feeding newborn red crystal shrimps (RCS)

[Patrice]

What do you feed newborn rcs? Can you feed them powdered pellets, or something home made? Algae from a rock? My pregnant shrimp is in a fertility net, and i added moss that have algae on it for cover, she is soon to be a mother?

[DragonFish71]

1) You don't have to keep her in a breeder trap (unless she's in a tank with fish) If they're in a species only tank (shrimp only) the shrimplettes will be fine.

2) They don't eat anything different than their parents: crushed flake, algae wafers, shrimp pellets, fresh algae off plants/decor.

[Patrice]

Originally Posted by DragonFish71

1) You don't have to keep her in a breeder trap (unless she's in a tank with fish) If they're in a species only tank (shrimp only) the shrimplettes will be fine.

2) They don't eat anything different than their parents: crushed flake, algae wafers, shrimp pellets, fresh algae off plants/decor.

Thank you very much. Now i know what to do. i will sleep better now. ^_^

1) I do have fish in my aquarium, i have 9 adult Neon tetra.

[Patrice]

darn its gone, and the mother shrimp to. i am missing 2 other shrimps. Maybe the oto eat it?

[TheFishBoss97]

otos don't eat shrimps.......prob. the neons, or they are hiding..........

so, RCS stands for Red cherry shrimps which r red

and CRS stands for crystal red shrimp which are red and white

[TheFishBoss97]

next time, don't try to move the preggo mother as she can stress and drop the eggs........

[LyndaB]

The neons definitely would eat both mom and shrimplettes. I have my RCS in with otos and pygmy corys and nobody bothers anybody else.

I also just leave the shrimp in the tank with java moss and lots of cover and before you know it, you have little shrimplets running around. Pretty cool.

[trueblu8]

What about crs with guppies? Would they be alright?

[siva]

Most fish will eat shrimplets. The adults should be fine with guppies.

[trueblu8]

How could I protect the shrimplets? What about putting lots of java moss on the bottom? I've got a little tiki house they could hide in and a couple pieces of driftwood. I'll take some pics tomorrow.

[siva]

Some young may survive. Guppies are the type that poke around everywhere in search of food though.

[jetajockey]

The beat way is to remove the fish, but adding moss will help some.

[trueblu8]

Originally Posted by siva

Some young may survive. Guppies are the type that poke around everywhere in search of food though.

Yeah you're right! You know their behavior very well.

Originally Posted by jetajockey

The best way is to remove the fish, but adding moss will help some.

Can't really remove the guppies. I don't have anywhere else to put them at this point in time.

[jetajockey]

Another option is an external breeder box. I'm slacking but will eventually put up a review of the one that I recently got.