oh snap! i bought shrimps online!

[hippy guy]

This is my first, live order I've ever done and pretty excited.. I'll post pics when they get here

 

[severum mama]

What did you buy? CRS?

 

[hippy guy]

Got some cherries from jetajockey
20 nto be precise..very excited for Monday to be here

 

[jetajockey]

theres more like 25 or so in there, and some willow moss and riccia. Best wishes for a safe travel

 

[severum mama]

Got some cherries from jetajockey
20 nto be precise..very excited for Monday to be here

Oh nice, I'm sure you'll be pleased! I have ordered stuff from him a couple times.

 

[hippy guy]

I am already pleased haha. He was very nice, and so far a fun online experience and now I'm excited for the willow and ricca (gota make some room to let it grow out.) The shrimp will loves this tank, and I'm excited to see them munchin on algae and such

 

[hippy guy]

So I did a test of my water to see what was goin on before the skrimps get here hopefully tomorow, and cleared it all the way across, except my trates went down just a little bit... should I be concerned (less than 2.0 drop, literally just a smidge)

 

[hippy guy]

There here! Well packaged, all of them alive, the acclimating as we speak
I feel like they already love the 1 gal, they will freak in the 10 haha

 

[jetajockey]

hooray

 

[hippy guy]

The mail guy had juust come by when I went to check, and he threw the box to me very scary, but they seem to be doing fine, and I just covered my filter inlets to keep em from gettin sucked up

 

[jetajockey]

Haha. I try to cushion them pretty well so they can handle a little bit of abuse. They will color up more intensely in the next few days as they get settled in.

 

[hippy guy]

Ok.. i just hope the filters aren't too much for them, although there's more than enough for them to get in to. So far my betta doesn't seem to even notice them. They look cool thanksyou very much, very pleased with my order !!

 

[hippy guy]

There already starting to redden up a bit unfortunatly I can only see 1 or 2 at a time now haha

 

[hippy guy]

It seems the little guys like to be around my bigger cherries, and the 3 that were in here haven't been this active ever. I guess they feel safer in a bigger group. My betta still, even after a staredown, doesn't seem the least bit interested, so I'm feelin pretty sure they will all be fine.
Note:I fed a little bit, mix of algea wafers, and shrimp pellets, and they seem to like this, but would the algea in my tank be enough to sustain these guys?
Thanks again jetajockey, and if anyone is considering this seller, I can personally say yes!

 

[jetajockey]

Thanks Yeah its better to underfeed shrimp than to overfeed them. I only put in a few pellets every day or two for 100+ shrimp.

 

[hippy guy]

The only hard part is feeding the fish now, but ill figure that out haha (the kuhlis have already learned they gota get what they can then not later lol)

 

[jetajockey]

I've not had much luck keeping a shrimp colony with most fish so that's something you should really keep a close eye on. Even if the fish don't seem interested now, all it takes is a little hunger pang or the right mood to strike and its snack city.

 

[hippy guy]

That is true, I have a 2 gal that I'm seedin a filter for, to use for a shrimp tank, but I still wana leave a few, and see if I can make it work.