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Red Cherry Shrimp setup?
I'm planning on buying a 10 gallon tank. I'm going to buy 5 males and 5 females Red Cherry Shrimp. I also would like some tankmates for them. I have some questions though:
1. What fish would do well with RCS? Could a snail work well as well? Or both?
2. Would it be smart to have a fish that will eat RCS to keep them from overpopulating the whole tank? I'd provide plenty of plants for cover.
3. How would I go about cycling my tank? If I use fish, and they survive the process, what hardy fish would do well with RCS?
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- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
what do you mean "Work Well"? I like snails and shrimp together, but that's my opinion. Um, about the fish- probably not. It's pretty hard to get your shrimp to over populate. If they do, then sure- but don't start out with a dangerous fish or you'll just end up losing your shrimp. Actually, it depends what filter you have. The shrimp should do fine if you just aerate the tank with the filter running, and add a little fish food every other day to help it get going. If you want to use fish, then get a little heater and use danios. DON'T use goldfish, under any circumstances. A. they're too big, B. they'll eat your shrimp.
I hope I helped, good luck and cheers!
- Anonymous8 years ago
There are a few elements that are commonly found in an aquarium that are very harmful to Red Cherry Shrimp. Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate are all very harmful. A cycled and well-maintained filtration system will eliminate Ammonia and Nitrate. Nitrate is the byproduct of the filter eliminating Ammonia and Nitrite and is removed by water changes or by growing plants.
Aquatic plants use Nitrate as a source of nitrogen and help reduce this element in the water column. While aquatic plants are good for helping eliminate Nitrate, other fertilizers used to maintain plants can kill Cherry Red Shrimp. Copper is found in many aquatic plant fertilizers contain trace amounts of copper, so it not recommended to dose fertilizers in tanks that contain Cherry Red Shrimp.
A peaceful community aquarium containing only small fish makes a good home for Red Cherry Shrimp, but almost any fish that can fit a Cherry Red Shrimp in its mouth will make a quick and tasty meal out of them. Recommended tank mates include tetras, guppies, and smaller barbs. If breeding Cherry Red Shrimp, a shrimp only tank is recommended.
Red Cherry Shrimp should never be put in a tank with other Neocaridina species to avoid cross breeding. They can be kept with Caridina species such as Amano Shrimp, Bee Shrimp and Crystal Red Shrimp. While Crystal Red and Bee Shrimp require lower pHs and temperatures than are common in the aquarium to breed, they will live just fine in most water parameters that Red Cherry Shrimp will live and breed in.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
25 cherrys isn't tons so something larger than a ten gal would do till you choose to develop greater beneficial than 40, they are no longer cannibalistic in order that which you comprehend. easily confident to the filter out and the gravel. Neocar. want sparkling and espresso ammonia water, yet a sponge filter out will do the interest in a longtime 10gal if all you preserve are shrimp on the grounds that they are very sparkling creatures. distinctive plant life, ideally stay, and distinctive sunshine to offer algae and infusoria for the greater youthful. almost all fish nutrition is sweet yet i'd suggestion sticking to algae waffles or shrimp forte nutrition. constantly, and that i advise constantly make water modifications, the only complicated section approximately elevating shrimp is to maintain the water sparkling. yet never greater beneficial than 20% any given time.