cherry shrimp never grow

[fatfei]

Hi,

I've had cherry shrimp for over 2 years now. They seem happy. Always breeding but they never grow more than about 1 and a half centimetres tops. They are from a batch of babies I bought on eBay 2 years ago. I've seen and had bigger ones I've bought in the past from my LFS.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Sincerely

Fei

 

[jcolon]

Unless there's been changes to your water quality and care you give them, it sounds like you just got a small growing batch ... especially since they're babies from the same batch. You'll have to get RCS from other sources ... like your LFS ... to hopefully introduce a new population of larger growing RCS.

 

[fatfei]

Unless there's been changes to your water quality and care you give them, it sounds like you just got a small growing batch ... especially since they're babies from the same batch. You'll have to get RCS from other sources ... like your LFS ... to hopefully introduce a new population of larger growing RCS.

Cheers mate I was considering that. Good to hear someone suggest it too. I'll give it a go.

 

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Yeah it sounds like you need to strengthen your blood line with shrimp from a different source. The normal life span of shrimp is around 2 years so your genetic line is just growing weak. Unless you've made changes to the tank that would effect them adding fresh blood is all I can think