Shrimp Thread

[Cocobid]

Thanks to Mike I am now totally fascinated with shrimp.

Would like to start a shrimp thread that lists what type of shrimp our local members house & the conditions that they are kept.
Soil, Ph, co2, temp etc. a nice panel break down.
So many new species being imported it would be nice to know before we spend our money/energy if that particular species is viable or not viable in our water conditions.

[supersmirky]

I house cherry shrimp in a 20 long along with the rare ghost shrimp. No Co2, fertz, or anything.....just sms substrate and moss with a temp of about 75

I also house bamboo shrimp in my larger 140g tank which is planted with CO2 injection, temp of 78-79.

KH - 10 GH - 7 PH - 7.6

[MacFan]

I have a cherry shrimp colony in a 20g tall with a HOB filter and some CO2 injection. When originally setup, it had top soil under gravel but I think much of it has decomposed since then. I use RO water reconstituted to GH/KH of 4-5. Don't pay much attention to it but they do fine. I just moved in some Espei Rasboras in the hope that they will spawn. They're egg scatterers and there is lots of plants so it should keep them from eating their eggs, and they shouldn't eat the shrimp like larger fish would. So we'll see... they're "just visiting," I don't intend to leave them there long-term.

I have a 12g nano in my bedroom that has been neglected for some time. I'm planning to tear it down and reset it as a shrimp-only tank, probably with RCS and perhaps some other compatible (non-cross breedable) types.

Michael

[kimcadmus]

Hi Karen! I still want to see pics of your green shrimp! You need list your shrimp and parameters.

Here are mine

36 Yellow Shrimp in:
10g tank, planted low light (2 15 cf), no ferts, rare Excel with mosses, riccia, pellia, fissidens, on pumice rock, black sand
zoomed 501 canister filter
temp 76F, pH 7.6, GH 6-8, KH 12-15, mostly tap but some RO
tankmates- 1 otto, 11 micro rasboras

100ish Red Cherry Shrimp in:
5g tank, planted low light (1 18w T, no ferts, xmas moss, riccia, pellia, red root floater, frogbite, najas guadalupensis, no substrate
aquaclear mini hob
temp 78F, pH 7.8, GH 6-8, KH 12-18, tap water
tankmates- 1 otto, 1 pencilfish

30 RCS and 30ish Amanos in:
75g community tank, pressurized CO2, 4 x 65w cf, PPS-Pro fertilization, glosso, blyxa japonica, pogostemon stellatus, EcoComplete substrate, driftwood, rock, white sand
Eheim canister 2026
temp 78F, pH 6-6.4, KH 4-6, GH 8-10, RO buffered for GH and KH
tankmates- 30 cardinal tetras, 6 lemon tetras, 2 albino bristlenose ancistrus, 6 ottos, 7 pygmy cories

[niget2002]

I have 1 lowely RCS left of 5 in a lightly planted 45tall with a 150W MH. I have no idea what the parameters are, but I semi-regularly dose Excel. Temp is 75-79 degrees. Substrate is "something" and gravel (something=fluorite or laterite maybe?).

Tank mates are 4 neons, 2 bumble-bee dotties, 1 pleco, 1 otto.

This tank is my "let's try this out and see what happens" tank. I'll be moving to a properly set up 75 after we move into the new house in June. There I'll have co2 and be dosing PPS-Pro through an auto-setup. It won't be a shrimp only tank, so I'd be curious what other fish people recommend (I'll be browsing the shrimp forum soon too).

[rod]

Could any of you experts tell me if Cherry Red Shrimp would be ok with Gold Rams. I have at least 100 shrimp in my 75 gal tank and would like to get some Rams but I've been afraid they would eat the shrimp. Surprisingly the 6 large Congo Tetras don't bother them.

[northtexasfossilguy]

Originally Posted by rod

Could any of you experts tell me if Cherry Red Shrimp would be ok with Gold Rams. I have at least 100 shrimp in my 75 gal tank and would like to get some Rams but I've been afraid they would eat the shrimp. Surprisingly the 6 large Congo Tetras don't bother them.

I would say the rams have a large chance of eating them from time to time, especially when mating and more aggressive. Mine attacked fish similar to their size on occasion, just probably because they were hungry. I keep otos with my Mikrogeophageus ramirezi, along with an ancistrus and some snails... but on second thought I don't think you would lose all 100... if they have plenty of cover they may just cower in the hiding spots. I guess if they reproduce very quickly, then it might actually be a good thing??

[MacFan]

My roommate said that they should be ok. He said they will eat them if given the opportunity, but if you feed the Rams well and give the shrimp plenty of plants and places to hide, they'll be fine. As fossilguy says, you might lose a few, but they're pretty fast and they multiply too. I just tore down and redid my 240g tank with half a dozen good size discus, a community of Congo tetras, espei rasboras, blue rams, otos, etc. We had to remove quite a few cherry shrimp in that process so they survived. If you want them to thrive, a tank by themselves will allow them to breed like crazy. So if you keep some in a small tank by themselves, you'll always have backups. And if you're local to Dallas, we can hook you up with replacements if you ever need some.

Michael

[CrownMan]

I agree with Michael. I keep them in a 90 Gallon community tank with 4 different types of well fed tetras, corys, a gourami, etc. As long as you have a few moss patches and a well planted tank, they should multiply and do just fine.

[Cocobid]

Green Shrimp With Eggs
I'm not a photographer.