Asking about cleaner shrimps and such

[benshelafela]

[waterlou]

di kaya in bad shape yung CS na nabili mo? my 2 CS is already more than 3 months na. or baka inaaway ng ibang shrimps di mo lang pansin.

[benshelafela]

[Xjers]

sensitive sa water param ang CS, so make sure you acclimate them properly.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod ... pcatid=696

[benshelafela]

[ikitub]

[jmescueta]

hahahaha... "daw?"

[benshelafela]

seryoso sabi nya mag reefcentral.com nlmng daw ako la ako matutunan dito kulngn kulng daw. ibang klase yung ugali ng tao tlgng sasabihin lht para blhn mo yung binebenta nila

[Xjers]

Up to you kung meron or wala kang natototunan dito...

[waterlou]

[pasaway18]

[DARKSTAR22]

ano? sino yun? ganda pa naman ng tingin ko sa Marine Quest....

[ryanuy]

hahaha i heard that very same thing from the owners of MQ.

i totally disagree with that statement that RP has nothing. RP has a lot of information if you just take the time to look and ask the people here because many of the people here have successful tanks as well and they do it within our philippine setting so their information may actually be more relevant.

shrimp arent that sensitive to phosphates. IMO its usually salinity or temperature that gets them. also perhaps it was your supplier who didnt give you good and healthy stocks. the first time i bought CS from a store, all dedz within 10 minutes. i got from 4 from grahf11 the next time and no casualties since!

[GrAhF11]

well sa mga experience ko dyan sa cs na yan ( even with red/blood shrimps as beautemp told me before), he acclimated them for an hour with drip method. 1 hour drip method then nasa tank na nya. after 5minutes, namatay. shock pa rin. yung blood na yun nasa amin na ng 2 months eating and very healthy.

some people told us if you wanna ship these shrimps, put something sa plastic like a piece of small rock or cotton para may mahawakan yung shrimp. some said put a carbon para di lumansa water. i think its the salinity, temp and if malayo ang water parameters mo ( combination of no3,po4,etc ) kung san sila tumagal na tank.

minsan nga parang iniisip ko pag aalisin mo sila sa kanilang environment, better check mo nalang parameters ng shop na yun para malaman mo kung malayo parameters mo sa kanila. if people get shrimps from me ill tell them even if you acclimate them theres still a big chance that theyll die. pinaka risky will be the first 4-5 days. if they survive that long in your tank, the worst is finish. mamamatay nalang yan sa sudden change of water params ulit including temp, predators and such. so take precautions in buying these sensitive shrimps. kahit yung cs namin e 3 buwan na samin may chance pa din mamatay talaga pag nilipat mo sila sa bagong environment.

[random]

I would like to give my agreement to Grafh11. Being sensitive or delicate is relative to individual beings. What gets one may not get the other. Although there are sensitivities that seem to affect an entire specie, some members of that specie sometimes develop a natural hardiness towards or around it (law of evolution).

That is probably the reason why we are bombarded with urban legends with regards to keeping animals we've bought alive when transferring them to a new environment. One drip-acclimates, one just float-acclimates, one cup-acclimates, still one does not acclimate at all. Each type of acclimation may work for one yet not for another. Don't be complacent in the thought that one style is superior to another, so much so that because you believe so and use it, you believe you should not lose your animal. There's still that chance that you could lose your animal. That chance always exists. We should be open to that thought, and find out what's getting our animals despite all the precautions we take instead of being quick with the pointing finger. Believe me, there are a lot of reasons you'll discover out there. (But notice how we always blame the lfs, the carti conditions, the storekeeper, the fishers, etc. etc. etc... but not ourselves?) If you lose an animal in the transfer, why not just sigh out your frustration then try again. In the process of trying and trying again, learn from your mistakes. In time, you will be successful. Then it will all be a walk at the beach for you to keep your little pets alive.

If you will keep on putting the blame on others, you will never learn. And you will never accomplish anything, except perhaps stir some trouble between acquaintances. And please avoid ratting on what others tell you. You either like them lfs or you don't. But don't rat on them. It's nauseating. Because, in the end, if you really believe that you know more than them, why seek their advice in the first place? Why even listen to them? So you can have something to post here? Come on.