bee shrimp acclimatisation

[Kenshin]

Totally agree with Mustafa. I used to have my RCS kept at pH 6.8 and the shrimps were living. However, I have never seen those same shrimp breed at all. Like other posts have stated, pH 7.0 - 7.5 is the best for RCS and green shrimps.

[Ibn]

As an aside, my buddy keeps cherry reds in his 100 gallon display tank with discus and they breed like mad in there. His pH in there is a constant 6.7 (held there by his Milwaukee pH controller hooked up to co2 unit).

Picture of the tank that they're in.

[Kenshin]

Great tank setup. Can your friend give a close-up shot of the RCS in that awesome planted tank?

[Ibn]

Doh...didn't get to this forum. I was over at his place earlier today and didn't snap any pictures. I did however took some of the shrimps from his tank home with me.

Here's a couple of his shrimps that I took home from him hours ago.

Younger specimen. Either a male or a female which is just coming into color. It's presently about half the size of the female in the next picture.



Female with eggs in her.

[badflash]

Ibn- what type of fish are those in that tank?

[Ibn]

A whole mess of extraneous fishes. Those big large ones in the foreground are Puntius denisonii (aka roselines sharks; they're actually a barb species). They're around 7" or so right now. It's actually the reason why I was over at his place. I brought brought him 8 more (brings his total up to 12).

Other fish in the tank include: 22 cardinal tetras, whole lot of Endler's livebearers, big dojo loack in the front (10" or so), lots of cherry shrimps, corydoras cats (mix of bronze, albino, and sterbais), a few clown plecos, and finally a mated pair of discus (one is a snow white and her mate is a male red turqouise).