days. The pH will be around 8 to 8.5 and the TDS will be less than 100.

In the tank itself, I have rocks that will increase the pH and buffer it at above 8.

hi joydiv nice to see u here in this forum haha

[JonathanBKK]

They defiitely look exotic haha interesting how the berries are dark red against the outline of the shrimp

Hope all goes well with the gestation and hatching of the eggs :)

[joydiv]

Not sure if that name applies to it.. will post some pictures of the shrimps that all exhibit "Body red, lateral with several longitudinal white stripes, first and second pereiopod conspicuously white, on rocks in Lake Towuti or Lake Mahalona," later.

[Luis Alves]

fantastic shrimps :)

[joydiv]

Caridina striata

This is extremely sensitive, almost impossible to keep alive, at least for me. Had killed more than 30 of these fellows in the 2 years that I have kept them.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb218/joydiv_sg/Sulawesi%20Shrimps/Cstriata.jpg

[trelch]

Very nice photos! I can never take photos like that! Are you using a macro lens?

[fishy_dude]

wow.. wonderful pics and info bro! may start a sulewesi tank myself..:)

[anakkucing]

Caridina striata

This is extremely sensitive, almost impossible to keep alive, at least for me. Had killed more than 30 of these fellows in the 2 years that I have kept them.


So have you managed to keep them alive now? I, too have tried about 50 of them and not even one of them survived now. The longest i had them is 3 weeks i think :(

[trelch]

My observation of the caridina striata is that they are very territorial, and like to space out their distance esp from species of their own kind. All my striata live apart from each other. This lead me to believe that it might require a big tank with lots of hiding area inorder to house a large number of them.
Their preferred diet in my tank seems to be the pellets for shrimps, rather than algae. Maybe they like something "meatier". Do you all have such observation?

[joydiv]

Hi
To answer trelch:Are you using a macro lens?
Yes I am, a humble Tamron Macro lens on My Nikon

So have you managed to keep them alive now?
Nope, no success, has all but given up. They die within a month in my hands, so I will leave them in the wild!

[trelch]

Hi
To answer trelch:Are you using a macro lens?
Yes I am, a humble Tamron Macro lens on My Nikon

So have you managed to keep them alive now?
Nope, no success, has all but given up. They die within a month in my hands, so I will leave them in the wild!

I wish i have a macro lens too. I think your photos are very well taken! It's definitely not a humble lens.
Yup.. Managed to keep my striata alive for a few months. They are still the most aggressive shrimps in the tank. And they space out their distance between each other, so only 1 per cave or burrows, and chase away other shrimps and esp other striata from their burrows. They got the biggest claw amongst all the Sulawesi.

I made a terrible mistake the other day when I was scrubbing the main glass of the tank from algae. It caused one of my berried striata to die. Terrible mistake. Should never have done that when there are berried shrimps....sigh...