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Hi everyone, as a follow up to my top 10 tips for keeping and breeding Sulawesi shrimps, here are 10 major screw ups I’ve done with my Sulawesi shrimp keeping experience. I’m finally semi successful with three colonies of over 250+ Sulawesi shrimps and hope these scenarios will guide you in the right direction and learn from my mistakes. Hopefully avoiding the financial and mental stress from the shrimp deaths.
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[@stephanejacq1416]

Thank you for your feedback ! I wanna try to breed some Dennerli for a long time but never dared to do so. I'll give it a try when my shrimproom is ready.

[@RWAquariumPages]

Its a lot of fun. Give it a try for sure 👍

[@careshu3745]

Is it possible to breed with dechlorined tap water then buffer it with the 8.5? Or do i have to use RO. Thanks for great content

[@RWAquariumPages]

Yep that works too

[@marthanewsome6375]

You got planaria too! But lovely shrimp.

[@RWAquariumPages]

Opps over fed

[@AquaticHaus]

Great sharing! really require more knowledge on sulawesi ... however i think you can have a better control of your ph by having some kh in the water simply by adding a little crush coral. With it you can have a stable ph / water parameter with or without plants .. cheers mate! Wish me luck too as i have just starting once again to have a second go with sulawesi .. i failed on my first attempt as well :D but hey .. everyone starts from somewhere! Lastly, i think the waterchange part there's another tip you could try which is increasing the speed of refilling every single time you do a wc .. its to train them to adapt and tolerate more changes of water parameter .. and eventually you'll be able to notice them becoming even more hardy and able to tolerate way more .. *( this is what i do for both neo and caridina , i believe it would for sulawesi as well :) good luck trying!

[@RWAquariumPages]

Aquatic Haus great tips and great comments. and I'll give them a try. my 3 colonies are over 300 strong now. I'm afraid to switch it up as im a big believer that if it's not broken why fix it. but I am tempted to give these ideas a try. thanks for commenting

[@AquaticHaus]

I totally agree with you but i think its worth the try as it gives them more room to tolerate any unwanted situation that lies ahead ( just incase yea, who knows one day the power supplies black out for a long period or something ) Cheers mate!

[@trueblu8]

I'm keeping Cardinal shrimp now. I have a small colony of about 30. Thanks for the tips. I was unsure of what to feed these guys if anything or if they can just survive off of the biofilm and algae in the tank.

[@RWAquariumPages]

sl aqua magic powder helps!

[@Rubiksluvva]

Can I ask where you get them?

[@trueblu8]

@@Rubiksluvva well lucky for me I have a couple local breeders that keep them near by. But before that I had to buy them off eBay. And that can get a little pricey.

[@venkatesha2653]

Hi What's your conductivity and tds. I'm facing difficulty getting pH to 8 using salty shrimp 8.5 at the same time keeping tds below 150 and conductivity between 200-220 . I'm using rodi water comes out with pH 7 with 0 TDS

[@RWAquariumPages]

120ppm tds or 240 us

[@dn7096_]

Thanks for the info! Do you add fertilizer to increase algae growth?

[@RWAquariumPages]

Ah I don't

[@dn7096_]

@@RWAquariumPages Do you think fertilizer would have a negative effect on the shrimp?

[@RWAquariumPages]

@@dn7096_ it acutslly has a positive affect as o It provides some minerals. I would pick one that is shrimp safe

[@MiraiNoha]

Hi bro, i use lava rock cause it cheap, is it ok ? or should i change to seachem inert ?

[@RWAquariumPages]

Yep lava rock will work too

[@MiraiNoha]

@@RWAquariumPages Tqvmuch for your super fast reply :)

[@TriHard7c]

you saying sl aqua magic powder better than bacter ae ?

[@RWAquariumPages]

Yes 1000x better

[@TriHard7c]

@@RWAquariumPages i just worry some of the asian product bacter will consume american product like brightwell or seachem , also the magic powder note that dont use it together with other bacter product is that true ?

[@Travelandfactsadventures]

Can i usr seachem matrix instead seachem de nitrate for the substrate? Thank you , love the video:)

[@RWAquariumPages]

yes you can as they're basically the same product

[@VasileDMuresan]

Hi, amazing videos! How about ponce stone (the one that is used in filters as a biofilter) as a substrate. It covers very nicely with algaes and also is a good surface for denitrification bacteria. Did you try it?

