10 Gallon Yellow Neocaridina Shrimp / Rainbow Tiger Endler Colony

3rd video in the series.
Today we are taking a look at the 3rd tank in my janky sump system. This system works ok, but takes constant tuning to avoid overflows, and Its getting old! In the future, ill be repurposing all of these tanks separately.
My Painted yellow fire neos have been in this tank for months now with zero breeding activity, so they will probably just end up going back to the yellow neo colony. They are all huge! Measuring in at about 1.25 inches each! Biggest neos I have right now.
The Rainbow tiger endlers came in from ebay around the same time as my staeck endler colony. After growing them up from fry, i noticed that one female had color on its tail, which would mean that at some time the line has been crossed with guppies. After talking to Lucas Bretz, who was the original breeder, he said that they should not have been crossed. So this line is tainted. The males are nice, but some of the new fish have bent spines and random colors. This colony will go and join the fancy guppy colony.....
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[@talonabuser1072]

Boss I wish I had your tank but with blue velvet shrimp and Java moss and Madagascan lace plants

[@beardedbobsfishroom7654]

Those are bronze crypts, not lace plants, but thank you!

[@talonabuser1072]

@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 love watching your work boss

[@talonabuser1072]

@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 hey boss man a quick question how or where can I look up info I feel kinda bad bugging you but I gotta know how hard is your water for these fellas I’m trying to zero in my parameters also thanks for the advice on the temperature

[@beardedbobsfishroom7654]

I used to use my straight tap water that was 8.4 pH and 400+TDS, hardness off the chart. I now use reverse osmosis water with salty shrimp gh/kh+ minerals and mix it to bring the TDS up to about 300, brings the pH down to about 7.2 and the hardness way down.

[@talonabuser1072]

@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 as always boss man I bow to your wisdom thank you for sharing maybe we can trade tiger endler guppies once I get established wish me luck and happy aquaculturing

[@CaylorsReptilesAquatics]

Beautiful shrimp. Hate that about the genetics.

[@beardedbobsfishroom7654]

I knew better, but purchase on ebay for a cheaper price. I still want a colony of them, so ill have to get them straight from the source! Thanks for checking my video out Other Bob!

[@talonabuser1072]

@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 any advice for setting up a similar tank I got everything ready for the tiger guppies and the blue velvet shrimp neocaradina species what should I whatchout for and what temperature do you recommend boss

[@beardedbobsfishroom7654]

Temps can be as low as 70, which is where mine are at right now, but you could go up to 78-80. The higher the temp, the quicker they will breed, but their life span will be also be shorter... just make sure you fully cycle your tank, I'd recomend letting it run for at least a month so stuff can build up for the shrimp. If you are doing plants, get Thrive, or aquarium coop all in one fertilizer and dose weekly. Good luck!!

[@talonabuser1072]

@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 I’m piggy backing off a friends private koi pond been putting old lava rocks in his filter