ctaylor3737 Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Have this on TPT if anyone has seen it before. I have 15-20 Sulawesi Cardinals about two months now. Equipment, aqua clear 50 sponge intake. Temp: 83F PH: 8.5 TDS: 250 RO water with Salty Shrimp 8.5 Marco Rock, Aragonite Substrate 3 rabbit snails Best thing I have found with these guys is being stable. I do not do water changes, I top off only,with RO. One a month I'll drip in some mixed water to keep the levels up. I do small changes if the TDS goes higher. Always match the water change down to the temperature. I always drip,the water in also. You will kill some by just pouring the water in, trust me done this before. I also lost 15 of them when my stand collapsed it was awful. I had to do an emergency fill and they didn't make it. When you get them I took 3 hours to drip acclimate them and didn't lose any. 2 months later I have 2 berried females. Hard to get a pictures they are shy shimp especially to flash. -Chris Louie, eozen81 and mayphly 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 I think those are some of the prettiest looking shrimps out there. One of these days I'd like to try my hand at those. What do yours eat? I have heard they can be finickey eaters. ctaylor3737 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted April 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 I think those are some of the prettiest looking shrimps out there. One of these days I'd like to try my hand at those. What do yours eat? I have heard they can be finickey eaters. They usually eat the biofilm and the left overs I feed the snails. They do pretty well with just that. I sprinkle in some growth and spiralina powder sometimes. They don't really pile on food like other shrimps. Feed more at night to. If you cut,the light on at night they actually turn white its so weird. -Chris mayphly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 What size tank is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 nice!! I'll have to start a sulawesi tank one day soon! looking forward to see how you do with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty1776 Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Nice job! Grats on your success breeding them. have you implemented a breeding program? culling? or just gonna let em loose, so to speak. Also, was wondering if you noticed any differences in the colors of the first gen. Awesome tank sir! A rewarding challenge for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicca32 Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 what kind of tank is that i like it. i would love to get a nice cube like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted April 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 What size tank is that? Deep blue 8g think it's their size 12. Nice job! Grats on your success breeding them. have you implemented a breeding program? culling? or just gonna let em loose, so to speak. Also, was wondering if you noticed any differences in the colors of the first gen. No they breed true and will stay the same colors. I just letting them go for now. Awesome tank sir! A rewarding challenge for sure Thanks! what kind of tank is that i like it. i would love to get a nice cube like that My lfs has them, I tried looking online for them but haven't seen rhem. They come in a few sizes they have a 2.5g a 4.5g and the 8g that I have seen. -Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 -Chris eozen81 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShrimporium Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Very nice Chris! Keep an eye on the snails, they create huge water problems if one dies. And boy do they smell awful, I gagged when I pulled out a dead one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted May 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Very nice Chris! Keep an eye on the snails, they create huge water problems if one dies. And boy do they smell awful, I gagged when I pulled out a dead one! Yea I will, they are really cool. My cardinals love them they ride around on Thier shells all the time. Used them to stabilize the tank the first time. -Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted May 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 Here is a picture of my Berried Cardinal in the night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 Sweet! Not very many eggs. Is that normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted May 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 Yea small babies. That's why they are still pricey. Survival rate Is also low on these shrimplets. -Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metageologist Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 Cool. Good luck raising them. Have a gniess day. -Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00camaro16 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 I love these shrimp, wish I was good enough to keep some. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted May 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Oh you will be, keep reading lol. I'll admit though I got cardinals before I got red crystals. Had tons of neos before and fell,in love with them -Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted May 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 So I noticed today my cardinal is only carrying two eggs. It should be about the time she was supposed to have them. Heard they can have them a few at a time over a couple days. Yet to see any tough, maybe they are too small. Read they are hard,to see up to a month due to Thier size. -Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted May 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Well it's finally official I have cardinal shrimplets! Pctures can't describe, how incredibly small they are. I really though they perished since she didn't have eggs anymore. These are about 3 weeks old I'm guess and are so small I barley noticed them. I counted 3 so far so that means there's more probably in the caves in my Marco rock!!!!! So exciting I was starting to have doubts they would breed. I'm stoked!!!!!!! -Chris High5's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metageologist Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Congratulations. Hope you find more. What is your substrate it looks like lime stone or marble chips. Have a gniess day. -Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted May 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 It is crushed coral aragonite -Chris ctaylor3737 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metageologist Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Ah same thing Have a gniess day. -Scott ctaylor3737 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted May 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Yea true. Just the labeled brand I got. Also if you need any ADA soil going to NYC next week if,you want s anything -Chris ctaylor3737 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted May 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 I am putting together a 20L for these guys on my shrimp rack, will probably leave all these guys in here for now while they are still breeding. Will move a few juvies over when they have some more. Want to get a bigger floor space for them maybe they will breed alot better that way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted May 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 My female is berried again! I'm starting to think she's the only female lol. Of course she is the biggest, maybe she's just the oldest. They are impossible to sex. You can see a saddle if you catch then at night. -Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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