[@VasileDMuresan]

It is very similar with what you are using as a substrate in the tank from this video and agaes are groig in the same way on them

[@RWAquariumPages]

Yes that will work also

[@fherglmx]

thanks for the video and the tips.one question have you try African Cichlid Mix Sahara Sand by caribsea. Im thinking of using this as a substrate.any comment.thanks

[@RWAquariumPages]

Thanks. I havent as I rather use an inert substrate. I just am in the middle of setting up a 50g sulawesi rockscape aquarium. Stay tuned

[@wailui5919]

Beautiful shrimps, love all your other videos too ！ Do you sell your shrimps to US? Would love to buy some of your shrimps ！

[@RWAquariumPages]

thx sorry they dont ship well

[@Wong_wong565]

DID the Harlequin breed in your tank? Where u from?

[@RWAquariumPages]

Yes they did

[@RWAquariumPages]

Greater Vancouver area

[@Wong_wong565]

Awesome. Not many people success in breeding harlequin.

[@kevinyeap4140]

Do you still use sl aqua magic powder for your sulawesi shrimps to replace bacter ae? How often and what is your dosage if you still use sl aqua magic powder?

[@RWAquariumPages]

Yes I do. Works much better. Depends how many shrimp. I sprinkle about 1/4 scoop every other day

[@xavlee4129]

So how long did it take you to go to from 15 to 250? Jan of 2017 to June of 2018?

[@RWAquariumPages]

about 6 months

[@xavlee4129]

@@RWAquariumPages How often do these guys breed? And how many eggs are you getting typically? and what do you feed the babies with? Do you seperate the babies from the fully grown? Have you kept these with guppies? Will guppies peck or eat these guys or are they good community fish? Will the guppies eat the baby sulawesi shrimp?

[@mingseong3278]

thanks to information even i understand all. and background music is bts. it's so good.

[@RWAquariumPages]

Thx so much

[@DavidUmek]

hello what send or litl le stones do you use in the aquarium? thanks

[@RWAquariumPages]

seachem denitrite

[@Kobalt2772]

I've heard breeders using 25% argonite sand and 75% play sand. Any thoughts?

[@RWAquariumPages]

it's an very interesting concept that i've tried, personally i like inert and saltyshrimp to control as using coral or anything like that could potentially raise the kh and tds unlimitled, hope that helps!

[@paloloboi01]

Do have any for sale?

[@RWAquariumPages]

Ah no I don't, local pick up only

[@trueblu8]

Awesome video! Thanks.

[@RWAquariumPages]

Thx sir

[@alexzyb7068]

what do you feed besides sl aqua MAGIC POWDER ? sorry for bad english!

[@RWAquariumPages]

Also glasgartens shrimp dinner and bicom food and mucha shrimp food

[@alexzyb7068]

@@RWAquariumPages how often do you feed?

[@dondutch4107]

0:55 planaria worm.. bad news bruh

[@RWAquariumPages]

Thanks, all taken care of now.

[@dondutch4107]

@@RWAquariumPages you do a video on that? that be worth a watch..

[@RWAquariumPages]

@@dondutch4107 great idea, will do sir

[@ihcr100]

Where are you located? Any way to acquire some from you? P.S.... These are some of the most beautiful tank raised Cardinals I have seen. P.S.S... Haha, I see you are up in BC. Any will to send some down to the states if I can't find anything comparable locally? :)

[@RWAquariumPages]

thx thx for the love

[@Akvaristik]

Lukhaup said that he have gotten reports from the lakes that dennerli is almost gone in the wild, have you heard anything about this?

[@RWAquariumPages]

Not really. I see them on many shrimp and fish lists and you can order them in 1000s

[@kpNov23]

@@RWAquariumPages according to Google they are critically endangered. Maybe in the wild but not so much in the hobby?

[@BobMossNanoTanks]

Nice tips

[@RWAquariumPages]

thx so much!

[@achmadbastomi]

w8ing for new video and new tips.

[@RWAquariumPages]

Achmad Bastomi thx for the motivation. I'll try to do some weekly tips videos have a great day

[@achmadbastomi]

thanks!

[@Mill_O]

5:12 shoutout to that shrimp that is clearly taking a healthy dump right there 😅

[@RWAquariumPages]

Yum yum

[@redking1831]

what about keeping other shrimp with cardinal shrimp? Can I?

