Cherry shrimp and platys?

[Esoteric Backbone]

the 125 has. 2 fire eels, 1 clown knife, 2 spine eels, 1 alligator gar, black ghost knife and a pleco! My fire eels are around 14" and the rest are just a few months old. BUt are growing fast!

Your going to have to eventually rehome most of those fish.

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

Most definitely. Especially that alligator gar.

 

[jetajockey]

all of the dwarf shrimp that I know of breed in FW. Off the top of my head thats neocaridinia (cherry shrimp, snowballs, greens, yellows etc), caridinia (crystal red shrimp, tiger shrimp, etc), and baubalti (green/black).

One solution to the issue is to get a sudo satellite breeder box. google it for more info.

And I agree about the alligator gar, those things get huge, 8 or 9 feet, or more, iirc. They have no place in a home aquarium or even a small pond.

 

[Esoteric Backbone]

all of the dwarf shrimp that I know of breed in FW. Off the top of my head thats neocaridinia (cherry shrimp, snowballs, greens, yellows etc), caridinia (crystal red shrimp, tiger shrimp, etc), and baubalti (green/black)

+1

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

all of the dwarf shrimp that I know of breed in FW. Off the top of my head thats neocaridinia (cherry shrimp, snowballs, greens, yellows etc), caridinia (crystal red shrimp, tiger shrimp, etc), and baubalti (green/black).

Hmmm. Seems I was misinformed. Haha thank you for clearing that up!

 

[jetajockey]

amanos and most ghost shrimp do the brackish thing.

If you catch your own ghost shrimp though you can get the freshwater kind, just make sure you get them inland away from any estuaries.

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

I guess I should have put some thought into the whole needing brackish water to breed but live in freshwater thing for a dwarf shrimp. It would be mighty hard for a dwarf shrimp to travel from freshwater to live and brackish to breed. Haha silly me.

 

[Esoteric Backbone]

I guess I should have put some thought into the whole needing brackish water to breed but live in freshwater thing for a dwarf shrimp. It would be mighty hard for a dwarf shrimp to travel from freshwater to live and brackish to breed. Haha silly me.

Its not impossible for them to do that, its just that they don't.

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

Its not impossible for them to do that, its just that they don't.

Oh I believe it. If it's one thing I've learned. Life will find a way.

 

[dpfitness23]

yeah i love those gars.... I am aware of the size.... Gonna need a 1000 gallon tank... ( YIKES and im complaining about the feeding bill now!!!!)

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

yeah i love those gars.... I am aware of the size.... Gonna need a 1000 gallon tank... ( YIKES and im complaining about the feeding bill now!!!!)

Wowowowowow. No thank you. Haha. I'll stick with my tops 16 inch bichir.

 

[Esoteric Backbone]

yeah i love those gars.... I am aware of the size.... Gonna need a 1000 gallon tank... ( YIKES and im complaining about the feeding bill now!!!!)

Lol, not necessarily, I mean if you have a couple of enemies.... :whistles:

 

[dpfitness23]

hahaha... yeah....I just love the way they look...

 

[dpfitness23]

the gar can get rid of all these wild dam cats running around my apartment complex LOL J/K

 

[jetajockey]

more than that, i've seen public aquariums that aren't large enough to adequately house one of those.

 

[dpfitness23]

Yeah I got tank fever real bad... Every year I upgrade... Next year it will be a 300 long. Over 9 ft

 

[jetajockey]

a 9ft tank would work for an adult alligator gar that never wants to turn around.

 

[dpfitness23]

dont ask me how im going to transport him. LOL. Dont want those big ol teeth crunching my hand

 

[dpfitness23]

Trust me....if it gets that bad. I dont want him to suffer... Ill work night and day to try and find a zoo that will house him... But keep in mind it is VERY rare for a gar to pass 4 feet in captivity

 

[dpfitness23]

but as of right now hes my little guy