Cherry shrimp basics

[Bruckm]

Haven't seen hide nor hair of 'em in a couple of months. My wife's cousin was told by someone at DFW Aqauatic Plant Society that they take a specialized diet. something about crab. I found the algae wafers that don't contain copper by-products after someone told me it(copper in food) was poisonous to shrimp. Either way, I don't know what happened to them.

Again, thanks for the info. I suspect nitrates/loach though he is small and there has never been a big bio-load in that tank either. So, again...I don't know.

 

[FreshwaterJeff]

Any chance they could survive alongside German Blue Rams?

 

[Orion]

Depends the size of the tank.

The rams are going to stay close to the ground for the most part, and so will the shrimp. So by default the rams may well kill them just for teritorial issues.

But I'd say there is always a chance.

 

[Smalltank3]

I bought mine 5 bucks each, ya there not cheap.
Lotus, when cherry shrimp breed and release the babies, what do you feed the babies?

 

[Pure]

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[Lotus]

The babies don't need any special food, just whatever the adults get.

 

[Smalltank3]

Okay, thanks because my female is carrying eggs

 

['-JIN-']

ohhh,i have alot in my small hangin breeding tank on my 20g tank.bt it seems oni two babies surviev till 1/4" all drp out frm da breeeding tank as u kno there is holes in it.So how to make sure they can survive more,last time i use to pt dem in a gallon tank with moss,java ferns n amzon sword ,eventually i dun hav a cooler they died.bt if i put dem in my 75g,they like lost n neva c them again,i put about 30 in dat tank,n i could c oni 2 or 3 big 1 strollin around,is nt fun to feed them without lookin at them.and wat about crystal red,well they r juz like 2months carry their eggs 1s.so can u giv me some tips??

 

['-JIN-']

n by da way my 20g tanks seems to be crowded as u c,even my young rainbow cant survive in there.bt u think my fish will eat them??n my 20g tank r now added 4ambosis,1molly n a guppy,is all xtra cause of my 20g tank,so wat should i do??

 

[Breene]

Will these be ok with some pretty mild tempered angels and bottom feeders?

 

[TheFighterFish]

How would you go about transferring cherry shrimp from and to another tank?

 

[Lotus]

I usually bait my shrimp with an algae wafer, then net them out. I don't generally acclimate between my own tanks if I know the parameters are more or less the same.

 

[Whitney]

how long do they usually live?

 

[Lotus]

I believe they usually live about a year.

 

[pwrmacG4]

would cherry shrimp do well with dwarf gourami's?

 

[FishGeek]

Probably not.

 

[skratikans]

in terms of eating baby shrimp...yeah its a problem...in terms of keeping adult shrimp with them...I see no problem

 

[cchase85]

IME, everything eats baby shrimp, but the adults can usually fend for themselves as long as they aren't small enough to fit in the mouth of the fish whole.

My red eye tetras thought my shrimp were food when I first put them in but when they realized that the food was bigger and feistier than they expected they lived together fine.

 

[TabMorte]

How much room do these little guys need? Could I put a pair in a 2G? That too crowded? Room for more?

 

[Lotus]

You could probably put 3, 4 or 5 in a 2g tank pretty easily. I once had some in a 1g (or less) vase for a while, and somehow they managed to breed