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I just saw some lovely Cherry Shrimps & need to know any personal experience on these little ones.

I read different information on what they need.... like temperature & substrate..... that's why i need some personal experience ideas.

Thanks alot in advance.


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My feeling is that they do best on 23-24 C.
Give them a lot of Java moss. I also think they like some mopani wood. Make sure that your water is not too acidic.
Better keep them in a tank without fish (that's really advisable)but if you really want to keep them in a community tank with small fish, make sure they have A LOT of Java moss and mopani wood so you will have some babys that survive; anyway the fish will eat most of them.
Never forget they hate copper (actually copper hates them), so never give fish medication that contains copper, and underdose the plants fertilisers.
Sometimes you might get brown offsprings, take them out of that tank or they will breed and their offsprings will be brown as well. Personally I find the brown ones cute too, I just put them in another tank.
In their breeding tank, cover the holes through wich the water enters the filter with a sponge or a net with very small holes, or just use a sponge filter (the ones only with a sponge and an airstone), otherwise some babies will end up in the filter.
Generally speaking, they are very easy to keep.

Cherry Shrimp are pretty easy to keep. From what I have read, they can be kept water with temps ranging from 50F to around 80F. PH doesn't seem to matter too much either. Before I moved out of state my PH was around 8, now in my new home the PH is closer to 6. I have not noticed any issues.

In my tank my CO2 and Ferts pretty heavy with EI dosing. I have lost a couple of shrimp due to having way way too much CO2 but they seem to be fine with about 70ppm.

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If they can eat them they probably will. I had a pair of krips that made quick work of my first batch of shrimp. I would personally stay way from any cichlid with the RCS.

Right now my larger fish in the tank are skunk loaches and giant danios. I haven't noticed either fish giving the shrimp a hard time. They might eat some of the babies but that doesn't bother me too much. I have plenty of hiding spots and often see juvenile shrimp in the tank.

As mentioned by Gaia, lots of plants and moss is much appreciated by the shrimp.

I think that pretty much any substrate will do for these guys. I have kept them in with bare bottom, sand, and fluorite tanks.

Any other questions?

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Thanks alot for your reply's.

Do i need a filter in the tank?. If yes, i'll use a sponge filter.

Substrate will be fine sand & they'll have lots of moss. There will be no fish in the tank, so they'll be fine.

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Filter would probably be a good idea. A sponge is the safest way to go too.

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Thanks alot.

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No problem. Let us know how it goes.

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The Cherry shrimps are quite small & not that easy to see. In the small tank i have a small sponge filter & some moss. As substrate i have some sand & i also put an almond leave in. The water temperature is 20 deg.cel. & i'm feeding them some Spirulina Algae granules.

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Almond leaves? I use them for my bettas, I didn't know they are good for shrimp too. How do they help them? Do they eat the leaves or something?

I don't know if it will help them or not, but i don't think it will harm them.

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Thx, I will try this. You are right, they can harm them, the almond leaves sem to keep quite long, and also I heard they release some substaces that help the fish, probably the shrimp too.
I aslo heard of people that put in the shrimp tank one dried , then cooked and well washed oak leaf. some say the shrimp love it, but I tried with my shrimps and they just ignored the leaf. Maybe if somebody else used oak leaves can tell us what is their oppinion about them.

The fish/shrimps arent supposed to eat the leaves. The primary purpose of the leaf is to release tannins, hummis, etc. into the water as a sort of blackwater tonic, but better! It hardens the scales and protects against illness for the bettas. I myself have never tried it, but when or if i decide to breed bettas and other abantids, i will definatley add it!

Ive never heard of oak leaves, but i think that a few of them will do the same effect. Maybe. If the hummis and the tannins are in the almond leaf, i think that oak has this, and will probably do the same. Ask others too!

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