Posts Tagged ‘sulawesi shrimps’

Sulawesi Shrimps: Water Parameter

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Lake Matano

pH 8,5
TDS 88
GH 1
KH 5-6

Lake Poso

pH 8,3
TDS – 92
GH 1
KH 4-5

Lake Towuti

pH: 8,3
GH: 6
KH: 5-6
TDS: 181

(Source: joydiv in shrimpnow, data taken in 2008)

Sulawesi Disease and Goldflake Shrimps, 2

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

I have made a 95% water change today to get rid of the JBL Furanol2 after 4 days of medical treatment. The water has been prepared with JBL Aqua Dur to get an optimal hardness and pH over 7,5. I have count 8 shrimps left (out of 14) ; two females are berried and none was looking ill like on my former photos. I turned the UV sterilizer on again. If you are interested, check my water parameter table.

Caridina Spinata: Water Parameter

Saturday, October 24th, 2009
date parameter of my tank
24-10-2009 ph: 7,82
temp: 26 degree Celsius
ppm:408
dGH: 23,5
ms: 815
11-10-2009 ph: 7,92
temp: 26 degree Celsius
ppm:357
dGH: 20
ms: 715
04-10-2009 ph: 8,0
temp: 27 degree Celsius
ppm:358
dGH: 20
ms: 716

Sulawesi Disease and Goldflake Shrimps

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

After having two more caridina spinata dying, I decided to start a treatment with JBL Furanol2 in my Sulawesi tank. I dosed 2 pills on 27L water netto and turned off the UV sterilizer.

The Golflake shrimp had brown bubbles in the neck and seemed  to have molting probs. I have contacted one person ins this matter who is regulary doing imports of Sulawesi shrimp. He replied that this illness is a problem of only wildcaught Sulawesi shrimp and that it is infectious to other shrimp. Some folks assumes it might be a parasite. This prob is reported from Goldflake, Dennerli, Malili red and Red Line Shrimp. His advice is to separate ill shrimp immediately because infected shrimp will die.

caridina spinata ill

News from my Tank

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Here are some updates from my shrimp tank

  1. Goldflakes (caridina spinata): 2 adults died, appearantly having molting problems, had brown bubbles in the neck before. One shrimp is berried! Change filtration to undergravel-canister-combination to reduce drift; shrimp like it and wander around more.
  2. New Bee Shrimp: 2 shrimps are berried but one only carrys few eggs – they seem to be quick egg dropper if something is not convenient. Started a crossbreeding test and put a female ‘Golden Snow White’ in the tank.
  3. Tuepfel: The first shrimp ist berried, took a long long time to go!
  4. CR/CB Shrimp: Have offspring the second time- they like Akadama as gravel.
  5. Black Tiger Hybrids: I set up a little tank with undergravel-air-filter and JBL Manado for my Black Tiger. Will crossbreed them when older.
  6. Supertiger have offspring too.

Sulawesi Shrimp Epidemic?

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

One of my wildcaught Sulawesi Shrimp apparently arrived with molting problems. I detected it the next day after I got them as they where fully colorated again. Meanwhile, the shrimp looks good after having molt.

Goldflake shrimp (caridina spinata) with molting problems

Goldflake shrimp (caridina spinata) with molting problems

In some German forums the so called ‘Sulawesi Seuche‘ (=Sulawesi epidemic) was discussed controversially. Wildcaught Sulawesi shrimp had brown spots inside the body, looking like rust. This shrimp often died after molting. If those shrimp should be killed to avoid infection of others was a hot discussed topic. A longer arcticle about the acclimatization of caridina dennerli [cardinal shrimp] is avalaible at Mirco’s blog.


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