Male + Female = 1,000 babbies in less then 3 weeks.....
After my first attempt in my community tank I bought some new shrimp for my first run shrimp tank. I bought 15 of them to start, I think 17survived the shipping and acclimation to my tank (weird huh? - shipper sent 20 i think).
For anyone trying to breed them, my experience so far is that the shirmp are generally more active in warmer water (I have mine at 81). And there is no special care for the babbies, they will eat what mom and dad eat, which is alge pellets, and zuchinii.
Somthing that is absolutly positivly nessary are these: http://stores.ebay.com/FISH-SAVERS the adult and baby shrimp have a tendency to explore the filter, which as you can immagine leads to some serious problems.
To diffierential males from females, males seem to be generally smaller and are almost collorless. Females are the dark red color. O yea the femals also carry the little orange eggs the babbies come from.
In my tank I have shrimp and snails to clean up to prevent me from overfeeding.
If anyone is looking for cherry red shrimp, send me a PM just pay shipping and packaging. I dont have access to heat packs etc, so shipping to cold areas is chancing it. I wont be shipping any until after christmas because i don't want to send them away as babies.
After my first attempt in my community tank I bought some new shrimp for my first run shrimp tank. I bought 15 of them to start, I think 17survived the shipping and acclimation to my tank (weird huh? - shipper sent 20 i think).
For anyone trying to breed them, my experience so far is that the shirmp are generally more active in warmer water (I have mine at 81). And there is no special care for the babbies, they will eat what mom and dad eat, which is alge pellets, and zuchinii.
Somthing that is absolutly positivly nessary are these: http://stores.ebay.com/FISH-SAVERS the adult and baby shrimp have a tendency to explore the filter, which as you can immagine leads to some serious problems.
To diffierential males from females, males seem to be generally smaller and are almost collorless. Females are the dark red color. O yea the femals also carry the little orange eggs the babbies come from.
In my tank I have shrimp and snails to clean up to prevent me from overfeeding.
If anyone is looking for cherry red shrimp, send me a PM just pay shipping and packaging. I dont have access to heat packs etc, so shipping to cold areas is chancing it. I wont be shipping any until after christmas because i don't want to send them away as babies.
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