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  1. This is going to be a little long, journal style, post. I'll go into as much detail as I can. Feel free to share your experience with these as well! So about a month ago I set up a new shrimp tank and used these $1 seeds from ebay just to see how they would work. They seem like an amazing find.. for only $1 its advertised to get a completely carpeted aquarium, I wanted to test it myself. So the instructions said to use it on new substrate with a tank that isn't completely full of water yet.. so I did followed the instructions and waited to see what miracles would happen. The first couple days the seeds didn't really look like they were doing anything and I thought they were molding because they were creating these jello like substances that would hold the pieces of substrate together. When I moved the substrate around with my hand a whole clump would follow because of this gelatinous substance... I thought I made a big mistake and just wasted a $30 bag of substrate. I gave it the benefit of the doubt and let it keep growing... And after 3 days, they sprouted! The first two weeks they grew tremendously and carpeted so quickly I was so surprised. After this I finally decided to do some research on them and what other people were saying was that they were a terrestrial plant that the sellers like to advertise as an aquarium plant just for marketing, and that it will have a crazy growth burst and then disintegrate after a couple weeks since it isn't fully aquatic. This made me angry because I wanted it to stay so bad! The results were beautiful. (I also learned its illegal to import undocumented seeds from China into the USA, oops) They continued to grow and carpet and even start to add levels of depth within themselves. Some taller plants, some real short plants. I noticed their leaf shape started to change. The old leafs kept their circular leaf shape but the newer leaves that were growing in had a long, linear appearance. After I posted this picture onto a shrimp facebook group a member told me that they had too used the ebay seeds and after the first couple weeks the plants showed that they were dwarf hygro and they kept them in their aquarium for a year before removing them only because of appearance. It has now been a little over a month and while they haven't disintegrated into the water, they do seem to be changing leaf pattern. They do appear to be dwarf hygro. I did prefer the round leaf shape they had at first, but I do also like the long narrow leaves. There are still some seeds that are behind their buddies and are just now sprouting. The seeds don't float, so I'm not sure if starting them off with an aquarium that isn't completely full has any benefit or necessity.. and this makes me wonder if you could use them in an already established aquarium. They look beautiful and the shrimps love to hide within them. They sometimes knock them out of the substrate and they float to the top. I have two floating chunks of the plants at the surface and the shrimps love to eat the underside of the plants and sometimes go plant surfing when the floating plants can't hold up the shrimps weight and they start to sink. It is very entertaining! I assume they would be good for baby shrimps to hide in, as well as providing ample surface area for biofilm, although I have not had shrimp breed in this tank to know for sure! I have no idea what these seeds are and I have no idea if what seeds you actually get differ based on the package, but the batch I got seem to be working well! I'll keep this thread updated if any major changes happen... Some of the seeds that are behind their buddies have found their way onto the drift wood. The shrimps love to graze on the floating plants that they knock up.
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  2. Hi Everyone at TSS! So early this year I had the opportunity to travel to Hong Kong, the one thing I was super excited about? It's where Caridina Cantonensis comes from, or at least one of the few places that they are native to! Through some deep online research I found a place that is quite accessible to pedestrians if you guys ever happen to be in Hong Kong! The area is called Tai Tam, It is essentially a large water reservoir encompassed by a nature park with nice hiking trails. The hiking trails are paved so it is an easy walk. If hiking isn't your thing you gotta stop by Tung Choi Street or "Goldfish Street" there are a few specialty shrimp shops that have the most insane selections you've ever seen! The reservoir branches off into little estuaries and shallow streams, THE HABITAT OF THE SHRIMPS! I wasn't able to catch any photos of the shrimps in the shallow streams however, there is definitely an abundance of them! The ones that I could see had differing patterns of white/black striped, white/orange, clear/orange, clear/striped
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  3. Just a update photo, need to sort out the path and make it nicer again as there are plants all over
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  4. That was actually what taught me they are from Hong Kong! Hahaha then I did a little more research and found them! I should change my username to theShrimpstalker hahahha
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  5. A trip to Hong Kong would definitely be worth it just to see the shrimp! Just don't forget all the good food and sightseeing! Hahaha
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  6. Auratus

    Orange shrimp ID

    Thanks Ohmiko!
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  7. that's so cool. i'm definitely crazy enough to fly to hong kong just to see my little shrimp buddies in the wild LOL!
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  8. You shouldn't need a filter. And I thought the whole thing with walstad method was not using ferts, but having enough nutrient rich soil to power the plants? I haven't read the book I could be wrong. Check out this guy's videos on the whole method, they're super cool Also the soil seems to be good, but I would definitely go into the store and look more into the packaging. Some organic soils have "organic plant food" which isn't healthy for any fish or shrimp. As long as its just plain dirt it should be ok, the description on the website isn't too detailed.
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  9. I absolutely love it. I wouldn't have a clue how to create something like this let alone getting the moss on it too[emoji24] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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  10. ohmiko

    WTB neocardinia culls

    My go to for culls/wild types(brown, black, blue, red) is from tampaaquaculture. Less than a dollar each. I just purchased 100 for $35 + shipping:) u can get smaller sets as well Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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  11. You can take them off the dead mother and put them in a net close to where there is adequate water movement like a hob filter. Make sure the strength of water movement is just right to slightly move them with the current Sent from my SM-N920T using Tapatalk
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  12. wego21

    Help! Berried shrimp!

    if you have an egg tumbler you can take the eggs off the shrimp, put them into the egg tumbler and if you are lucky and they do not get spoiled you can hatch them. have a look at the egg tumblers for shrimp, you can make one yourself as well.
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