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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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).