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	Added 5 cherry red shrimps to 45lt Cardinal tank
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	Edited by keithgh I just purchased from a local breeder 5 Red Cherry Shrimp when they arrived there were a few babies as well I also have noticed one adult in particular is carrying a lot of eggs. I have a lot of Anubias Nana in a big bunch and I think this is where the baby shrimp are. I dont know if they will survive, the other fish in the tank are 4 khuli loaches, 1 Otto & 14 Cardinal tetras. My main question do I have to add and special foods for the adult shrimps. They seem happy having a good feed of algae on the DW and ???? under the small crypts? *Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info* Look here for my Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 23-Oct-2008 10:14
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Ohhh, nice work! Are they nice? I'm thinking of getting some for my kitchen tank instead of the ghosties. No idea on food, but I think they'd probably pick up the scraps from the others as well. For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 23-Oct-2008 12:02
Gone_Troppo Enthusiast Posts: 285 Kudos: 196 Registered: 13-Mar-2007	Hi Keith, Pretty much as long as the shrimp are producing droppings and you can see waste in the intestines they are getting enough food from the algae, any excess fish food and microorganisms in the tank. If you want to supplement their diet at all you can use a bit of extra fish food, some algae tabs or specific shrimp foods like hikari crab cuisine. Good luck with the new shrimp - I expect to see some pics posted soon. G_T Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
Posted 23-Oct-2008 13:44
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	They seem to be all hiding at the moment. The ones that I have seen are towards the back of the tank or under the small Crypts. *Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info* Look here for my Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 24-Oct-2008 03:52
Wingsdlc Fish Guru What is this? Posts: 2332 Kudos: 799 Registered: 18-Jan-2005	Great job getting your hands on the Shrimp. I am sure yours will be fine with the fish you are keeping. My population is growing with my skunk loaches and whitecouds. Being a I have a large population of shrimp and baby BN plecos in the tank I feed mine Omega One algae wafers pretty much every day. They come out of the woodworks for them. 55G Planted tank thread 19G Container Pond [IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric
Posted 25-Oct-2008 01:10


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