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So, I'm new and I Don't have any shrimps, YET! But that is going to change soon... Crystal red shrimp is in my list and I'm trying to getthem, ASAP.

like mustafa tell me one day,

start with something more easier to get the experience and after you will see
i have to admit he was true.

i dont want to mean you will not be able , but it is just an advice

Welcome.. Well , i suggest u don try red crystal shrimp fr beginngers.. They are expensive is 1 point.. and another is they are not easy to keep.

Then how about Cherry Red or what was the name... What is the easiest? For a beginner? I have two Procambarus sp. Other is already having babies. Four Procambarus allenii is coming friday.

Don't keep shrimp with agressive crawfish or agressive shrimp with crawfish. One or the other will die. Cherries would just be dinner.

Amanos are really easy to keep, but very hard to breed. Cherry Srimp are a little harder to keep, but pretty easy to breed if you can keep them alive. Most people kill them because of over feeding and poor water quality.

And please, please read what in the "Articles" section of this site by clicking on the icon to the left. Also read the articles in the Shrimp Varieties area too. Lots of information here to read.

Oh! Welcome to the forum!

badflash wrote:Don't keep shrimp with agressive crawfish or agressive shrimp with crawfish. One or the other will die. Cherries would just be dinner.

Amanos are really easy to keep, but very hard to breed. Cherry Srimp are a little harder to keep, but pretty easy to breed if you can keep them alive. Most people kill them because of over feeding and poor water quality.

arent CR supposed to be very hardy? although every animal has its breaking point

CR is Crystal Red, use RCS for Ed Cherry.

Hardy is a relative term. Hardy relative to other algae eating shrimp, very hard to keep relative to fish. They require very clean water and no agressive tankmates. They have no way to defend themselves and get stressed easily. I recently moved a bunch to a new tank that was properly cycled. All the adults died out in a matter of a month, while none of the juvies had any problem at all. I monitor my water parameters very closely, so I know stress was the issue here. It took me 3-4 months to get to the point where I could breed them easily and I'm still learning. These are not guppies, so be aware that there is a learning curve involved.

badflash is right - I've been trying to keep a variety of shrimp in a tank that is simply not suited to them (or to plants). I can't keep the tank clean enough and the current is too strong for them. I tried anyway and wasted a lot of money and heartache loosing a bunch of cherries and some other varieties. Only amanos and my filter feeding shrimp do OK in it.

I've just gotten some good advice on how to move to a "real" tank that will allow me keep the wonderful silly little shrimps. Next month when my knee will allow!

Oh by the way make sure your new shrimp tank is fully cycled with no ammonia, no nitrITE and a reading for nitrATE.

Always use declorinator to treat any tap water you're using for water changes and only wash filter sponges in water you've drawn out of the tank.