Shrimp deaths

ok so its some sort of filter, bottled drinking water lowers the ph i have read, i will ive that a go when i do a water change later,, just finishing a 12 hour shift now.. thanks for ur helzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.........
 
Yup. A lot of grocery stores sell RO water and jugs to carry it in. Personal RO systems usually consist of the membrane and 2 or more in-line filters and start at around $150.
 
I don't think vacuuming every other is good for the shrimp. That's probably stressing out your shrimp to death. Once a month is probably good. Some say they ne'er gravel-vac at all..
 
lake_tuna said:
I don't think vacuuming every other is good for the shrimp. That's probably stressing out your shrimp to death. Once a month is probably good. Some say they ne'er gravel-vac at all..
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Yep. I have had my RCS tank up for about a year now. Started with 20 and have about 200 in the tank now and have probably sold 200. I never gravel vac, but that is because I have a ton of vals and anubias in the tank.

Same goes for my other shrimp tanks. I was having an issue with my yellows, but I think I solved it. The CO2 controller was out of calibration and it was dosing way too much CO2 into the tank. I calibrated it and am hoping that fixes the problem with my yellows.

My blues have been berried and I have seen a bunch of babies in there, but nowhere near as many as the RCS that I have.
 
Nobody has said this yet, so I guess I will. CRS and RCS need really different water parameters to breed well. CRS need a ph around 6.3 and RCS need a ph around 7.2 to 7.4. 7.2 has been working really well for me, but a lot of people swear by 7.4. I don't have CRS yet, but from what I have been reading you either have to keep one or the other if you plan on breeding both, or just set up the tank for CRS and keep the RCS to look at.
 
ESOXLUCIOUSS said:
two tanks,,, hmmm,,
The two definitely do not go together, is that what ur saying, i was hoping they would.
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Not if you want them to both breed. The RCS are somewhat hardy, so they might be able to live in the parameters that the CRS need. However, the RCS will not flourish in the came parameters that the CRS need. Since the CRS are the more delicate and expensive of the two, I would assume you would want to make the conditions optimal for the CRS, which would mean they would not be optimal for the RCS. Again, the RCS can probably survive at the parameters for the CRS, but do not expect them to be a vibrant red or to be putting out babies like crazy.

If I were you, I would use different tanks for the two species, but that is only my opinion.

You should think about starting a new thread asking if CRS and RCS can be kept together with both of them flourishing together.
 
This topic has come up a number of times before, most recently within the last couple of weeks. As fabsroman said, crs and rcs flourish in different water parameters. There are, however, exceptions to that rule. Plenty of folks have had both breed successfully in the same tank, from what I understand. Beware of any hard and fast rule on PH. My RCS thrive in 8+.

That said, I would keep them in separate tanks too. That's the easiest way for them both to thrive. Better yet, pick species best suited to your tap's PH, especially when starting out.
 
sounds good,,so suit the tapwater and off i go, or 2 tanks the dilemmas... what size is ok for keeping and breeding both species, they are in a 3ft at the moment...
 
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