Filtration, heating, hardscape, and maintenance.
Not sure where to set the heater for your Sulawesi shrimp? Anywhere inside 79-86°F (26-30°C) works, because nothing in the published record singles out one point in that band as better than the rest. So pick the number your room…
You’ve got RO water ready for a Sulawesi tank and two SaltyShrimp salts to choose between, Sulawesi Mineral 7.5 and Sulawesi Mineral 8.5. Neither is better in general: they land at opposite ends of the same pH 7.5-8.5 target, so…
Which filter should go on a Sulawesi shrimp tank? An air-driven sponge filter, or in a larger tank a matten filter, which is a foam wall with an airlift behind it and the same idea scaled up. Both put biological…
Your tap water reads somewhere near the Sulawesi range, and an RO unit looks like one more thing to buy before the shrimp arrive. Sulawesi shrimp, the lake-system Caridina species traded as Cardinal, Sulawesi White Sock, Sulawesi Blue Ghost and…
Can you grow aquatic plants in a Sulawesi shrimp tank? For most keepers, no, because water held at 79-86°F (26-30°C) and pH 7.5-8.5 leaves plants almost no free carbon dioxide to work with. Worse, any leaf that melts there becomes…
Your Sulawesi tank’s pH keeps wandering even though the GH reading looks fine. The number you’re missing is KH, the carbonate reserve that decides how far pH moves each day and where it settles when it stops moving. You’re asking…
You’ve got a filter running on your Sulawesi tank and an air stone you’re not sure you need. The filter is enough on its own when it keeps the water surface moving. Air-driven sponge filters, airlift undergravel plates and trickle…
Setting up a Sulawesi tank and not sure which numbers to aim for? Sulawesi shrimp need warm, alkaline, mineral-rich water held very stable: about 79-86°F (26-30°C), pH 7.5-8.5, GH 4-8 dGH, KH 3-6 dKH and TDS 150-250 ppm, with ammonia…
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…
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…
