Puddles Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Looking to keep oebt or royal blues in a little bit. Struggled with them before. What parameters have people had success with, ph/kh/gh wise? Is it possible to keep them in 0 kh, caridina conditions and have them breed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evodrgn Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 No experience in this yet but I've read on other forums that people have acclimated OEBT and Royal Blues for up to three hours with tank water from caridina tanks and after that they seemed to do fine...drip acclimation i mean and that's what I plan on doing later on. Hope others who have experience in this help out too!!! ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High5's Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 People seem to have more breeding in lower ph closer to 6. Where you keeping them on inert substrate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddles Posted July 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 I was keeping them on inert but was using baking soda to boost kh and whole process was a mess for me. I'd really like to keep them on amazonia with kh 0 but not sure if it will work. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtletanks91 Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 I'm sure it would. Myne were ok until I had a bacterial infection wipe out only my owbt. Now I want some more but won't dive into that until my tank is re done and re awt up in september Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChadRamsey Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 i use crushed coral to lower my PH. I cut a length of panty hose, fill it with CC, tie both ends, and put it in the filter. EDIT: i use it to RAISE, NOT lower my PH. Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4n Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 i use crushed coral to lower my PH. I cut a length of panty hose, fill it with CC, tie both ends, and put it in the filter. You mean to raise the PH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 i use crushed coral to lower my PH. I cut a length of panty hose, fill it with CC, tie both ends, and put it in the filter.Doesnt cc raise ph? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayr_Tigley Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Im pretty sure it does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metageologist Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Almost any carbonate will raise pH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChadRamsey Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 DANG! not enough coffee when i posted that. yup i am sorry, i use it to RAISE my PH in my card tanks. Sorry about the brain fart. What a GREAT first post huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicca32 Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 alot of people keep the fancy tiger types [oebt. red. royal blue. and black] in crs parameters. i never had luck with those parameters. i always had way better breeding and baby survival in bit higher parameters. when i had oebt they were in water with the following params ph: 7.2 gh: 7 kh: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 LOL Happens to all of us at least once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donny banyurang Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 I keep tigers (btoe, red tiger, tai ti) in pH: 5.5 gH: 5 kH: 0, mixed with my TB and they berried never stop High5's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 It depends on where the shrimps are from. In Asia, most breeders use the same water for bee shrimps, in Europe, at the breeder I contacted, use river sand and PH 6.0-6.8, TDS 300-350. You need to know the source and try to match. I'm planning to import some from Germany, so I am doing a few tanks with ADA but much higher TDS/GH than for my regular OEBTs and bee shrimps. My experience with the Asian ones is they breed very well in PH6.4-6.6, TDS 200-220, GH 7-8. donny banyurang and High5's 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evodrgn Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 Planning on getting either Royal Blue or OEBT from Speedie408 or Tanman19az in a bit but what wondering how long I should acclimate them to my TB tank in order for them to get use to the TB parameters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicente Mcdonnell Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 My Royal Blues are coming tomorrow! I heard tigers are hardy. I got their tank all ready. Never kept anything other than CRS yet, wish me luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evodrgn Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 My Royal Blues are coming tomorrow! I heard tigers are hardy. I got their tank all ready. Never kept anything other than CRS yet, wish me luck. Good luck with them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenteam Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 So any luck with the Royals in TB parameters? I want to try the Royals but only have tanks with ADA Soil PH6-6.5 Gh 5-6 Kh 0 TDS 150-160 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicca32 Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 My Royal Blues are coming tomorrow! I heard tigers are hardy. I got their tank all ready. Never kept anything other than CRS yet, wish me luck. tigers are hardy, fancy tigers ( red, oebt, black tiger orange eye, royal) not so much they are way more sensitive than crs. when i had tigers i had them in lower ph and yes they would stay berried but never did i get babies. once i moved them to higher parameters i got lots of babies. main thing with fancy tigers is temp keep them cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGardenofEder Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Hmm so what wins 6 ph or 7 higher I have berried but I never had more then one baby and I don't think it made it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 You haven't tested params, my friend. Too many variables for you to have that question answered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGardenofEder Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 I'm trying to find out the parameters so test them Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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