For the last few months I have had some Red Cherry Shrimp in an aquarium that was intended for Crystal Red Shrimp. I set it up with Aqua Soil Amazonia and quite a few plants and mosses. I keep the pH right around 6.0 and have some interesting observations for the Red Cherries!
Observations:
- The Red Cherry Shrimp grow slower
- Far less breeding activity observed
- Berried females have become more rare
- Life span seems shorter
If you have any observations of keeping Red Cherry Shrimp in water with such a low pH please feel free to share them!
Hi,
I keep cherry shrimp in a heavily planted tank along with SAE’s, Tetra’s and Clown Loach.
I bought 10 very red shrimp and one very brown almost black.
They breed all the time, and i now have hundreds, but i have noticed that most of the young are clear, they lose their red and revert back.
pH 6.3
Temp 26 degC
KH 140mg/l
Dose EI for plants
@Geoff,
The one brown shrimp has contaminated the gene pool. To keep the red color they have to be in an aquarium with no other shrimp that can breed with them!
I noticed the same thing with my cherries. In tap water with lots of moss, they were breeding like crazy and loving it.
Now they’re in with 7 CBS with an environment intended for crystals, pH lower than 6.5 with ADA and they haven’t bred in months.