Now look what you've done!
Because of what I have learned in the short time I have been at this site I have a problem. I received a shipment of around of 50 young red cherry shrimp on 4-10. Since then I have counted as many as 9 berried females, now I have at least 3 different hatches from looking at the sizes and more coming. I have no idea how many I have, over 80 I guess. Most are in my shrimp tank, a 15 gallon, (same foot print as a 10 but taller). This tank fits perfectly in the stand I made as you can see in the picture. I use a sponge filter and a small in tank filter, only a few plants, rock caves, some small sea shells from the beach for hiding places and some leaf litter. I have not lost a single shrimp in this tank. I'm running out of room to put them!
I came into this 2 months ago completely ignorant of keeping shrimp, thanks to the knowledge here I have had tremendous success!
How do I know if they are overcrowded? Will the females start dropping their eggs
Thankyou!
Bob B.
Top tank is a 55 gallon with discus, bottom is my shrimp tank.
Cherry population explosion!
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Just a quick update.
The population is still growing fast with no sigh of slowdown. I'm looking for a 20- 30 gallon, 15 just isn't enough anymore.
The juveniles love hanging out on the filter. the newly hatched hid in the gravel and rocks.
I watched one of the cherrie males us a piece of duck weed like a float, holding on to the bottom of it. He would swim it out into the down flow of the in-tank filter and ride the the current down then grab it and do it again and again. I swear you hear him squealing with delight as he rode his float down. Who says shrimp don't have fun!
The population is still growing fast with no sigh of slowdown. I'm looking for a 20- 30 gallon, 15 just isn't enough anymore.
The juveniles love hanging out on the filter. the newly hatched hid in the gravel and rocks.
I watched one of the cherrie males us a piece of duck weed like a float, holding on to the bottom of it. He would swim it out into the down flow of the in-tank filter and ride the the current down then grab it and do it again and again. I swear you hear him squealing with delight as he rode his float down. Who says shrimp don't have fun!
It looks like the discus are in a different tank. The shrimp tank is the smaller tank, in the stand.
By the way Antony25, the forum rules state that, as forum members, we should not indulge in abreviated, l33t or similar jargon. That helps everyone to understand clearly, and without goole searches for things like 'IDKWYTA'.
By the way Antony25, the forum rules state that, as forum members, we should not indulge in abreviated, l33t or similar jargon. That helps everyone to understand clearly, and without goole searches for things like 'IDKWYTA'.
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