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By Senzeal | 16 November 2019 | 0 Comments

How to Keep the Sulawesi Shrimp?

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The Sulawesi shrimp has a good-looking appearance, long tentacles, and beautiful body color. The high ornamental value makes it stand out among many ornamental shrimp species. Since you have chosen it, you need to know how to keep it well. You need to know it is not hard to keep the Sulawesi shrimp, once you know how to do it, it can bring you a lot of fun.



 
1.Firstly we have to prepare a larger shrimp tank for it. Keeping the Sulawesi shrimp requires stable water quality. If the shrimp tank is too small, it is not easy to control the water quality, which may lead to its death. We suggest you can install this
External Hanging On Aquarium Filter. It is quiet and energy-efficient. The waterfall design can increase the oxygen level in the shrimp tank.
2.Keeping the Sulawesi shrimp needs to choose calcium-rich sand and appropriate addition of magnesium ions. The hardness of the water should be controlled around GH 8 and TDS is needed to be kept at about 250, keeping the water clear and stable.
3.You need to prepare a strong filtration system to keep the shrimp tank water clean, PH around 8.0, water temperature control at about 28 degrees, and change the water regularly. To ensure the shrimp tank water is suitable, we suggest you keep this
Solar Digital Thermometer. It is easy to use, just tear off the adhesive tape at the back then stick it.
4.Sulawesi shrimp mainly eat micro-organisms and algae in the tank. When the shrimps adapt to living in the shrimp tank and all conditions are stable, they can also feed with artificial feed containing more algae.
5.Need to put some driftwood, shrimp house, bamboo charcoal tube and other objects that can allow the shrimp to hide in the tank. These objects will directly affect the breeding and survival rate of them.
6.It is necessary to plant some aquatic plants in the shrimp tank, such as Anubis or duckweeds, to keep the ecological balance in the tank.
7.The number of eggs in the Sulawesi shrimp per time is about 20-30, and the pH and hardness can be increased during the breeding process to help it breed smoothly.
8.It can be mixed with various snails or tropical freshwater fishes, and will not harm other types of small shrimps.



 
Although there are many varieties of Sulawesi shrimp, the methods of keeping them are similar. No matter which type of Sulawesi shrimp you choose, you can refer to the above method. Wish this article can help you!



 
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