Moss, says who?

I'll be setting up a few new tanks with just the "poorman's moss" ;-)

Only problem is, from my experience, shrimps will devour a patch of this size within 3 days, but I'll see how it goes.

Testing MK-Breed White Crystal Shrimp Food

This food contains higher plant protein to promote shrimp growth and ovary maturity. Speeding up shrimp growth and reproduction are the focus of using this food.

http://youtu.be/3rRkwKpfgps

Should I take this for my Project Golden?

Project Golden 白金計畫

當你想買一隻蝦卻買不到  就把它當成一種挑戰
It's a good news when you can't find a particular shrimp you want to buy, it forces you to make it happen yourself.

我之前一直想找些漂亮點的白金蝦來養  可是一直找不到  所以我就決定自己來做了  目標是白腳加上稍微厚點的殼  不知道白金的極限在哪
I was looking for high grade golden/snow white but couldn't find any source. The one I wanted is acceptable whiteness on the body and full white legs. So I decided to try it myself. Since I have a tank set up for another project (SSS Flowerhead + white leg CRS), I use the same tank to do this project golden as a side project. (since both involved golden)

現在做到子二代  還有很長的一段路走  但是這代表現已經開始有點樣子了
Now F2 is out. Let me share some pictures on this unfinished project. The parent goldens were all from my other CBS. So this is actually the 3rd possibly more generation in my tanks. I know I'm not there yet, but I'm moving that direction.


有些腳的白已經出現  但是身上還是看不下去
Some of the F2 have more coverage on the legs, like this one. But body whiteness is not acceptable.

有些身上有些進展  可是腳還是不行
Some of the F2 have better body colour, but leg coverage isn't there yet. Like this one.

這些就是副產品了
And these are the by-products.

再給我一年  看看能玩到甚麼地步
Hope you enjoy this post. I do have some that have both features, so I'm guess I should get something close to my goal before another year is gone.

MK-Breed Product Line

Disclaimers: 

1. I'm not a business, I bought extras since I am using these products on a daily basis and I'm impressed. That's why I decided to help promote these great products made by MK who is a close personal friend of mine.
2. If you are interested in any of these products, send me an email or leave a message on this board and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
3. I don't mind shipping these as long as you're willing to pay the actual shipping cost. US and Canada only. If you're in Europe, you can visit this page to purchase, if you are in Asia, send me a message I can get you hooked up.
4. The product descriptions are from the manufacturer, shoot me a message if you need further information. If I don't have the answer, I'll ask MK himself.

MK-Breed Red Diamond

Price: $22

Randy's Comment: The only commercial food I feed my CRS now.

Product Description:

Regarding to the standard of nutritional components in Japan, the natural materials have included rich nutrients and necessary nutrients needed for the shrimps. These nutrients are effective to help the shrimps for changing the color, promoting the body growth, and ovarian development.
 For these natural materials, they have contains more than 10 types of vitamins, amino acids and etc. Vitamins and amino acids have rich and high capacity of astaxanthin, natural alga, organic spinach, soybeans fine protein, and other minerals. Also, add chitin and calcium into the natural materials. With these materials to feed the shrimps, they will help to increase the thickness and will help the color of the shell to be creamy color.
 Have the high quality of probiotics and natural brewer's yeast; they will support the digestive system to grow useful probiotics. Also, they will increase the immune system to be stronger and survival rate. The specific ingredients of this product are suitable for adult shrimp or baby shrimp and can be effectively absorb by the shrimps. As well, without artificial attractants adding into this product, it has excellent palatability and not pollutes the water.

  

MK-Breed Black Diamond

Price: $22

Randy's Comment: The only commercial food I feed my BKK, Shadow Panda, Blue Bolt, and Dream Blue now.

Product Description:

Fortified with special ingredients for color enhancing and special growth needs of Black King Kong (and its variants with black and/or blue), MK Black Diamond is rich in natural and benefiting nutrients required by shrimps. MK Black Diamond also contains specific minerals, trace elements, and vitamins to further enhance the color development of these shrimps.

With these specially chosen ingredients, MK Black Diamond will improve the overall color and thickness of the carapace and shell. The result is the creamy shade of shell color.

With high grade probiotics and natural brewer’s yeast, MK Black Diamond will support and maintain the ability of probiotic generation of shrimps’ digestive system. MK Black Diamond also contains natural ingredients to enhance the immunity system and boost survival rate in critical stages in a shrimp’s life. This specially designed shrimp food is easily absorbed by adult and baby shrimps. There is no artificial attractants added into this product. The high palatability, balanced nutrients, all natural contents, and non-polluting nature make this the best shrimp food in the market today.

