Tiger Shrimp, New Addition

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:56 pm

Well I have had them, for over a week.
And they are all doing fine.

Take a look.

John

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 6:07 pm

Cool! They look nice, and great photos as always!

-John (AKA: The Puffer Ninja)

Lady Friesian · Post by **Lady Friesian** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:05 am

Aah, they're so pretty...especially with the moss. What kind of gravel is that?

YuccaPatrol · Post by **YuccaPatrol** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:53 am

Nice looking tigers!

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:14 am

Thanks for the pictures. The stripes really stand out against the white gravel

blinster · Post by **blinster** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:19 am

This might sound a little horrible, but are these tiger shrimps used for human consumption? They look really familiar to the grey striped shrimps my mom use to cook.

blinster · Post by **blinster** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:25 am

Sorry guys, I just realized the size is totally off. The food ones I'm thinking about are at least the size of my thumb.

sorry

Shrimp&Snails · Post by **Shrimp&Snails** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:36 pm

Lovely photos and gorgeous shrimp. Tigers are one of my fave shrimp and they look nice and healthy...they'll be breeding in no time.

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:58 pm

Everyone
Thank You.

I have been waiting to get Tigers, for a long time.
I finialy, got the soft water thing, under contol.

Hpoefuly the next pictures I post of they.
Will be females carring eggs.

John

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:13 am

Just a update

I thought I had the PH stable at 6.8.
And I stopped checking the PH.
And was only doing water changes with R/O water.

I had Berried Females 2 different times, yet there were no offspring.
So, I checked the PH and found it to be 7.6.

It has taken me almost 1 month. To bring the PH back down to 6.8
I wanted to bring it down slowly, because I had a bad out come with dropping the PH to fast.

I will never be that lazy again.
John

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:43 am

I thought I had the PH stable at 6.8.
And I stopped checking the PH.
And was only doing water changes with R/O water.

I had Berried Females 2 different times, yet there were no offspring.
So, I checked the PH and found it to be 7.6.

Thanks for the update and the warning. I will try to check my tanks pH more often now

zapisto · Post by **zapisto** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:48 am

Nice Pics.
Mine are in Black water

i will not be able take nice shot like that.
i am trying to keep my ph around 6.7 with a lot of difficulties, my is droping

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 1:58 pm

One more suggestion.

If you skip doing PH checks, Make sure your PH meter is calibrated.

Since it was sitting un-used, and I did not re-calibrate it.
It was .5 off .

I was trying to get a PH of 6.8, which I thought I had.
And after calibrating the meter, I really had 6.3.

Luckily, I did not lose any Shrimp.
The things our Inverts have to go through.

John

milalic · Post by **milalic** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 9:51 pm

Newjohn wrote:One more suggestion.

If you skip doing PH checks, Make sure your PH meter is calibrated.

Since it was sitting un-used, and I did not re-calibrate it.
It was .5 off .

I was trying to get a PH of 6.8, which I thought I had.
And after calibrating the meter, I really had 6.3.

Luckily, I did not lose any Shrimp.
The things our Inverts have to go through.

John

what method are you using for lowering the ph?

-Pedro

Shrimp&Snails · Post by **Shrimp&Snails** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 4:13 am

I keep my Tigers in around 6.8 to 7.2. I use test strips which aren't the most accurate...lot's of breeding, four berried females and lots of little ones. I have three generations of Tiger shrimp scooting around.

A breeder who also lives in London keeps and breeds these guys in a PH of 7.6 but we both can't get our cherries to breed...weird eh?