Cherry Shrimp

[Andrew]

Some photographs of cherry shrimp and a few apple snails that i got from Irene

Put a little food in the tank and most of the gang are out !
There are still a few shrimp in the spawning mops i put in for them (the green bits in the picture), as i don't keep planted tanks.

 

[scatz]

cool, you'll soon have thousands of shrimp and apple snails

 

[Irene0100]

looking good.
try some veg (lettuce/spinach/peas/cucmber/etc) or algae wafers

 

[Andrew]

Thanks for the replys.

I have been alternating their feeding each day with Hikari Crab Cuisine (the food in the pictures) and Shirakura Ebi Dama, that i got from Jo's shop.
I feed my plecs a little broad bean each night, so i'll give the shrimp some every few nights.

I think the cherry shrimp have bred already, as i was watching them eat some food today, i noticed tiny little things darting about here and there in the tank.
How do you keep your shrimp stock down ?

With the apple snails i intend to remove any eggs i find, but the cherry shrimp are even more prolific than i imagined, going by what i saw today.

 

[Irene0100]

yes I expect there were some pregnant mums in the bag.

I keep them down by netting them and giving to lfs and putting in tanks of predators.

 

[justme22318]

The shrimp would love a bit of java moss, cheap and doesn't need much light. They like to pick stuff out of it and hide to hatch their eggs.

 

[Kangus]

Thanks for the replys.

I think the cherry shrimp have bred already, as i was watching them eat some food today, i noticed tiny little things darting about here and there in the tank.
How do you keep your shrimp stock down ?

what we cant sell, the discus are always very excited to get aquainted with