Sulawesi Shrimp Journal (Caridina Dennerli & Woltereckae) Sulawesi Tank #1

[Yadokari]

I would like to know this also.PLEASE SAY YES :bowing:

I won't have any captive bred ones any time soon. Not for a loooong time... Since they just got berried in this tank and all, so this thread should keep people somewhat updated.

However, I will probably have some wild caught specimens available in the future. The ones I am currently keeping are all wild caught specimens, so if people follow my lead, they should do fine as well and start their own colony of captive breds Of course, overtime, I should (or at least, I hope) to have captive bred shrimp in my tank but as of now, until the eggs are released, they're all wild caught.

For future reference though, captive bred specimens will probably be more expensive than wild caught ones. :nilly:

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I'll be trying out other Sulawesi shrimp eventually as well. Try and broaden my list to the Orchids and Yellow Cheeks. Although I believe Msjinkz is already keeping Yellow Cheeks, she can probably chime in on her experiences with them.

 

[msjinkzd]

I can if you would like. Do'nt want to hijack though

My Yellow Cheek Sulawesi tank
Specs: 29g
temp: 82
pH: 8.0
gh: 6
kh: 8
ammo 0
nitrite 0
nitrate less than 10
substrate: black flourite Hardscape: texas holey rock (thanks mel) and some driftwood
lightly planted with crypts, rotala, anubias, trident fern, moss, etc
water changes 10% a week; feeding kens veggie sticks and catfish pellets; tank is fed 2x a week

I do have tank-raised juveniles/subadults in the tank now. I am not offering them for sale yet as they seem to have smaller broods then other shrimp I keep. Here are a couple crappy pictures.

 

[Yadokari]

Thank you for sharing Msjinkzd! You said you have tank raised juvies/sub adults now? How long was gestation for your Yellow Cheeks? Or were these berried from the wild, then gave birth in your tank?

I'd love to hear more of your experiences ;-) Personally, I don't mind if you post your info here on this thread but if you have the time for it, another thread about your Yellow Cheeks would be fantastic. It'll help members and future Sulawesi shrimp owners to easily navigate info. I, for one, would love to read your findings of them. I'm about to get some Yellow Cheeks myself!

Cheers,
-Jerry

 

[stratusfearrr]

awesome

 

[msjinkzd]

Thank you for sharing Msjinkzd! You said you have tank raised juvies/sub adults now? How long was gestation for your Yellow Cheeks? Or were these berried from the wild, then gave birth in your tank?

I'd love to hear more of your experiences ;-) Personally, I don't mind if you post your info here on this thread but if you have the time for it, another thread about your Yellow Cheeks would be fantastic. It'll help members and future Sulawesi shrimp owners to easily navigate info. I, for one, would love to read your findings of them. I'm about to get some Yellow Cheeks myself!

Cheers,
-Jerry

They berried in my tank, though shortly (within days) of arriving. There were also some juvies that came in with the import. It seemed like their gestation at 82 was about 25 days or so. The juvies are growing really rapidly, already about about 1/2" or so. I will make sure to write down future berries (have one now, about 2 weeks in) and make note of gestation and growth. Its easy to lose track for me and I need to keep more of a record.

I bought 50, had a couple DOA. I haven't lost a single one since htey arrived nor have any been DOA from shipping. I kept 14 and have 28 now in the tank so they are having a decent survival rate.

 

[Yadokari]

They berried in my tank, though shortly (within days) of arriving. There were also some juvies that came in with the import. It seemed like their gestation at 82 was about 25 days or so. The juvies are growing really rapidly, already about about 1/2" or so. I will make sure to write down future berries (have one now, about 2 weeks in) and make note of gestation and growth. Its easy to lose track for me and I need to keep more of a record.

I bought 50, had a couple DOA. I haven't lost a single one since htey arrived nor have any been DOA from shipping. I kept 14 and have 28 now in the tank so they are having a decent survival rate.

Holy Cow! That's amazing! Thank you for sharing The babies I had from the import are still pretty small! Though much more visible than when they first arrived, I'd have to say maybe around 1/4 of an inch or so. Cardinal babies, that is. No harlequins unfortunately

I only got one berried wild shrimp in my shipment, which was the C. Woltereckae. Unfortunately, as I stated in a previous post, I don't think the eggs made it as she just dropped them. It wasn't even a molt drop, I think she just dropped them off one by one because I saw them slowly disappear as hours went by. So my population isn't really up there yet, post the initial wild caught purchase. I hope to see babies soon though!

We should definitely share info whenever you have the time to record them. I'd love to have a Sulawesi Shrimp database, especially for American boards.

I'll try to test my kh and gh tonight, I'll be borrowing it from my friend. Perhaps we have similar water parameters.

 

[austinpetemo]

youve got yellow flec rabbit snails, thats a tylo right? why are these so expensive and do they breed readily?

 

[msjinkzd]

Yellow flecks are a tylo, i have them as well. They do breed readily, though slowly. I think its been determined they can carry up to 4 fertilized eggs at a time. they drop one about each month so its a slow gestation.

 

[austinpetemo]

would they be more profitable and easier to take care of/sell than assassin snails?

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[boxedfish]

it;s great to see interest in sulawesi snails in this thread.. i have a few of those too and hoped you will not mind me posting my sulawesi snail tank here. Currently in my tank, there are 2 yellow rabbits, 4 yellow spotted rabbits, 1 king rabbit, 3 pagodas, 2 chocolate rabbits and 2 tiara rabbits. There are 2 baby snails also but they are too small to identify which species of rabbit snails they belong to.