Advice Please

[scobie140]

Got my self a few cherry shrimp only 4 in a 8gal aprox tank, Down to three now they are growing on me and i would like to breed them to put them in my other tanks. But itching to get more to have a better chance of breeding so would need them in a bigger tank. Could they live in a tank at 27C with a betta and german blue rams(still no got them but in the pipeline) and some kuhli's? If not would 20 cherries be fine in an 8gal?

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

Got my self a few cherry shrimp only 4 in a 8gal aprox tank, Down to three now they are growing on me and i would like to breed them to put them in my other tanks. But itching to get more to have a better chance of breeding so would need them in a bigger tank. Could they live in a tank at 27C with a betta and german blue rams(still no got them but in the pipeline) and some kuhli's? If not would 20 cherries be fine in an 8gal?

I was told 10-15 per gallon (but that was a shrimp only tank)

 

[scobie140]

Well the tank with the rams and the betta is 16gal so that would be plenty and also have a 20gal if they were to breed. Just need to know if thats too hot or if people have mixed rams and betta with shrimp and had success or expensive snacks?

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

I dont know about rams but I was recommended not to put a betta and shrimp togehter.

 

[scobie140]

K well that rules them out in that tank. cheers

 

[ebi]

Yeh 8 Gallon tank will be fine with 20 shrimps, you can get lots more if you want. temperture for breeding them is around 24-26c.

Try to set up a planted tank, this will really help baby suriving rate if you have any fish in the tank. I personaly would not mix the shrimps with ram due to their mouth size,but you can try smaller fish.

hope this help

www.aquashrimps.co.uk

 

[Shred]

I keep my yellow neocaridinas in with a betta and they seem ok, they do hide more than usual though.

 

[scobie140]

Yeh 8 Gallon tank will be fine with 20 shrimps, you can get lots more if you want. temperture for breeding them is around 24-26c.

Try to set up a planted tank, this will really help baby suriving rate if you have any fish in the tank. I personaly would not mix the shrimps with ram due to their mouth size,but you can try smaller fish.

hope this help

www.aquashrimps.co.uk

Thanks,
Well the tank which i plan on keeping the shrimp in has a few unsigly out of shape moss balls and a few clumps of java moss from my other tanks and currently houses two guppy fry a few days old and two mts snails. I have a heater which i would stick in there to encourage breeding and if they started to get out of controll i could try a bunch of the adults in the 16gal tank and see how that pans out.
The tank used to have guppies in it but the male died and one female gave birth premature but two live fry so moved the two femals to the betta tank as it look very empty and cant find decent rams anywhere the now.

How will this effect the filter for geting the shrimp?, its already cycled but the bio load now has fallen dramaticly and i understand that they need a good mature filter. any advice on this?

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

just get a filter that the shrimp wont be sucked into

 

[scobie140]

it is.it's one i got for when it used to be my betta tank. Its a huey hong(sp?) filter. Biological only no mechanical flow. I was just wondering if it would stay cycled or the lack of waste would mean it would deteriorate and not be up to coping with the new shrimp when they come. if that was the case how would i go about keeping it as it is?