Sulawesi shrimp New tips and secrets for keeping and breeding in 2024
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.พ. 2024
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In 2024 I’ve tried a few new things with keeping and breeding Sulawesi shrimp, while being successful I’d like to share these tips and secrets with you.
I wish everyone success in their planted shrimp keeping journey, thanks everyone for their support and listening to my rambles
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Ooooh I’m so excited to get these in the UK, I cannot wait to see them again in real life! Anyone in the UK wanting these, get watching and take notes! There’s more videos in Rays library too👌
Awesome hope you get a change to keep and breed them. Keep us all posted and updared
Thanks for the video!
Thanks for taking time to comment
2006 to 2014 is 18 years dude not 25 ha. Great videos thanks for the help
great catch, sulawesi since 2006 but fish keeping since 1995, so that's 25+ years
Thank you so much for your informative and beautiful videos - The Cardinals are my elusive holy grail, they keep dying... i am about to do another attempt , and will use your information... and fingers crossed =)
Thx so much for the kind words and support. Wishing you success on yoyr next attempt. I am just in the middle of creating another sulawesi video. Stay tuned. I started this colony with 25 and now have about 150 4 months later
HI. Great video .with lot of information.Do the white socks need a flow in the tank? How strong? Is an internal filter enough or do i need a air pump?Thx.
Thanks, internal filter would be enough flow to be honest
Thanks for the video. How about Sulawesi rocks/stone in the lake? I suppose they have minirals for the shrimps.
Thats a great question. I haven't been there so I'm not 100% too sure. Most rocks will release some content into the water even the so called inert ones I find. From the photos and videos ive seen, they look similar to river rocks, very pretty with algae growing on them
Se puede usar malawi/victoria buffer en vez de tanganika buffer?. Gracias desde España
Yes you can! That works too
Hey mate, do you have a link or know what that rubber or plastic is you use to create that feeding zone for the shrimp?
Here's the link Look what I found on Etsy: www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1074434045/substrate-guard?ref=share_v4_lx
Awesome! Do you think I could use 7.5 with the Tanganyikan buffer for the yellow ears, or should I still got to 8.5. I have cardinals and currently use 7.5.
I am lowering my temps to 77 over the next few days. That will make shipping them so much easier!!
Since you’re using Sulawesi 7.5 what’s your ph, tds and gh
Great video! Love all your videos. Quick question I’m setting up a new Sulawesi tank and I like your idea of dissolving the salt way better than using co2 etc. I have 15gl tank how would you recommend setting it up the way your doing with mixing the salt but in 15gl? Thanks much appreciated
id measure and mix the salt in a small cup or bucket and pour it into the tank, tehn measure the tds, kh and gh to see the levels and add more or add more rodi water to get a stable level. leave it for a few days and measure again to see if it's stable. thanks for the support and kind words!
@@RWAquariumPages thanks for the response. What would be the best tds, kh and gh would you recommend for a new Sulawesi white sock tank 15 gal thanks
Get your RO water to the desire KH and GH, making note of how salt you use to get to the desired TDS. I to go for 150 TDS
I have a saltwater tank and I am using something called skim breeze from Fauna marin on my skimmer. It is a co2 scrupper. You put it on your skimmer-airline and it filter out the co2 from the air. It buffered my pH from 8 to 8.4. Maybe there is a way to use it in freshwater aswell. Sorry for my bad english. Greetings from austria 🙂
Great English, I'm familar with algae scrubbers, you can potentially make one for freshwater also. What a great idea!!
Wish we had these locally. Can’t find any in Houston
Oh man, wish u guys can find some locally too, they're amazing. The guy garden of Eder sells them and prob can ship
Sorry for my English .. Do your harlequin shrimps when kept with other shrimps not crossbreed? Can we keep them together?
You can keep together but they will cross breed. Your English is perfect! Thx for taking time to comment
I didn't have the time to comment on this video 😅 Hi Ray! Question, i already bought lake tanganyika and mixed it on water change with the ss8.5. Is it normal to have a high kh? It is around 10, my ph is at 8.1. also tds is 155. Thanks! And more vids to come! 🎉
Hi there, thanks for commenting, higher kh is ok because it's required sometimes to get the ph that high. Glad to hear you're using those salts. Wish you success
Oh dude you are amazing! It feels like they`re are getting more and more acknowledgement!! Like I was talking with you a few months ago, finally I`ll be diving into the Sulawesi world. I am still deciding which kind of stones, but I do think black lava rocks.
Thx for the kind words. I like black lava rock and the icelandic lava rocks my self, but they're harder to find. Wish you success on your sulawesi adventures. Keep me posted
@@RWAquariumPages Yea I do think so as well! The icelandic seem amazing too!! I still cant decide which kind of sulawesi I want tho, I do think the white socks are quite ''common'' but I do like them. But I`m not sure :)
@@RedGalaxyFishbone how about white orchids or yellow cheeks, I highly recommend those and are quite easy to keepnand breed
Are there people culling already? To get like more yellow stripes or more spots on the yellow cheeks?@@RWAquariumPages
@@RWAquariumPages Man those white orchids are special
Hello, can you please tell me your measured GH and KH values. I now also use the Tanganyika Buffer and in order to get a pH value of 8.4, I have to dose so much that my KH go above 10. However, GH remains at 7-8. This is really weird. I assume that you also have a high KH value in your tanks due to the buffer. In addition, the Tanganyika buffer increases the TDS value enormously to over 50 ppm. I don't understand how it can be so little for you. Thanks and greetings Stefan
Let me do some measurements and get back to you with a more accurate answer
@@RWAquariumPages Thank you very much for your help!
