I never expected to get into shrimp this much, when I started...

[Magnum Man]

I started this journey with Vampire shrimp "fan dancers" because they were big, and interesting... one apparently climbed out pretty much right away, and the other ended up in my hardest to service tank... it lasted about a year and a half, without any intervention ( specialty feeding ) from me... my next attempt at shrimp were Amano shrimp... these guys won't reproduce in my tanks, and I'm down to 6 or so, from 10, that are 3 years here, and were purchased as large, so ??? on their age...
next, I set up a 10 gallon for cherry shrimp, with 2 completely different breeding groups, from different sellers... in this heavily planted tank, they have reproduced like crazy, and I've stocked 2 other tanks with Cherries... this last year, I took the shrimp to a new level, with 3 more heavily planted 10 gallons, and more colors of neo shrimp, yellow, orange, and blue, each in there own tanks... hoping they all do as well, as the cherries, as I find I enjoy them in my community tanks for color and interest... in several of those tanks, they get hunted, but as long as the original tank is reproducing enough, and the community tanks provide enough hiding places, that the added shrimp are not just eaten right away, the shrimp provide a live food choice, and entertainment for many fish

 

[emeraldking]

Just like other aquatic animals, keeping shimps can also become an addiction...
Overhere, in the tanks where I keep shimps and fish, those shrimps are left alone by those fish. They are so used to them which makes them not interested in them anymore. This does result in an excessive number of these shimps. But the stores in my area love to have them. And I just do get paid a decent price for them. It's not that all stores do this with everyone who wants to get rid of their aquatic animals. But I've created a good name over the years and those stores know that I pay attention to the quality of those fish and shrimp.

 

[MaloK]

Some of your last posts made me think that your interest with cherry shrimps is growing.

They are a lot more interesting than people admit... One of my buddies turn into a kid when he see my tanks, he goes from one to the other in circles in the house.

Last time I wasn't sure if he comes to see me or the tanks, loll...

 

[Magnum Man]

I have them breeding in dedicated breeding tanks, but find them most interesting, when they can be mixed in, a wild looking environment, with other fishes... I started a long time ago, with Amano , and African tetras, and that has worked well for many years... I fully expected the the Denison's, larger flying fox, or my pink kisser, to eat the cherry shrimp, and fully expect the larger hillstream's, or panda garra in there, to eat babies if, and when found, but I regularly see, a couple of the half dozen full grown cherries, and all the fish leave them alone...I think they add a lot to the viewing expirience

 

[CassCats]

They're underrated, imo. They can be just as amusing and fun to watch as fish. So can snails!

 

[fishorama]

I'm with Magnum & Cass, shrimp can be very entertaining!

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I have had amanos in some of my planted tanks over the past two decades. Until a a few weeks ago I had not bought any in many years yet I have them in some of my tanks for close to 10 years. i cannot believe how long they live, at least for me.

They will get berried,l but if they hatch they do not last long in FW. In the wild they migrate into salty water to survive early life after which they can return to FW. I had a fish friend who was working to spawn them. She lived about 30 minutes from me and would come here and I would let her take the ones filled with eggs home with her. She actually had some success getting them to survive. She would bring back some of the ones she borrowed as well as some of the youngsters who could be returned to FW.

I really dislike saltwater. I have not been in the ocean in over 50 years. i do not enjoy going to the beach. I do like going to the shore. I am a big fan of bikinis and I love fresh seafood and the nightlife typical in most shore towns. I just stay off of the beaches and out of the salt water. When much younger I did some scuba diving and even tried surfing, something at which I failed miserably.

 

[fishorama]

There's a guy in my plant club that breeds Amano shrimp sometimes. I've never kept them.

 

[Velvetgun]

I also really like shrimp! In fact, I was wondering if, in addition to the caridina Japonica, there were other types of shrimp that were not too small and interesting that I could put in the 54 liters with the betta