Re: [GSAS-Member] Looking forward to get my red cherry shrimp and killer snails tomorrow from Cliff.

["Matt Staroscik" <matt@wrongcrowd.com>]

That is a lot like the shrimp tank I had at work, but it was 1 gal and no
cuttlebone--I had no luck, the shrimp all died in a few weeks.

Time to get cuttlebone and a nitrate kit.

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Betty Goetz <haika@drizzle.com> wrote:

> I've had a red cherry tank going here at work for 2-3 years now with
> reproduction. It's just a 2.5 - 3 gal tank with no heat or filtration.
> Fine gravel substrate (~ 1") and a couple lava rocks. Java fern, java
> moss, rotala and hornwort cuttings and some Pistia on top. Compact
> fluorescent light. A couple teeny crypt bits from another tank. I rarely
> see babies right now since the front algae bloom subsided. I'm seeing
> fewer small shrimp over the past year as well so not sure what it up
> there. I feed flake regularly and Crab Cuisine a couple times per week. I
> do water changes when mulm accumulates and becomes noticable...probably at
> least once per month. I just did a dip stick test strip: pH on the low
> side (~ 6.4), KH ~ 80, GH ~ 50, no nitrites, nitrates 0-20. I usually drop
> a bit of cuttlebone in there but I see it's disappeared. Time for more
> cuttlebone. There are probably 40-50 shrimp in there. I've moved shrimp
> regularly from this tank to other tanks to keep the population under
> control.
>
> Betty Goetz
>
> > Hey Cliff,
> >
> > Since you have had such success with your shrimp, would you be willing to
> > say a bit more on the tank conditions, feeding, etc that works for you??
> > I
> > am very curious, and hope to keep the ones that have survived the month
> > since the last meeting happy and healthy...
> >
> > So heavy plants helps, what else?  Little maintenance can mean so many
> > things!  I have been feeding mine the standard flake food almost daily,
> > which they seem to eat, and that seems to be working so far.
> >
> > Any words of wisdom you care to share, or that anyone else successfully
> > keeping these guys wants to add, would be most welcome.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Connie
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > From: "Clifford Miller" <clifford@clevergeek.com>
> > A note regarding the plants that are in with the shrimp, I don't do much
> > maintenance in my shrimp tanks (which usually have very thick growth to
> > encourage the shrimp to breed)--
> >
> >
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