Been religiously watching your videos while waiting for my lfs to get them back in stock. Btw, have you tried keeping them in tap water?
Hi there, it really depends on yoyr tap water, everyone's tap water is different, mine is same as rodi water so I remineralize and it's good. Thx for your support and kind words
Nice tips but how do u make sure ph is at range api test kit colour is hard to differentiate. I use sera ph test kit only has range from 7.5, 8.0, 8.5
Thx sir, I use a ph monitor constantly one to monitor 4 of my tanks on each row of my shrimp rack, al the tanks in each row is set up the same so i can read the ph immediately and know when it shifts. Testing with the colour app ones won't be as accurate as people can see different shades slightly different
Do u calibrate pH monitor often?
@andugo not really if you get a good probe. Calibrate once every 6 months or when ph isn't stable and the numbers fluctuate. Dual junction lab grade ph probe are the best
Used in reef tanks where the corals are 100x thr $ of sula
Which one do you use, please?
@@chevyfish4028 I using ibowl PH brand, seems decent but i have another one at cardina tank the ph jump alot not sure is faulty device or because i using dragon stone.
What you said at 5 minutes: If I understand correctly, you lowered the temp to 25 celcius and you no longer use an air pump to add oxygen to the water?
I lowered the temp to 25c but you won't need to use an oxydator which a few do use, an oxydator is an upside down glass device with a chemical reaction that releases oxygen. You'll still need an air pump or filter of some sort
@@RWAquariumPages I’m currently cycling a new aquarium for Sulawesi shrimp, I have a sponge filter with a pump head, heater and LED light. I used this set-up before with Sulawesi shrimp and it worked good. would you recommend to add an air pump or oxidator?
i feel the best is to keep it simple and the current setup sounds perfect to be honest@@aKaFlows
I have another question. I hope I'm not annoying you already, but I want to be on the safe side. I use Sulawesi Mineral 8.5 and dissolve it with Co2 over 2 days until the water is crystal clear and then I aerate the water for a day. I then measured and my GH was 7, KH 6, 235 uS and the pH was 7.4. How can it be that it is so low? Am I doing something wrong? Have you ever had this problem?
Hi there, no problem ask away any question, 235 micro Siemens is divide by 2 to get ppm so that sounds about right to be honest. We use ppm in canada which is half of microsiemens
@@RWAquariumPages Thank you! 😉 Do you understand why my pH is so low despite there being enough dissolved salt in the water?
did you double check the pH? I use a digital controller myself and calibrate it, what type of test kit do you use for your ph? maybe try a different test kit, kh 6, hmm that should get you in the 8.xxx range, just my first guess, i'll have to dig further into this. @@aedraxis3011
So far I have only measured with a normal test kit from JBL (High Range) . My pH probe is coming tomorrow. I'm curious to see if there are any big differences. Have you perhaps already checked your KH value regarding the Tanganyika buffer
My pH meter arrived yesterday and after calibration I had exactly pH 8.02. That makes me happy 😁 the JBL High Range test is apparently very inaccurate or unusable. I don't know why it shows such incorrect values.
Wouldn't you just top off with RO? Wouldn't evaporation leave all the minerals in the water and ph rise a little, then top off with RO would drop the ph back to normal?
Also is it safe for the Yellow Cheeks to go down to 78 degrees? And can they survive either Sulawesi 7.5 and Tanganyikan combo buffering to 8.4?
I recently have done this in my white Sox tank and they are super happy!!
while it's very true you're only supposed to top off with rodi only, i've been adding slight dash to the water to keep the pH up, it does raise the tds slightly. yellow cheeks to 78 should be ok, i'd aim for 80, I've tried 7.5+ tangyiki combo ad it works quite well. keep me posted
That makes sense! OK I will do 80, thanks again Ray
Szia! Mennyi Tanganyika puffert adsz 5 liter vízhez???
1/16 tsp
This is 0.36 Gram right?
@@aedraxis3011 from a calculator it's about 4g, check the conversion. My scoops are in teaspoons and not grams but its not too much, like a pinch
@@RWAquariumPages Hey 👋 5g is for 40-80 litre. It's on the seachem label. He was asking for 5 litre. 1/16 teaspoon = 0.36 gram if you calculate with table salt and that's pretty close I think.
@@aedraxis3011 oh that sounds about right then, I forgot to divide. Thanks so much for catching this
4 litre water = 1/8 tsp 8.5 + 1/8 tsp tanganyika?
this is how i do it except for 1/16th tsp for tangaykia, hope that helps!