Red Cherry Shrimp

There in a 2.5 gallon dedicated to them right now, hopefully i can get some breeding started. Going to pick up a 5 gallon at petco whenever i stop being lazy to upgrade there space.

wow . Very nice size and nice red also. I got mine about a month ago. 12 of them and today I noticed one with babies underneath her tail. So im pumped!

cool, i had brought a couple that were berried but i've only seen one batch actually hatch, i think the other molted and left her skin and the eggs behinde.

why not go big and dedicate a 40g breeder for them? its on sale at petco right now


they will breed so much until the tank is crowded and they will stop breeding and pretty much die off

i picked up 2 40 breeders the other day. The problem is i don't even have room to set those up lol. There put up until i do, but i can fit a 5 gallon on a shelf easy.

cool stuff.

Dose the skin need to be taken out? Like dose it have an effect on the water quailty like a dead fish would?

I always leave the molt in the tank,was told they eat it for the calcium and other minerals.

nice

Wow nice shrimp!! i hope you get a good breed from that!!

thebanker wrote:

There in a 2.5 gallon dedicated to them right now, hopefully i can get some breeding started. Going to pick up a 5 gallon at petco whenever i stop being lazy to upgrade there space.

If they like the water conditions they will reproduce,like little rabbits

How long dose the female hold the little ones on her tail?

Around 3 weeks depending on water temps,they usually drop off the tail right after they hatch.

quote from WIKIHOW:

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Female shrimp should get greenish or yellowish eggs under their tail within 30 days of you receiving them, if they don't already have eggs. Female shrimp get a yellowish "saddle-shaped" patch behind their head. These are eggs in their ovaries. The eggs should move to their tails in 7-10 days. Once the eggs are under their tails, the eggs will hatch in 3-4 weeks. You will notice how the mom fans the eggs occasionally to prevent fungus from growing on them. The eggs will hatch faster if the water is warmer. You may wake up one day to find tiny clear shrimp on the plants, or on the bottom. Baby RCS look just like the adults, but they are very small, about 2mm long, and clear. But their shape is the same as an adult RCS. Shrimp will not eat their babies unless they are starving. Besides, the babies are quick to get away.

http://www.wikihow.com/Breed-Red-Cherry-Shrimp

Thanks !

When I worked at LFS, we would always get females in with a lot of babies.

Some new video of mine. They are breeding likee crazzzzyyyy

Click the video!

kewl Dude,looks like they are happy.

How long do cherry shrimp and ghost shrimp live?What do you feed them?

wow cool shrimp

mark wrote:

How long do cherry shrimp and ghost shrimp live?What do you feed them?

1-1.5years for cherry's ,the ghost shrimp I dont know for sure. I feed my shrimp a good high quality fish food and Hikari algae wafers.

mark wrote:

How long do cherry shrimp and ghost shrimp live?What do you feed them?

1-1.5 years for cherry's ,the ghost shrimp I dont know for sure. I feed my shrimp a good high quality fish food and Hikari algae wafers.