OblongShrimp Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I am glad to hear you aren't having more deaths! You know if you wanted to keep the line alive you can always send me a few for safe keeping... that way even if your house burns down the strain isn't lost hehe. Back in 2008 or so when I had green shrimp they spit out 3 jet black offspring. At that time there was nothing out there that was solid black like that. I tried to separate them but greens grew so slowly and I eventually lost them and the original colony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I had sp. babaulti for a while too. Mine were Dark Green. They would breed, but just enough to make up for any losses in the colony. Eventually I just gave them to someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkcobra Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Glad the shrimp seem to be ok now. Glad YOU'RE ok too, the weather sounds horrid! Spialz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 No more obvious deaths today either. That seemed to do teh trick. Sooooooo glad! Still moving some over to the 20 next week for more stable params. Yeah. Lots and lots of snow. -20F yesterday. A bit better today though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddles Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Omg -20! I was freezing here yesterday it was 45 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Yeah. Snow is pretty, but like Florida needs air conditioners, Illinois needs Furnaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art by Stef* Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Three, possibly Six-Dog-Night, eh? We can send you some assorted flavor syrups for your snowballs, Soothing. Pina Colada? Raspberry? Even throw in a few live crawdaddies... Just kidding.(not about the crayfish) I come from PA, and know just what kind of chilling freeze you are dealing with. Plus, they make fun of "The Yankee" down here for calling crawfish "crawldaddy". (Even though I was born in Alabama) Each state/country will have its good points and bad. The grass is what color you make it. Keep warm. -Stef* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosspearl Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Glad you're not frozen solid yet! I thought it was bad enough in Dec when we were hitting single digits, but you guys are getting it bad. Been sending warm thoughts your way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Been in the 20's lately, so not too bad anymore. This week is supposed to be a heatwave with the low 30's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosspearl Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Woo! Break out the bathing suits and the bbq! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Hey, I look great in a mankini. Don't have to worry about a thing. My gut covers my privates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art by Stef* Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 I think a lot of people are sporting saddles, along with our shrimps, this time of year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Some more Nessie deaths. Tested Ammonia. .5! I'm going to do a massive 50% water change today. Can't wait for the 20g to finish cycling. May lose some, but if it stops deaths, I may actually come out ahead. Wish me luck! TheGlassBox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Did the 50+% (maybe closer to 70%) wa-wa change. Took out the moss and ammocarb so I can observe any adverse affects, however I'm willing to bet this will help quite a bit... BTW, I would not advocate such a big water change regularly, however sometimes drastic situations call for drastic measures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenBliss Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Sorry to hear you are still having trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosspearl Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Hoping things are going better now... :::fingers crossed::: Edwardnah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Much better now. Thank you. Two adult deaths the day of the huge water change- which honestly would be expected. No deaths until today when I noticed a very young juvie on the bottom dead and that could have been from anything. All in all, very good. Looks like Major crises over. Now, most of the juvies need to mature to breed and carry on offspring. I'm hoping to move some shrimp over to the 20g by Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 -40* F with windchill today. Always fun. NOT! Ugh Moved a portion of my Nessies over the to 20g. Looking pretty good in both tanks now. Going to do an experiment on all my tanks. I've been running my TDS around 300 or so, and the shrimp seem to like that. However I have been sorely neglecting gh in lieu of TDS. So, while thinking about it recently, I've decided to flip my mentality this year and see if breeding increases or decreases by "ignoring" TDS and concentrating on keeping gh between 6-9. Done some radical wc on a number of tanks so far. Still need to do around 10 more tanks to see if it makes a difference. IN other news, my 30g with Malawas is 19GH right now. It has been doing well, so I've just left it alone. I had no idea it was so high. Now the logical me says if it ain't broke,don't touch it. But the creative me says bring it down to 6-9 as well... The creative me has locked the logical me in the closet. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenBliss Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Are you still using TDS Up? I hope I don't have to use it for the Yellows once they are in their new tank. I want them to breed in the 200's TDS, but I see some people have good results with Yellows when the TDS is in the 300's. I don't want to do anything special just for one tank of Neos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I tried TDS up once. Decided I didn't like it and sold off the rest of the package. It would be fine for a normal nano I think, because so many people have said it works well for them. However keep in mind I do lots of 10 gallon tanks, and the cost is just too prohibitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenBliss Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I forgot for a moment you had many tanks. That would cost some money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 heh yepper. Still have about 10 tanks left to drop gh in. Found those as I was dropping others. *shrugs* That's what keeps shrimpin' exciting' I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Wow. Kind of dead here recently. Just an update. My Nessies are doing fine now. Have some in a 20g, and some in the tenner. Did water changes on most of my tanks to bring the gh down to 6ish. Still almost no breeding in the shrimp tanks due to winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 so what exactly are nessies? Have you posted pictures of them before? fernselvis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenBliss Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 The only breeding I'm getting is, of course, the Malawa. It looks like the Red Cherries are taking a break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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