Office tiger shrimp tank

[damnit]

Got some tiger shrimps to try them out in a new tank. Here's one of the more daring guys :p :wink: :wink:

http://hwzdamnit.homestead.com/files/tiger01.JPG

[silane]

Nice shrimps and nice pic. What is the water condition?

[damnit]

Here are the tank parameters :biggrin:


Dimensions - 45x30x30 cm
Lighting - 18W PL daylight
Duration - 0900-1700hrs
Filtration - Eheim 2213
CO2 - None
Fertilisation - None
Gravel - Seachem Flourite
ph - 7.6
kh - 3

[Nanami]

very nice :) how long have you cycled the tank? very clear pic as well *thumbs up* remember to post if you manage to breed them :wink:

[damnit]

this is actually an old tank so i just took out everything in old tank and do everything all over again ... however, filter has been running for months already :) :)

[BlueEL]

Nice picture! Take more pictures if possible, love those strips on them.
Btw, is that a male or female?

[Robert]

Hi,
on the picture it looks like a male tiger shrimp. The genders are hard to differentiate but the shrimp on the picture seem to be adult and shows some chraracteristical male traits like relatively long antennules, a slim abdomen etc.

BTW Joe, it's a beautiful picture! I would like to see more of such pictures of your shrimps.

regards

Robert

[Nanami]

i agree, it looks to be a male shrimp :) i don't know the name of it- the part of its shell that covers its pleopods/swimmerets... females seems to have a bigger part in covering the swimmerets where the eggs are carried... correct me if i'm wrong :)

[Walter]

sharp picture. :wink: i think i have to get my tiger shrimps soon.. all these pictures are making me crazy :D

[damnit]

This is the tank where they live in :) :) :)

http://hwzdamnit.homestead.com/files/crsmar2005.JPG

[Pconnieae]

Hi,
that's a really nice tank :) .

You seem to keep CRS and Tiger shrimps in the same tank. Don't you think there could be a risk of crossbreeding?

[damnit]

Thanks for the compliments, Pconnieae!!! :)

I'm not sure if cross-breeding will occur since the crystal red shrimps are moving to a new house soon :p :D :D

[Walter]

love the taiwan moss wall~!! :D :D :D :D

[Robert]

Hi Joe,
that's realy a nice tank! Your moss wall looks great but I'm more curious about the liverwort on the piece of driftwood. What is this? Looks like the so called "mini pellia".

regards

Robert

[Xbox Live]

Hi Joe,
that's realy a nice tank! Your moss wall looks great but I'm more curious about the liverwort on the piece of driftwood. What is this? Looks like the so called "mini pellia".
regards
Robert
Hi robert, yes, that is the so called "mini pellia". It is a beautiful plant.



I'm not sure if cross-breeding will occur since the crystal red shrimps are moving to a new house soon :p :D :D

Hi,
I have a community tank with over 200pcs of bees,cherries,diamonds,crs,tigers in my 4ft tank,and i can say, it do cross-breed. And juz yesterday i saw one with tiger stripe and diamond body markings shrimp. :eek:

And mine you , i added another new stock of 100pcs of black and white bees and another 100pcs of Bumble bee with "V" headband. :D

cheers

[Pconnieae]

I have a community tank with over 200pcs of bees,cherries,diamonds,crs,tigers in my 4ft tank,and i can say, it do cross-breed. And juz yesterday i saw one with tiger stripe and diamond body markings shrimp.

I really would be curious to see that. Could you take a photograph?

[silane]

Xbox Live,

How's the casualty rate of your newly acquired bee shrimps? It seems bee shrimps are very fragile to me.

[dkk08]

Xbox Live,

How's the casualty rate of your newly acquired bee shrimps? It seems bee shrimps are very fragile to me.

Yes I second that, I got 20 bees (quite nice quality good whites) and about 20-30% casualties...

[Walter]

hmm i got zero casualties for bees so far... :D also from ..

xbox_live how big is your set up? :eek:

[Xbox Live]

T.H. wrote:
I really would be curious to see that. Could you take a photograph?
Will try to take some pictures.

Fruitie wrote :
How's the casualty rate of your newly acquired bee shrimps? It seems bee shrimps are very fragile to me.
The B/W bees are doing fine but five big "V" headband bee died. (that was because i place them in my ADA tank with ph5.8 and high dosage of fertilizer for my plants.)Took them out and place them into my shrimp community tank and they look happy there.

xbox_live how big is your set up?
4x2x2 planted tank

cheers

[Walter]

Will try to take some pictures.

The B/W bees are doing fine but five big "V" headband bee died. (that was because i place them in my ADA tank with ph5.8 and high dosage of fertilizer for my plants.)Took them out and place them into my shrimp community tank and they look happy there.

4x2x2 planted tank

cheers
wow huge tank for shrimps! u can continue to add alot more shrimps man :wink: :D

[damnit]

Latest update, one tiger shrimp decided to leave me but the rest seems pretty active in this tank. Hoping for them to do the do :D :D

[damnit]

Added 10 more tiger shrimps yesterday. Found one pregnant. Seems that the tiger shrimps are doing well in alkaline water. Will update as there are some progress.

The CRS shrimps in this tank are moving back home to a new home!!! :D :D

[jwarper]

That is a really nice tank! I love the aquascaping you have done. Im curious as to the names of some of the other plants you used. Ive circled them in this pic:

http://img192.exs.cx/img192/3375/nicecube12lj.jpg

[damnit]

That is a really nice tank! I love the aquascaping you have done. Im curious as to the names of some of the other plants you used. Ive circled them in this pic:

Thanks for your compliments. Here are the plant names:
Bottom left - commonly known as Downoi (not sure of its scientific name)
Top center - Hemianthus micranthemoides
Bottom right - Hemianthus callitrichoides ''Cuba''

[damnit]

The mama tiger shrimp's eggs are gone meaning I should see some tigerlets soon, hopefully :D :D

[Walter]

cool man.. never seen many tigers before :D

[NoDeltaH2O]

Nice tiger shrimp there! How do you get such nice looking plants with no CO2 or ferts? How long has the tank been set up?

[retardo]

Nice specimen and nice tank! :shocked: I don't like the gravel that much tho... It doesn't seem to fit with the rest of your . The piece of wood in the middle adds a lot of character to the tank... a very big plus!

BTW, is it possible for you to do a zoom on the mini pellia? I think I may have some and just wanna do a compare. Thanks.