breeding aid for sulawesi shrimp
alder cones for sulawesi shrimp
catappa leaves for aquatic shrimp
lotus pods for shrimp grazing
coconut petals for aquatic shrimp
banana leaves for shrimp grazing

Botanical Breeder Combo Pack (Sulawesi Shrimp)

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Litter your tank with our Sulawesi Shrimp Botanical Breeder Pack!

The botanicals in this pack are perfect for Sulawesi Shrimp. This curated collection of popular aquatic botanicals will meet the hopes and dreams of your Shrimp! 

 

This Botanical Pack Includes:

  • 3 Catappa Leaves
  • 2 Banana Leaves
  • 2 Coconut Flowers
  • 1 Lotus Pod
  • 1 Alder Cone Shake


Each botanical offers unique attributes that will support your breeding colony of Sulawesi Shrimp as well as other shrimp colonies!

Catappa and Banana Leaves are an excellent naturalistic decoration, food source, and herbal disease preventative for the freshwater aquarium! Catappa and Banana Leaves serve as an ideal growth medium for biofilm and diatoms, both of which are key food sources to countless aquatic animal species, including shrimp and other invertebrates as well as fish. 

Both leaf types also have buffering qualities. As they decompose, they release tannins (tercatin, punicalin, punicalagin) that lower the pH of the aquarium, but at a gradual rate. This is particularly beneficial for aquatic animals that require acidic, low-pH water. However, for Sulawesi shrimp both leaves can also be used sparingly in high-pH setups as well, especially when their pH-lowering quality is counteracted with pH-raising decor such as lace rock and dried coral. This way the shrimp can still have all the bennifits of the leaves without the pH drop. 

Both leaf types have extremely valuable theraputic qualities and can often serve as a harmless preventative medicine in the aquarium. They are highly anti-bacterial and anti-fungal and support or increase slime coat, scale, and shell production in fish and invertebrates. This is particularly crucial during the introduction and acclimation of animals to the aquarium and after water changes.

Alder Cones release tannins that help prevent fungal infections and fight bacteria in aquariums.  The cones add a natural beauty to any aquarium in which they are placed, and dwarf shrimp particularly love to graze for biofilm on the surfaces of the cones. Coconut Petals are an interesting item that offer the same benefits as Almond leaves and Alder Cones. 

Lotus pods are a great part of any shrimp setup, but very helpful for Sulawesi shrimp! These pods help provide lots of hiding spaces for the shrimp to retreat into the natural holes on the pods. Because these shrimp can be very reclusive having lots of hideaways is very helpful to these shrimp so they feel more comfortable in their tank. The more comfortable they are the more they will come out and forage away from cover. 

 

For Individual Purchases Please Refer to our Botanical Page

For the safety of our animals, we only ship live fish, crabs, and select other inverts exclusively via UPS 1 Day Air.  If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS 1 Day Air as a shipping option during checkout. If other items are in your cart that can ship with  2 day or standard shipping options the only shipping method you can still select is UPS 1 Day Air. 

UPS 1 Day is a description of the duration of time a shipment will spend in transit once it has been shipped. This does not guarantee the package will be shipped the same or next day from which the order was placed.

Shipping Schedule for this service

UPS 1 Day: Monday through Thursday
 

Current Handling Time:

1-9 business days

Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days. 

Shipping Rate

Pricing is by size of package needed to fill entire order and distance it must travel. It will be calculated at checkout.

 

 

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