newbie reporting to all shifus !

Originally Posted by jianyongkun

yeah i did tell him..but i dont know he got catch it or not..cause its that china pet mart guy who helped me :x

haha.. bo bian! xD for now you wait for other shifus to reply... cause i dont know about this soil.. nv see or use b4! hhaha

Originally Posted by berber

haha.. bo bian! xD for now you wait for other shifus to reply... cause i dont know about this soil.. nv see or use b4! hhaha

no choice i guess :/
btw bro ber, what soil do you use ?

i tell u how to be a shrimp pro.

step 1: buy a tank, and put water into it
step 2: buy cherry shrimps
step 3: put cherry shrimps into the tank



(because cherries are that hardy XD)

[Koji™]

To be safe, the best way is to follow what other use in those bros who are hardcore shrimp keeper.

[cheetf]

Originally Posted by Shrimptastic

i tell u how to be a shrimp pro.

step 1: buy a tank, and put water into it
step 2: buy cherry shrimps
step 3: put cherry shrimps into the tank



(because cherries are that hardy XD)

Step 4: watch the shrimp die because you never cycle the tank?

Stop giving out irresponsible advise like this.

[Xmant]

Originally Posted by cheetf

Step 4: watch the shrimp die because you never cycle the tank?

Stop giving out irresponsible advise like this.

Agreed with you.

Each shrimp has its own requirement. So the earlier recommendations by Shrimptastic were not so correct.

I don't think the soil is suitable. IMO, it is meant for plant use. It may contains copper too which is dangerous for faunas.

[silane]

Originally Posted by jianyongkun

thanks for the replies bros

i went bought a "Miracle Baby Super One Substrate Nutrients" as base and cover it with coarse black gravel..the pet mart person recommended me to do this

my tank is placed in a cool room, so water temp is constantly cool. so i "saved the money for chiller"

keep the comments coming in, be it +/- .. i wish to learn..
cheers !!

Not a good idea for using base fert, soon the fert will leak into water column, if the fert is too high, it will affect certain species or all species of shrimps. And also, there is a chance that even if the shrimps are not affected but fert in water column can caused algae problem.

[silane]

Originally Posted by Shrimptastic

i tell u how to be a shrimp pro.

step 1: buy a tank, and put water into it
step 2: buy cherry shrimps
step 3: put cherry shrimps into the tank



(because cherries are that hardy XD)

This is not funny.

Originally Posted by Shrimptastic

i tell u how to be a shrimp pro.

step 1: buy a tank, and put water into it
step 2: buy cherry shrimps
step 3: put cherry shrimps into the tank



(because cherries are that hardy XD)

Try using direct tap water and you let me know whether cherrie shrimps are hardy or not.

I would recommend u using gex soil or ada amazonia soil as gravel.BTW u need to cycle the tank before adding shrimp