red fronted shrimp

[cro117]

hi, i plan to purches some red fronted shrinp in the near future. is there anyone who can give me some info on this spices. i herd that they can swim freely without having to rest. is there any truth to this? it is one of the reasons i was interested in this spices. also what are there behaviors like?

[Bradimus]

Caridina gracilirostris is one of the many shrimps described on the Shrimp Varieties page.

[Mustafa]

i herd that they can swim freely without having to rest.

Whoever told you this has no idea what he/she is talking about. They behave just like other algae eating shrimp...i.e. they walk around and pick on algae and other edible things.

Mustafa

[hwchoy]

Whoever told you this has no idea what he/she is talking about.

I actually agree with you.

although I should add that this shrimp has a very interesting swimming behaviour. It hovers slowly with the red nose pointed downwards and look kind of like pixies flitting around the forest (if you have a densely planted tank).

[cro117]

Do to the fact that this spices is only wild caught and that it requires salt water to breed i may hold of on getting the red nosed shrimp until my aquarium room is ready. i'll still go with cherrys, tiggers, and one more spices for now. any sugestions? i would like a spices that is easy to breed interesting, and will not crossbreed with the tigers.

[cro117]

thanks for the pics hwchoy. now i want them even more, i love the red reticulated paterns of the males. but, i'll be paitient and wait for my aquarium room.

[Bradimus]

i would like a spices that is easy to breed interesting, and will not crossbreed with the tigers.

What a perfect description of a Red Cherry.

[cro117]

but they do require salt don't they?

i have a tablespoon for every 5 gals maybee a little more. is this enough? i don't mind adding salt but i fear for my plants.

[Bradimus]

Cherries are true freshwater shrimp.

[cro117]

would they mind the amount of salt in my tank?

and how about tigers? do they like salt or not?

[TKD]

Please go here to read more about shrimp.

http://www.petshrimp.com/shrimpspecies.html

[cro117]

Please go here to read more about shrimp. :-D

http://www.petshrimp.com/shrimpspecies.html

"The Tiger Shrimp is an unusual looking, beautiful algae eating shrimp. Where exactly it comes from is still a mystery. In its habits and morphology it is very similar to the bee shrimp and it is believed that they both belong to the "Caridina serrata" group of shrimp. Although the normal coloration is attractive enough, there is also a deep blue version of the Tiger Shrimp, which is not yet breeding true, and an almost completely black version. Hopefully we can get some of these other varieties here in North America also.

This shrimp might cross with other shrimp in the "serrata" group of species. It might cross with the Bumblebee shrimp also, but it seems unlikely at this point since the Bumblebee shrimp is not a "serrata" species. "




i don't see anything regaurding salinity levels. :(

[Bradimus]

It is implicit in the statement

Larval Development Type:
Completely Suppressed: Larvae assume a benthic lifestyle after hatching, i.e. they are miniature versions of the adults. There is no planktonic larval stage.

Any shrimp that lacks a planktonic stage is a true freshwater shrimp.

[cro117]

thanks, thats a good peace of info.