Hi all,
I have a tank with 2 adult RCS, 5 adult Blood Marys, and 3 Royal Blue Tigers. I have about 12 four week old RCS shrimplets and 10 one week old RCS shrimplets.
Things have been stable. I found one of my four week old shrimpies dead. They have been thriving and so fun to watch. At night they have started swimming crazy near the top and around the tank about the same time of night until I feed them a little bit of Glas Garten Shrimp Baby food. All ages seem to love it and this doesn't seem to change my TDS or parameters so I have been just giving about 1/4 supplied spoon full in the evenings. They all seem to gobble it up quickly and the wild swimming stops. It's almost as though they are asking for the food. I give them a blanched piece of organic spinach every 3-4 days and sometimes some Bacter AE or Shirakura food. Basically, I rotate everything every few days except the Shrimp Baby food.
Is it normal to lose a shrimplet? What's a typical survival rate and what age range does 'shrimplet survival rate' constitute? Just curious as a newbie to the hobby. I was disappointed. Their coloring, growth, and behavior has been great.
Just curious.
Am I feeding them too much?
I have a tank with 2 adult RCS, 5 adult Blood Marys, and 3 Royal Blue Tigers. I have about 12 four week old RCS shrimplets and 10 one week old RCS shrimplets.
Things have been stable. I found one of my four week old shrimpies dead. They have been thriving and so fun to watch. At night they have started swimming crazy near the top and around the tank about the same time of night until I feed them a little bit of Glas Garten Shrimp Baby food. All ages seem to love it and this doesn't seem to change my TDS or parameters so I have been just giving about 1/4 supplied spoon full in the evenings. They all seem to gobble it up quickly and the wild swimming stops. It's almost as though they are asking for the food. I give them a blanched piece of organic spinach every 3-4 days and sometimes some Bacter AE or Shirakura food. Basically, I rotate everything every few days except the Shrimp Baby food.
Is it normal to lose a shrimplet? What's a typical survival rate and what age range does 'shrimplet survival rate' constitute? Just curious as a newbie to the hobby. I was disappointed. Their coloring, growth, and behavior has been great.
Just curious.
Am I feeding them too much?