Information for people wanting to breed Cherry Shrimp

[ringram]

I have both ghost and cherry shrimp in my 90g, which is heavily planted. I dose K2So4, KNo3, KH2Po4 and Plantex CSM+B "extra iron". No breeding so far that I can tell and there are three clown loaches (3" or so) that don't bother them either -- although they tear apart snails. The shrimp have been in there for a good 2-3 weeks, so if it wasn't going to work, I probably would have seen some deaths by now.

Originally Posted by vinnymac

I would suggest you avoid it unless you absolutely have to. My philosophy was to always minimize the additives I used so the water was void of any possible compounds toxic to the shrimp. Shrimp are very sensitive to metals...specifically copper.

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[tritan]

I am assuming from the pics the larger red ones are female and the smaller more clear are male? I put 6 shrimp 3 of each in my 75 gal and didn't see them for months and now I see at least a 12 or so playing in the java moss. wow they must have breed.

[joe the pleco]

How large do the cherries grow?
Are they likely tobe eaten by dwarf gourami or RTBS?

Thanks :¬)

[foolish1]

i cant figure out why these are called CHERRY shrimp, they taste like popcorn to me.

[oblongshrimp]

The popcorn you eat tastes like seafood? You sure that popcorn hasn't gone bad?

[retoid]

I am planning on setting up a 10gal tank to breed cherries in.
I am curious if my tap water will need any special treatment since the kH is 11 and the pH is 7.8

Do any of you breeders use co2 for planted tanks or do you dose excel?
Also, will eco-complete be a bad choice of substrate as it contains alot of metals?

I am also on the lookout for a filter for this 10gal tank. I would love some suggestions for a cheap yet efficient filter that will adapt to sponge filters.

Thanks

[retoid]

Bump

[gmccreedy]

Originally Posted by retoid

Bump

ROFLMAO!!! that is a new one...

[retoid]

I was hoping it would get enough attention to answer some of my questions

[qazplm25]

I will give a bump for retoid because that made me Laugh so hard!

[Dwarfpufferfish]

A ten gallon tank is large enough for breeding cherries. I have never used Excel, but have used Co2 and as long as it doesnt cause pH swings it is just fine. Eco-complete has never caused any problems with my shrimp.

[kunerd]

Originally Posted by retoid

I am curious if my tap water will need any special treatment since the kH is 11 and the pH is 7.8

Do any of you breeders use co2 for planted tanks or do you dose excel?

My PH is high like yours and my RCS do fine. As far as cos some use injected, some use excel, and some dont use any at all. It all depends on what you are comfortable with. me persoanlly my tank is not about the plants it is about the rcs so i have no cos in it cause my vals and crypts dont mind.

[retoid]

thanks guys

[Mad78]

i also feed my cherries hbh crab lobster bites and then i noticed some deaths, i thought it was because of the food so i stopped feeding it to them, the deaths continued. The real problem was my copper water pipes, If you take the tap water hot or warm the copper disolves it the warmwater, so now i take it out cold and nuke it for a couple seconds. I continued to feed them HBH and they are fine, it was the pipes.

[dekstr]

It seems like I didn't do anything to get red cherry shrimps in my tank to propogate. I got 4x 1" cherries, and 10x juveniles 3 weeks ago. Today, I noticed one of the larger ones already carrying eggs...