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Nice photo-very clear. I noticed my digital camera blurs on close-ups so getting a picture of my babies is impossible. They're 5mm now, and still no luck with the camera. Congrats!

Hi-kinda late entering this topic, but my female red cherry looks identical to yours in the photo. There seems to be a gap between the first and second shells and it's yellowish/orange in there. I thought she was getting ready to molt or something so I'm glad to hear she's developing eggs. This just...

Well, I was plannind on putting them in my 15 gallon which i fertilize, but changed my mind and put then in my 10 gallon. My 10 has lots of plants and I don't add fert. I also use cold water and heat it before water changes to prevent extra copper in my water. My plan is to let the Cherry's multiply...

I just don't understand why some people say to have shrimp only tanks and others say shrimp are hardy. Takashi Amano uses ferts and high Co2, but he also does large water changes. I just don't like the idea of having one aspect of an ecosystem (shrimp) isolated in one tank. With all these differing ...

I plan on putting 15 red cherry shrimp in a heavily planted 15 gallon tank that has been up and running for 2 months now. There are 4 otocinclus' and 4 smallish (1 1/2") Siamese Algae Eaters in there. Would the shrimp or their potential offspring be food for either of those fish?

Hello everyone. I have a couple planted tanks and have never had shrimp in my tanks before. I'm looking to eliminate detritus and some hair algae. I'm getting 15 Red Cherry shrimp in sometime this week. Can u acclimate w/ a slow drip for about an hour like you would for fish? Also I'm using a plant ...