Entries by benetay

PRL – breeding

Pure red line (PRL) are really good shrimp to start on your shrimp breeding journey. One of the reason is because they are really hardy and can take quite a wide range of water parameters. I have friends who kept them up to 800 tds almost liquid rock type of water but they are still […]

PRL – Part 2

What is my preference in terms look for PRL? This is my own guidance for selecting , so the below will be the ones that i will not consider as my stock shrimp for that particular line. for example if i am going to keep 2 or 3 distinct line of PRL these are my […]

Pure red line (PRL) shrimp

One of the more commonly seen and easier to keep shrimp are the Pure Red Line. There has been a lot of documentation on this shrimp with a history of how they come about. However, I will be touching on more about keeping and breeding this shrimps. One of the things about this shrimp is […]

Feeding technique

With so many different type of shrimp food available in the market, they are in all kinds of shapes and sizes. In my opinion most of the food size do not cater to our shrimp size and a good method will be to feed An amount that they are able to complete within an hour. […]

Shrimp dying

This is as simple as it get, why are my shrimp dying? What are the main causes of shrimp death? Water Parameters This is the first reason that your shrimps are dying by the numbers – 1-2 per day or weekly. Why is water parameters the number 1 reason for shrimp death? The old adage […]

Lesson learnt

During this period of unknown certainly where businesses are slowing down and some come to a grinding halt. It is unfortunate some of the Companies globally fall short of their required revenue to keep them afloat. An increase in bankruptcy in most countries, also an increase in unemployment wade through this dire time. It is […]

The Ugly Duckling

Took me sometime to think of a title for this and this is one of the more commonly asked question and also one interesting fact about this. In this post, I’m going to share with you something that is usually not known to many and would probably be a good information for those venturing into […]

Plants in shrimp tanks?

I get this question quite a bit, can we have both planted tank and shrimps together? Sure why not. Anyway if the objective is a planted tank, then by all means go ahead and do a planted tank, paludarium, terrarium or any type and then add shrimps in. If I want to breed shrimps like […]

What is really necessary for shrimp breeding?

Have you wondered with a myriad of products in the market what do you really need to purchase to breed successfully ?frankly the lesser you use the better, in this case the necessary items is needed. What is necessary? From all my blog post I have given a list of items I generally use for […]

What I focus and why…

Thanks for all the support to the blog and as I continue to pen down my experience and thoughts, please keep those replies coming. For those who have supported me through “virtual coffee” really appreciate it. So in this entry, I will touch on what I focus and why. when I was scooping shrimps and […]