Shrimp

[chr15_8]

im going to be planting my tank in about a weeks time and was thinking about getting shrimp as i see a few people have them with planted tanks

whats the benifit?
which would be the best type to get?

thanks

 

[RadaR]

The benefit is that theyre eat many types of algae and clean your plants. Theyre also cool to watch
Best type would either be the Amano shrimp or Cherry shrimp.

 

[chr15_8]

lol i like the look of the scavaging around on the floor lol

do you know how much roughtly they cost and where from (england)

thanks

 

[Fwapp]

Hi chr15_8

I got my amanos from my local Maidenhead aquatics, for about £2.50 each. However, you could try here, as 20 for £20 seems a bargain, compared.

Hope this helps!

 

[scubadoo]

I got mine from a World of Water in one of our local garden centres at a rate of 3 for £5.

 

[Spinal]

I got 6 cherry red's off an eBay seller (gogosnails); one was doa and I can only locate 3 in the tank; but they are happy and thats what counts

They are very cute little things, it will be a sad day when the killi's get added...

Michele

 

[chr15_8]

I got 6 cherry red's off an eBay seller (gogosnails); one was doa and I can only locate 3 in the tank; but they are happy and thats what counts

They are very cute little things, it will be a sad day when the killi's get added...

Michele

what do you mean?

what was the service like?

thanks everyone

 

[juicebox]

doa = dead on arrival.

(at least i think that's it.)

 

[Neal]

I got mine from Peter Barrats in Stockton, they were £1.50 each, or something like 4 for £3.50. Your problem all going "oh not Peter Barrats", but they all lived very happily, until they decided to commit suicide when I put an internal filter into my tank, and they decided to have a diving competition to see who could jump furthest out of the tank. They are interesting little things, but they can't half jump, so a tight fitting lid is a must. They clean up any leftover bits on the bottom, apart from fish excrement, which only a vaccuum can clean up, they are very interesting to watch, however my mam did not like them at all, but it's only because they had lots of feelers, the same reason she didn't like corys because they have barbels, I mean, who doesn't like corys? They are very hard to find, so you may think they have died or something, but about 2 months after I added mine, I moved them to a different tank and after hours of hunting, I found all four of them. They are constantly on the lookout for food, and it's entertaining to watch them pick up crushed flake and eat it. Great little things and i'd get them for my new cube if I was sure they weren't going to jump out again and my mam liked them, but i'd recommend them to anyone with a tight lid and relatively small, non-aggressive community fish.

Neal

 

[chr15_8]

mmmmm
havent seen them i any lfs seen a couple on ebay and 5 for £15 on another website without postage which to me seems quite highly priced

 

[lisa_perry75]

Gogo snails has cherry reds 10 for £15 with postage £6.75 Also has tiger and bumblebee...

Damn why does ebay make it so easy to spend my money???