Crystal Bee Shrimp (Cbs)

[jlane1980]

Hi,
As you can probably fathom from the above, i intend to keep and, hopefully breed Crystal Bee Shrimp (CBS).
I am going to be getting a new Nano soon, and would like to use it to breed Grade A's and attempting to get them up to as high a grade as possible (SSS would be nice!!).
My plan is to go for a sand substrate, with peat running through the filter, to keep the pH low. I'm going to have a few bits of moss it there, also, for the little blighters to snack on.
Eventually, i guess, there will be a need for me to move on to more / bigger tanks. At that point, i'd be (possibly) looking to break down my current tropical setup (an AR620T, 127l) and using that as the main housing tank, with the nano for use as the breeder.

Anyone got any suggestions, advice or questions, please ask/tell away!

I will, when i get the tank, of course be Journaling it, in true TFF fashion!

One question i do have. Should i cycle my water from scratch, in the Nano, or could i use the water and a bit of filter media from my already established tropical tank?

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

Hi,
As you can probably fathom from the above, i intend to keep and, hopefully breed Crystal Bee Shrimp (CBS).
I am going to be getting a new Nano soon, and would like to use it to breed Grade A's and attempting to get them up to as high a grade as possible (SSS would be nice!!).
My plan is to go for a sand substrate, with peat running through the filter, to keep the pH low. I'm going to have a few bits of moss it there, also, for the little blighters to snack on.
Eventually, i guess, there will be a need for me to move on to more / bigger tanks. At that point, i'd be (possibly) looking to break down my current tropical setup (an AR620T, 127l) and using that as the main housing tank, with the nano for use as the breeder.

Anyone got any suggestions, advice or questions, please ask/tell away!

I will, when i get the tank, of course be Journaling it, in true TFF fashion!

One question i do have. Should i cycle my water from scratch, in the Nano, or could i use the water and a bit of filter media from my already established tropical tank?

If you use media from yuor established tank just check the water for a few days to make sure it's ok. As a rule shrimp generally do better in older matured tanks (although all of mine have been fine going in to a new tank).

Not much really to advise when it comes to shrimp, except don't forget to feed them. They like blood worm, brine shrimp, algae wafers and mine get shrimp cusine and fish food. They are scavengers and will eat most things.

 

[jlane1980]

OK, thank you.

When it comes to breeding, do you know anything about selective breeding? The way i read it; I would start with grade A's (about 6, i think) when they have reproduced, if there's some grade S, i replace the grade A's, leaving only the S in the tank. And so on, and so on! I think! Any ideas?

 

[jlane1980]

Just found this My link, thinking of using it, but not sure i'd like to pay £17 for it! I'd only need a little bit! I'd like to use it to keep my pH down for the CBS.

 

[KkAaNnEe]

Trying to muck about with ph is a difficult task. What is your current ph?

With your shrimp related breeding questions, you might be best checking out the invertebrates section

 

[jlane1980]

ooops, didn't realise there was an invert section! I'll repost!

ref my pH, it's at a constant 7.6-7.7 in my established tank, but it'll need to be lower (about 6.5-6.8) for the CBS project. Should i start the cycle again, taking new water to a lower pH, or just try to lower my current, established water, using peat etc?

Edit: added pH level for CBS requirement