I was wondering if Red Cherry shrimp will do well in my tap water. My tap water is very hard and has a pH of 8. The local fish store can order them for me so would they do well in my water? Also will they breed in this type of water?
Any help you could offer me would be appreciated.
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- Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:59 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Water Question Regarding Red Cherry Shrimp
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1584
- Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:06 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Bamboo shrimp questions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2394
Re: Bamboo shrimp
A couple of times a week I treat the tank with a scoop of moina. The supposed algea eating shrimp and the bamboos drop what they are doing and empty the tank of these guys in minutes. Thanks everyone for your comments, I really appreciate it. What is Moina? I've heard the word before but not quite ...
- Tue Dec 13, 2005 11:56 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Red Cherry Shrimp - Comments and Pics
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17260
- Tue Dec 13, 2005 11:41 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Bamboo shrimp questions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2394
Bamboo shrimp questions
Hello everyone. I recently visited my lfs and saw their 55 gallon planted freshwater display tank with a bright red Bamboo shrimp crawling along the substrate, so I would like some info about these awesome shrimp as I would like to care for some. 1) What's the minimum size tank for 1 or 2? 2.) Are t...
- Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:22 pm
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Super Clear Picture of my Hawaiian Red
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2493
- Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:21 am
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: My Shrimp Setup.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5697
- Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:29 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: 2.5 Gallon Shrimp Tank
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1442
- Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:05 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: My first Yamato/Amano shrimp!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2309
- Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:32 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: My first Yamato/Amano shrimp!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2309
Well I just set it up 4 weeks ago. The 1 gallon has no heater or filter, I might add asponge filter later on. For water changes I do 4 cups every week and thats about it I don't really need to do much because the shrimp have a very little bioload on the tank. I just throw in 1 shrimp pellet in there...
- Sun Mar 27, 2005 11:33 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: My first Yamato/Amano shrimp!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2309
- Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:59 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Questions on Bamboo shrimp?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 887
Questions on Bamboo shrimp?
Any one ever own a Bamboo shrimp? My lfs has 5 or 6. I have a few questions:
1.) Are they peaceful or aggressive?
2.) What temp do they nedd to be at?
3.) How big do they get?
4.) what size tank do you need?
Can anybody help?
1.) Are they peaceful or aggressive?
2.) What temp do they nedd to be at?
3.) How big do they get?
4.) what size tank do you need?
Can anybody help?
- Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:52 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: How many Ghost shrimp in 2 gallon? Help
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3156
- Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:13 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: How many Ghost shrimp in 2 gallon? Help
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3156
- Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:13 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: How many Ghost shrimp in 2 gallon? Help
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3156
How many Ghost shrimp in 2 gallon? Help
Hi I am a newbie at shrimp keeping and was thinking of setting up a 2 gallon shrimp only tank. I have some questions if you guys don't mind? 1.) How many Ghost shrimp can go in a 2 gallon tank? 2.) Is a under gravel filter okay or should I get a small penn-plex filter that is used for small tanks an...
- Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:43 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: New member saying hello.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1528
New member saying hello.
Hi I just joined this forum which seems like a great forum dedicated to just shrimp.