Water parameters, molting, and species guides.
Does your Sulawesi shrimp tank need a heater if the house already feels warm? Most Sulawesi tanks do, but not all, because the answer depends on your room, not your region: these lake shrimp need water held steadily at 79-86°F…
Your Bee or Crystal shrimp are doing well, and now a Sulawesi species has caught your eye. Both groups belong to the genus Caridina, but they need opposite water: Bee/Crystal lines want cool, soft, acidic water, while Sulawesi lake shrimp…
You’re drawing up a shopping list for a Sulawesi tank, and most of what’s sold as shrimp gear won’t help. A Sulawesi shrimp aquarium needs six groups of supplies: an RO source and a Sulawesi specific mineral, test gear that…
What’s actually making your Sulawesi shrimp sick? Most of the time it’s the water or something that changed in the tank recently, not a specific disease, so test the water and look back over the last two weeks before you…
Standing over a new tub of shrimp food and wondering how much your Sulawesi shrimp need? Very little, because Sulawesi shrimp live mostly on the layer of biofilm, algae and microorganisms growing on rock, glass, hardscape and filter media, and…
You’ve fallen for Sulawesi shrimp and you’re planning your first tank for them. You can make it work as a beginner, but only with a hardier Lake Poso or Lake Matano line, warm alkaline water built from remineralized RO, and…
Wondering what you can do to get your Sulawesi shrimp breeding? Less than you’d think: you can’t make them breed, but you can give a female-heavy group of one line a mature, warm, alkaline tank and then hold everything still…