MK-Breed  White Crystal

Price: $18

Randy's Comment: Best supplemental food for juvi-size shrimps (5mm-15mm) for fast growth. Use with Red or Black Diamond for colour enhancement. ( Black/Red Diamond twice a week, White Crystal once a week, natural food for the rest of the week. )

Product Description:

The special feed is especially created for crystal shrimps with natural materials.

It has contained with variety of nutrients, such as natural Japanese Spirulina, natural seaweed with high unit of natural protein, high unit of vitamin probiotics, minerals, natural brewer's yeast.

It particularly adds the special probiotic group for crystal shrimps. It will support the strength of the digestive system to be stronger, and help for absorb. The shrimps can grow up rapidly.

This product has decomposed into very tiny elements. It is very suitable for the adult shrimps and young shrimps to have effective absorption and do not add any artificial flavors.
The product itself will not pollute the water and can provide excellent palatability.

MK-Breed Golden Powder (Microbial Enzyme)

Price: $22

Randy's Comment: I use this product on most of my tank, 1/3 spoon per 10G once a week.
Product Features

1.      This is Microorganism Fermentation item, and it has enzyme effect. This item will help Red Bee Shrimp to digest and absorb the nutrient.

2.      Contain with high unit of vitamins, minerals, amino acid, and chitin to maintain the entire digestive system.

3.      Increase the larva and adult shrimp to cast the shell.

4.      Improve the immunity and cell activation to prevent any disease and raise the resistance.

5.      Increase probiotics, alga stabilization, steady the water quality, decompose the organic materials in water tank, and decrease the ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, nitrous acid and additional harmful gas. Reduce the mud and extend the using time of black soil. 

6.      Effectively help the larva to grow up rapidly. Provide sustenance to the larva needed.

Instruction Manual

Quickly to improve the water quality

(one time in a week with 1 standard spoon ) 

Daily use (one time in two weeks with 1standard spoon)

Composition:

lactic acid bacteria, yeast, Bacillus subtilis, grass bacillus, chitin, vitamins, minerals, and amino acid

NOTES:

Do not over feeding and avoid unnecessary waste

After using, please close the zip properly and to avoid the moisture.

MK-Breed Z Silver Powder

Price: $22

Randy's Comment: I set up a few new tanks with this, I have a blog talking about the difference. I'm convinced. Will do a long term report on this product.

Product Description:

1.    Clean the ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and other harmful materials in the water.

Decompose baits, and excrement from creatures. Suitable to use for new water tank.

2.    By using this product, in 36 hours will start to build up the Biological filtration and narrow the time to have Nitrification. To improve the water to be in a stable condition.

3.    Promote the growth of beneficial plankton. Stability and cultivate algae entry of microorganisms in water to maintain steady growth of beneficial bacteria

4.    Decrease B.O.D immediately and increase dissolved oxygen

5.    To prevent the algae overgrowing and supply superior bacterium

6.    To avoid oxidation at the base, and decrease the mud to pile up.

7.    Both potable water and sea water are suitable to use

Instruction Manual:

1.    Blend the power into the water and pull into the water tank. Or put the power into the water tank

2.    Can use with 300 liters water

3.    Ensure the bacterial strain to grow effectively, please increase the dissolve oxygen above 2ppm.


 

Happy Shrimp

See this blog for purchase or other comments about MK-Breed's product line.

MK sent me a batch of his products for me to try, also to introduce these great products to the local shrimping community. I've been using his products and impressed with them.

If you are in Europe, his products are available in one of the largest online stores in Germany. Here is the link to the Germany store page of this products where you can also find English and German version of the product description.

If you're on FB, go check his Facebook page and see his shrimp pictures and product bio.

Or, here is his web page in beta version (probably will be unavailable once the official version is ready), check out his gallery and the quality of his shrimps, and his products are all developed with intensive experiments, see the results there.

If you manage to find this blog and happens to be in Toronto, send me an email and I can give you some sample bags for you to try. I'm sure you'll like them.
If you want to try this product, I have some Red Diamond sample back left. Leave a message on this blog and send me an email (randy_lei at yahoo dot ca) with your mailing address, I'll send you the sample for free while quantity last. I've already given out some to local hobbyists and they are going fast.
Reason for asking the reply here is so when I run out, I mail out in the order of the posts made here.　Just to be fair.