Crystal Red Shrimp Information (Care and Breeding)

[beviking]

I guess I'll jump in line here too vinny just so ya don't forget me

-Bill

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[scrimp]

I got mine and only one died woo hooo. Thanks vinny a few of these look like they arent such a bad grade. Though I am happy with my purchese and for the price wooo hooo how could you go wrong!

[vinnymac]

Originally Posted by scrimp

I got mine and only one died woo hooo. Thanks vinny a few of these look like they arent such a bad grade. Though I am happy with my purchese and for the price wooo hooo how could you go wrong!

Glad to hear you received the package. Sorry to hear one died.

Yeah, a few of them are actually going to be better than grade C...so it works out nicely.

[WISH]

Hello Vinnymac,



Your article about your cherry shrimps is very well written. I am from Singapore and would you be kindly enough to let me know which hobbyist you imported the shrimps ? I am having some problem to get hold of these beautiful shrimps locally here in Singapore.



Hear from you soon and thank you.

[kimbm04r]

Hi Vinny,

Is there an easy way to tell a male from a female Crystal? I know I have lost 2 of the ones I received from you and can only find 3 remaining. I am afraid they are all females. Is there an easy way to tell them apart? If not, I quess I will have to get some more from you once the weather gets warmer.

Thanks

[vinnymac]

Originally Posted by kimbm04r

Hi Vinny,

Is there an easy way to tell a male from a female Crystal? I know I have lost 2 of the ones I received from you and can only find 3 remaining. I am afraid they are all females. Is there an easy way to tell them apart? If not, I quess I will have to get some more from you once the weather gets warmer.

Thanks

Females are generally larger and have wider abdomens compared to the males. The females will have larger tail sections and the shells will grow down farther past the rear swimmers compared to males. The females have these tail developments to help hold their eggs when they are incubating.

[kimbm04r]

Originally Posted by vinnymac

Females are generally larger and have wider abdomens compared to the males. The females will have larger tail sections and the shells will grow down farther past the rear swimmers compared to males. The females have these tail developments to help hold their eggs when they are incubating.

Thanks,

I will have to check that out when I get home but I am afraid they may be all females that are left.

[vinnymac]

Originally Posted by kimbm04r

Thanks,

I will have to check that out when I get home but I am afraid they may be all females that are left.

Could you take some pics and send them to me? I could try to help you identify the gender.

[kimbm04r]

Originally Posted by vinnymac

Could you take some pics and send them to me? I could try to help you identify the gender.

Here is a picture I was able to get of one of them yesterday, they sure are hard to get clear pictures of. I thought I would post it here just incase anybody else is interested as well. I will try to post more when I can get clear pictures of them.

Am I correct in thinking this to be a female?







Thanks

[vinnymac]

Originally Posted by kimbm04r

Here is a picture I was able to get of one of them yesterday, they sure are hard to get clear pictures of. I thought I would post it here just incase anybody else is interested as well. I will try to post more when I can get clear pictures of them.

Am I correct in thinking this to be a female?

Thanks

Nice pic. That one is definitely a female. In fact, if you look closely, you can see the developing ovaries. They should breed every 28-35 days if you keep the water clean and have your temp around 73.5F.

My current breeding colony of CRS are cranking babies like crazy.

[kimbm04r]

Originally Posted by vinnymac

Nice pic. That one is definitely a female. In fact, if you look closely, you can see the developing ovaries. They should breed every 28-35 days if you keep the water clean and have your temp around 73.5F.

My current breeding colony of CRS are cranking babies like crazy.

Thanks, Then I believe I may have one male because one other one looks just about like this one. I quess time will tell. That reminds me, I need to do a water change tonight.

[vinnymac]

I'm very pleased to say the first few batches of CRS babies have turned out really nice.

About 90% of the new babies are Grade A or better with very nice color and well shaped red and white bands. I counted around 45 last night with a few up to 1/2" in size. I noticed you can tell nearly right away how well the coloration and banding will turn out since the really high quality babies display very distint red and white bands right after they hatch.

I've been feeding them generously every day with HBH Crab & Lobster Bites and HBH Algae Wafers. I use a pinch of the C&L Bites and break up one whole Algae Wafer each night. I am still keeping up with 20% water changes every 4-5 days and keeping the water temp right at 73F. My PH is still at 7.4 so I'm not convinced you have to have acidic water to succesfully breed CRS.

I also noticed I have 5 grade S females carrying eggs in various stages of development. One of them has eggs that are nearly ready to hatch as evident by the visible eyes and banding of the developing shrimplets. I've been very pleased to see how well they are reproducing so far.

...also, before I get a flood of PMs...I'm not going to sell any CRS from this batch. I want to build up my breeding stock before I let any of them go.

I REALLY appreciate everyone buying Cherry Shrimp from me as all the money is going into my CRS fund. I'm planning to import another batch of S and SS CRS from Asia next month. The only drawback is the cost since each SS CRS will be $25-$32 each!

Let me know if you have any questions. I'm always willing to help out. Thanks!

[Kyle]

Vinnie, do you still have some Cherrys available? I've got about 6 in my 5.5 gal and wouldn't mind bumping up my stock a bit, they aren't breeding fast enough!

I had one big one carrying eggs for about 2 weeks, now I don't see the eggs (or baby shrimp), but I noticed that I can see the eggs inside her again. I haven't figured out where the eggs or babies went! It is tough to see with all the java moss I have in there however.

[Ðank]

Hi Vinny. Great shrimp and helpful thread. On a website, here, there is this picture of an SS CRS.


Can you tell me if this is a common with black like this? It looks very cool.

[vinnymac]

Originally Posted by Ðank

Hi Vinny. Great shrimp and helpful thread. On a website, here, there is this picture of an SS CRS.


Can you tell me if this is a common with black like this? It looks very cool.

I had a black diamond once...but it died after a couple of weeks. I do not believe they are very common at all...at least not in SS grade.

I'm hoping to get a couple with this next order from Asia.