Insights on CR Breeding in Taiwan

**imke_j** · 2nd Nov 2010, 05:51 PM

Hi all,

a friend of mine has visited some Taiwanese CR shrimp keepers in Taipeh and made a video on this. I am sorry the speakers text is in German. Thus, you may enjoy the pictures and the insights on their tank set ups.

Video

Some Facts: pH 5.0-5,8 ; temp 24-26 ; filtration: three canister in line ; DIY chiller *the silver pipes in the tanks.

Regards,
Imke

**killer007** · 3rd Nov 2010, 04:50 AM

>.< 3 canisters.....
oh my oh my........pros....

**JEMUL** · 3rd Nov 2010, 11:32 AM

Imke thanks for sharing this with us. Thats a very nice movie your friend made. I watched it with my mouth open, i was realy amazed how much king kongs i saw walking around there. Also it was nice to see the simple set ups for the shrimps. It was simple but working very nice. Very nice clean water in all tanks.

Greeting Jeffrey

**matti2uude** · 3rd Nov 2010, 07:04 PM

I am curious why they mix so many kinds and grades together? Do they not care about cross breeding?

**killer007** · 3rd Nov 2010, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by matti2uude

I am curious why they mix so many kinds and grades together? Do they not care about cross breeding?

Matt,

Where did you see they mix the shrimps? ah... is there another video?

Thanks
Kin

**matti2uude** · 3rd Nov 2010, 09:42 PM

In that video.
At 1:25 there's CRS/CBS/Blue Bolt/Panda/BKK and Wine Red
At 4:28 there's Wine Red/BKK and CBS SS
At 4:42 there's CRS/CBS different grades
At 5:09 there's BKK/CRS and CBS

In this video
/blo...hrimp-breeder/
there's also all kinds and grades mixed together.

**imke_j** · 4th Nov 2010, 05:11 AM

They mix them to get bigger breeding groups, like all the people are having F1-Mischlinge (hybrids) to start with Taiwan Bee breeding.

**killer007** · 4th Nov 2010, 06:21 AM

ah yesyes i see it...
very nice grade @.@....

**Yiannis** · 4th Nov 2010, 11:26 AM

Thanks for sharing Imke! I was impressed by the PH level...just 5.08..amazing..Do you have any information about GH/KH in their tanks? Since they are using CO2 to bring the PH down, I would bet that KH is nothing but zero..

**imke_j** · 4th Nov 2010, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by Yiannis

Thanks for sharing Imke! I was impressed by the PH level...just 5.08..amazing..Do you have any information about GH/KH in their tanks? Since they are using CO2 to bring the PH down, I would bet that KH is nothing but zero..

I suppose that KH is 0 in their tanks, too - but I cannot remember any spoken information on that. The KH zero is very common in Germany, too and a lot of people keep their Taiwan Bee in lower pH around 6 or less. It is stabilized by GH only.