cherokeeluvr
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Oh.. I was wanted to post a video from my camera roll ? and ok well it sure looked nice!
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Oh.. I was wanted to post a video from my camera roll ? and ok well it sure looked nice!
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Oh ok.. Never mind then.. And thanks! The shrimp won't all gather so I cant get a pic...
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how would you set up a cherry shrimp tank
Plenty of self explanatory photos in this thread. It's pretty simple.
1-cycled mature tank
2-substrate
3-filter (sponge is easiest)
4-shrimp
5-plants
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This shrimp channel on YouTube said you have to get ALL these products so I'm glad to hear its so simple. Right now the only thing stopping me from getting some would be...."gross it's dead!" Since, you know, they don't live too long...
NatureFish
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Define "don't live too long"? I believe the average lifespan is anywhere from 1-1.5 years which is pretty decent considering they are best suited as a self-sustaining colony where breeding and death is a part of the cycle. In a heavily planted well populated tank you might not see any dead shrimp. Being scavengers, they will "take care of their own" so to speak.
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This shrimp channel on YouTube said you have to get ALL these products so I'm glad to hear its so simple. Right now the only thing stopping me from getting some would be...."gross it's dead!" Since, you know, they don't live too long...
NatureFish
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You've done some good research. Digging deeper will show that chances are you're not gonna see the dead ones. Unless you can sit in front of the tank all day. They are scavengers and will eat just about anything. That's another reason it's recommended to leave the molts in the tank as they do get some beneficial protein from it. Also, if you happen to see a bunch of dead ones, there's a problem. As we all know, shrimp only tanks are generally smaller and smaller tanks can suffer adverse conditions more quickly. They are also way more fragile than fish, so acclimation has to be 100% spot on. If you can handle seeing a dead fish (although I agree, yuk) you can handle a dead shrimp.
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