Hawaiian Red Shrimps

Hi,

not sure if this has been shared before but i was really intrigued by how these shrimps survived in harsh wild conditions. It got me interested in trying them out from the usual CRS, CPOs or Cherries. And its something new to preparing brackish water. I don't see much discussion about these shrimps thus I will like to share some of my experience and hopefully you can give me some advices as well if I'm doing anything wrong.

I've read up on them and these are the parameters I found:

Hawaiian Shrimps recommended water parameters:
Temperature: 60°F to 88°F (extreme limits)
PH: 7.5 to 8.5
NH3 + NH4: 0.25 to 1.25
dGH: 5 to 15
Specific gravity: 1.008 to 1.016 recommended - (max. 1.023)


I've don't really believe in keeping them in closed enclosures so I got 2 small tanks with OHF.

My first experience with them was quite bad... My supplies for reef salt didn't came in time and I kept them in fresh water (which i heard they could withstand) and a PH of about 6.5. They seems to be doing fine so I left them overnight. Next morning 7 of them died in 1 tank. However none died in another tank. Both having the same water parameters. Freshwater and ph 6.5 and has been cycled for a week or 2. But in the tank which has the casualty, the OHF has a very strong water flow. So i guess they really need slow or still water.

Now my tanks' parameters are around:

Temperature: 26-28 degree celsius
PH: 7 to 7.5
Specific Gravity: 1.012
So far they seem to be doing quite well. I've about 8 in 1 tank and another 6 in another.

I'm trying to make their environment as comfortable as possible and experimenting with plants. I've mini pelia, moss balls and dwarf japan hairgrass in the tanks.

I've added Mosura BT-9, Richwater and Shrimpton into the tanks. Not sure if this is ok because I'm using what I've learnt from freshwater to apply on brackish.

Please let me know if I'm doing anythign wrong or share your experience as well... Thanks!

[Mali]

Nice setup but can add more moss will be awesome

[isa]

Nice set up hope u got the closed up of shrimps picture .

thanks all for the replies...

ok Java moss, checked! will try to get some next time..

will try to get some close up.. surprisingly, majority of them are becoming more red.. is that a good sign?

Looks like you are feeding them flakes?

flakes? actually their main diet is Mosura Shrimpton

but thats the strange part... the batch of Mosura BT-9 I have now seems to have small pieces of flakes which I never noticed b4.. and when it sinks down, it becomes flakes like that..

and strangely, when it is in this brackish environment, it turns abit pinkish colour.. never have this issue in my freshwater tanks though

[gryphon]

Originally Posted by doofie

flakes? actually their main diet is Mosura Shrimpton

but thats the strange part... the batch of Mosura BT-9 I have now seems to have small pieces of flakes which I never noticed b4.. and when it sinks down, it becomes flakes like that..

and strangely, when it is in this brackish environment, it turns abit pinkish colour.. never have this issue in my freshwater tanks though

I also noticed that the recent bottle of BT-9 I bought has such flakes which my previous BT-9 does not. My shrimps seem to feed on these flakes

[Koji™]

If brackish I doubt the moss can do well in there....

[silane]

use coral sand better, that will keep in alkaline range