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I would have never thought cherry shrimp could handle that . I just started keeping them but from what I read about temps did not think they could. I have bred hundreds if not thousands of ghost shrimp outside by accident over 2 yrs as added a dozen in filterless 40 gallon tub where it gets warm tho...

Lots of great info thank you very much. I use lots of driftwood and sand about 1/4 inch thick which the shrimp scavange through. I asked the feeding question because noticed the shrimp mostly picked on the driftwood and the food was feeding the snails which I did not want. I will still feed but only...

Reading some of the post I notice planted tanks do not feed shrimp often if at all . What is average others feed in semi planted or non planted with lights left on roughly 12 hours a day to get some algae ? I have been feeding sinking algae pellets the shrimp eat them but mostly pick at the driftwoo...

Buy a hydrometer . The floating one's are cheap enough and work or you could use one which stays in water . http://www.marinedepot.com/Oceanic_BioCube_Mini_Hydrometer_Hydrometers_for_Saltwater_Aquariums-Oceanic_Systems_Inc.-OA36014-FITEOPHD-vi.html They are under $10 and your going to need one if yo...

Very interesting post thanks. My cherry shrimp now have eggs and going to stick with them and add few crystal shrimp in future but that is it no other shrimp.

I heard same thing you as your experience from someone else and they to lost all their cherry shrimp..

I added them bit after I asked about them added them in numbers (30 count) and as of now no problem at all as figured worse case if they are annoying will put in one of my darters to take care of them but no big deal.. The cherry shrimp ignore them but the few ghost shrimp I have eat them now and th...

Hello, if you would like something different, try a bamboo shrimp. They have other names like rocky mountain shrimp. What makes these different is that they are part of the fan shrimps, meaning they feed using fans instead of claws. Look them up and I'm sure you will like what you see. Good luck! T...

Thanks after posting this I found the site.

I am no shrimp expert having only cherry shrimp and than only 2 weeks but do keep fish and the greater the volume of water the easier it is to keep fish,inverts as toxins,etc take much more time to accumulate and simply more room for animals to avoid each other. Have you considered a 5 gallon deskto...

This was very interesting reading . I have a pond in the yard with floating native frogbit which I got from canal and have seen scuds which I tought of adding to my tank but glad I did not.

They are neat and imagine just great food for fish.

Hello I have a 30 gallon long tank with plants and driftwood . Temp ranges from 73 at night when I am home to 76 during day while working as unheated tank . Ph is roughly 7.8 because my Florida water is high. No fish . I bought cherry shrimp 2 weeks ago and love them. Other than common ghost shrimp ...