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I keep my Red cherry shrimp in a tank with gravel and some java moss.

I give the 4 Gal. tank a drop of liquid fertilizer per day to encourage the growth of algae and the moss.

The lighting is a 15Watt PL light. Is this recommended ?

HG

Recently, my 4 Gal. tank's kH drop to 5 dkH from the usual 7dKH. My pH is at 7 - 8. So I topped up with NEW coral chip and discard the old. At the same time, I give the clogged hang-on filter a wash in old water from the tank. Strange but the kH just stay at 3 dkH afterward and just won't go up. So ...

I guess what you are asking is, "how much shell is enough ?"

Well, I always use a kH test kit.
This way you don't have to guess.

My Red Cherry shrimp's tank has a kh = 5.

HG

Thanks Mustafa for this important information.
I'm glad it's not due to inbreeding or disease.

too bad it's not a New breed 51Cornell.. maybe next time.

HG

Can someone tell me what is this yellow stuffs growing inside my Red Cherry shrimps ?

See picture:
http://tinypic.com/2r607

I have found more and more adult shrimps affected by it.

Is it an organ or eggs of some sort ?
Does it happens only to female shrimps ?


HG

I just saw my Pearl shrimp eating a Neon tetra "alive" a while ago ! It happened when I switch-on the light to check the shrimps. That might have 'trigger' something in the pearl shrimp for I saw one running away. While the other Pearl shrimp had a 'live' neon struggling in it's mouth ! Th...

Mustafa, It's so sad to hear that. I always thought that the ecosystem in the sphere is so well balance. In your opinion, is it feasible to start a shrimp tank naturally with just gravel and Java mosses and keep the Cherry red shrimp happy ? I would like to keep it simple without lights, electric ai...

I think I will settle for the near-to-windows approach. Out of curiosity, I did an experiment: I put the following in a small goldfish tank (the size of a bowling ball) for 2 days: - 2 red cherry shrimps - 3 snails - some coral chips and gravel - some christmas moss Except from the foul smell coming...

My Red Cherry shrimp are thriving in my 12"x8"x10" tank. kH = 5.0 pH = 8.0 I'm setting up a NEW tank measuring 12"x16.5"x12". In fact, I'm trying to breed Amano in it. Does anyone breed Amano shrimp here ? When you mean blackish water, do I need to make the water black ...

Hi Mustafa,

in your experience, what should we do ?
Do you have any sort of power backup ?

I remembered there was a blackout in New York a while back, how many of your shrimps manage to survive ?

Thanks.

HG

Every 2 to 3 weeks, i will have a power failure at home. There is a fault somewhere in my home electrical system which I'm unable to rectify. This mean that all the following will NOT work: - Air pump - Powerhead - External filter - Light I would like to know if shrimps can survive hours or even day...

Since I am running out of tanks, I would like to know if I can breed 2 or more different species of shrimp in the same tank ? I would like to house the following shrimps in the same tank: - Amano shrimp - Red Cherry shrimp - Crystal Red shrimp How does everyone here breed so many species at one time...

Just for curiosity, does anyone cross-breed their Cherry Shrimp ? I'm worried that the size of the brood will be greatly reduce by inbreeding. My Red Cherry give birth to about 20 offsprings. Is that the maximum considering it's small size ? How many young can your Red Cherry Shrimp give birth to ea...

I have sucessful breeded Red Cherry Shrimp in a 4 Gal tank with some java moss and gravel. Now I have a total of 20+ offspring. I added a handful of coral chips in the hang-on-the-glass external filter to make the water harder. Both the Malaysia trumpet snails and the round body snails(I don't know ...