Red Cherry Shrimp

[CorallineAlgae]

I got a few Red Cherry Shrimp for the first time yesterday and I was wondering if I needed to be careful with CO2, Excell or PPS-Pro dosing.

I have pressurized CO2 with a pH controller that comes on about 2 1/2 hours before the lights to build-up the co2 level when the day starts. I add about 2ml of Excell and 1.5ml of micros and macros before the lights come on each morning. This is for a 20 gallon tank with about 15 gallons of water after sand, stone and wood displacement.

I'm hoping to be successful but I don't feel totally confidant about rearing shrimp. Any advice is welcome.

Edit: I also recently started to add calcium montmorillonite after each water change in preparation for keeping their shells healthy. I thought it would be better to start before adding the shrimp.

 

[jcolon]

Here's web info I think may help. I would be curious to hear what others with experience have to say. I just dose a very small amount of comprehensive in my RCS tank every few days.

Dosing Fertilizers with Freshwater Aquarium Shrimp .:. Information on dosing fertilizers in a planted Aquarium with Shrimp

Setting up a new Freshwater Shrimp Aquarium .:. Information on how to successfully set up a Shrimp Aquarium

Hope this helps.

 

[ejaramillo01]

I'm using PPS-Pro in my 100G tank. It is a community tank with 4 Angelfish as the center piece. I added like 15 Red Cherry Shrimp like 2 months ago, even when some have been eaten by the Angels or Rainbows, I'm still seeing baby shrimps constantly, at night, after the lights go off, if I use a flash light to see the tank I can see at least 50 shrimps all over the plants.
I have a big amount of moss in the tank and dwarf sword that help them to protect themselves against the big fish during day.
Hope this helps

 

[CorallineAlgae]

Jcolon, thank you so much for the article links. I read them both through and they were very helpful. After reading them I think I'll start out by adding just a little carbon to the filter to make sure any copper that may be in my micronutrient mix is removed as a precaution. I'll also check the GLA mix to be clear about what's in it before further dosing. I'll also stop nitrate dosing unless I bottom out completely. I guess my tank is more about tfe plants in the end. -_- lol

Ejaramillo01, that's veeeery comforting to know. Thank you for sharing your experience with PPS-Pro dosing and shrimp. I think I'll follow the old rule of "start slowly and see how everything responds". It isn't an aquarium cliche for nothing.

I still have a lot of reading to learn stuff like what GH and dKH I should aim for, among other things I likely don't know that I need to know. I think I have a good starting point with this new information, in addition to all the other things I've read before buying the little guys.