Some of my shrimpie friends

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Here's some shots of some of the shrimp I keep:

These are Blue Pearls:


Tigers:


Crystal Reds: (Couldn't get a decent shot of the blacks at the moment)


Sunkist Shrimp:


I'll have to try and get the others.

Oh wow! You may get some blue tigers after all!

dang man that's so cool, am shure your tank maintenace is close to zero, that is if is just shrimp.

Are they all in seperate tanks? Will they cross breed if kept together?

You are bringing these to the meet and greet right

Nice looking specimen...you are getting me all amped up to start shrimp tanks lol

MTS at it's finest!

whisper wrote:

Are they all in seperate tanks? Will they cross breed if kept together?

Not in seperate tanks at the moment. She is a color morph from the regular Tiger colony. I think I saw one or two others in there yesterday but she stands out far and beyond all others. Not really considered cross breeding as they are all Tigers. Just color morphs.

Elrollo wrote:

You are bringing these to the meet and greet right

Sry Rollo .... She's flying solo at the moment. Maybe next time.

Any other species I'm sure would be wanted at the meeting!

Aren't the blue tigers just a selectivity bread tiger?

Fern wrote:

Aren't the blue tigers just a selectivity bread tiger?

They are a color morph from regular Tigers. However, the keep the blue strain, you do selectively breed them.

So, yes.

Well separate her and her young so you will have some fresh blood to add when you manage to locate some blue tigers. Or at least if you separate out the ones with some blue you will get more chance of blue popping up again

And another nice find today:

Wow the blue is creeping into your stock nicely.

FishVixen wrote:

Wow the blue is creeping into your stock nicely.

yep....and look closer at the last pic.

what am I looking for? Red eyes hardly no stripping, can't tell does she have eggs or is this a male to breed with the female?

FishVixen wrote:

Red eyes

Close...Orange eyes. Some nice little morphs going on in here.

Looks great! I made the mistake of getting young shrimp for my tank and all they became was rather expensive food for my fishies, lesson learned!!
Bastet56

Owy! I did the same thing when I got my first dwarfs too (RCS).

yes they are small!

I just realized that I never posted these guys. These are my newest additions. They are Caridina sp. 'Dark Green'. Not to be confused with the Caridina Babaulti 'Green'.

This is gonna sound very dumb........ do they glow under a black light? They look like they would....

lol...never checked. ;o)

James, can you describe one of your typical shrimp set-ups for us?

Sure, I can try. Most are moderate to heavily planted. I inject CO2 and dose dry ferts using either EI or PMDD. Temps sit around 76. Substrates vary. Outside of water, the only common thing they share is a 10hr photo period.

Thanks. Do you keep any fish in with them? What is a typical size tank? And, last but not least, do you think they would be safe with some chili Rasbora (Boraras brigittae)? I realize baby shrimp would probably get eaten, but how about a few adults?

D'Claro wrote:

Thanks. Do you keep any fish in with them? What is a typical size tank? And, last but not least, do you think they would be safe with some chili Rasbora (Boraras brigittae)? I realize baby shrimp would probably get eaten, but how about a few adults?

My apologies, thought I had mentioned that most were 10g tanks.

The only fish I keep with my shrimp are Otos. A couple of the tanks double as breeders for now. I also try to keep some Briggs snails in as well.

As long as the tank is nicely planted, I do believe the adult shrimp will be ok. I'm not sure on the behavior of the Chili's so can't quite comment on them. Baby shrimp will most likely be a snack to them if they find them.