[@RWAquariumPages]

Rory O yes you can. I keep neos with my sulawesi as long as they fit the water parameters

[@rezasaputra4338]

Hello. Yesterday I buy 100 Sulawesi shrimp and died only 2 days. From buyer tds is 200 and my tank is 100 ppm. I dripping first for 5 hours. Maybe they died because I turn on the lamp 24 hours with 12 watt. Yes, a loy of money and mental stress but I keep going. I bought the denitrate as your recomendation. Before I used to silica. Keep fighting

[@RWAquariumPages]

might be a bit low

[@toxictears3642]

Excellent video!! I'm from India and finding Sulawesi shrimps is rare, I did get my hands on home bred Cardinals and I bought 10 lost 5 since it was shipped in winter season. Anyway I'm happy that my colony is gradually getting bigger, I now have around 25 shrimps approximately. In the video you said you had separate wild tanks. My question to you would be, can we mix both home bred with wild ones?

[@RWAquariumPages]

thx for watching, yes you can mix them, but I keep them separate my self

[@toxictears3642]

thanks, the reason I asked because, I just have doubts if the wild ones bring in any hitchhikers(disease) that would infect my tank and ruin my existing colony.

[@RWAquariumPages]

better to be safe than sorry :) good thinking!

[@Kenneth_Fishing]

These shrimp look amazing

[@RWAquariumPages]

Thx thx

[@coptersever]

i am your fan,your vid help me so much

[@RWAquariumPages]

thank you. I will make more videos soon. stay tuned

[@coptersever]

how can i contact you? , Do u have a FB or Email?

[@RWAquariumPages]

Nattanai Kaewphinit Facebook is the best

[@coptersever]

can i get ur FB?

[@RWAquariumPages]

facebook.com/RWongPhotography

[@alexpro-vv9ci]

you have planaria in your tanks

[@RWAquariumPages]

Yep in this video yes, but now my tanks are planaria free woohoo, great eyes

[@achmadbastomi]

temperature in my room is around 26-29 C, and i hear from people there, towuti lake sometimes really cold (around 25C). Summer time in Indonesia is cool and at rainy season really hot. (now summer and the temperature is 26 C for my room and 24-25C for my tank. And at rainy season temperature in my room reach 32C, so hot like @ hell)

[@dek394]

I keep singing fake love bgm while trying to understand what you talk..lol

[@RWAquariumPages]

keep singing hehehe

[@petealwayslovesu]

are u taiwanese?

[@RWAquariumPages]

oh no i am canadian

[@bykaruso505]

Hello;) did I understand that Bacter Ae is not good for Sulawesi shrimp?

[@RWAquariumPages]

Little bit is good. Not too much

[@RWAquariumPages]

I switched to magic powder now much better

[@bykaruso505]

@@RWAquariumPages oh ok Thank you! do you also hold harlequin shrimp? if so for how long ... many say it is impossible to keep this in the aquarium for a long time?

[@deadfred821]

Kpop? Bro, what's the name of that track? I need that in my life. ..😨

[@RWAquariumPages]

bts

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

Everytime you post I want a tank of these. I may be picking your brain soon!

[@RWAquariumPages]

Soo Shrimp Breeders sounds great! super duper easy to keep and breed

[@kenttsao6280]

My English is poor , somebody can help to show me the ten ways in words . Thanks .

[@RWAquariumPages]

Kent Tsao I will have write up soon

[@kenttsao6280]

RW Aquarium Pages Thanks

[@RWAquariumPages]

here's the write up rwaquariumpages.blogspot.com/2018/06/10-ways-to-kill-your-sulawesi-shrimp.html

[@MattyP650]

Denitrate is biomedia not substrate!

[@RWAquariumPages]

Can be used as substrate also

[@chia_pet7121]

Nice shrimp, however, their constant dancing makes me think they are jazzercising or taunting me to exercise.

[@RWAquariumPages]

That's an awesome observation! Love it

[@kpNov23]

They are beautiful shrimp. You need to sell them. They are quite expensive and you can make some money.

[@RWAquariumPages]

Thanks. Just breed for fun

[@MrBarclonista]

Sulawesi the e sound like the second e on "enter". Not sulawasi. Not really important but just to let you know the correct pronunciation

[@RWAquariumPages]

thanks, great advice, i'll give that a try

[@gitgud5042]

how to keep shrimp: shows tank with planaria

[@RWAquariumPages]

Thx for your comments