My experience of shrimp so far has just been Amanaos and, aside from them being quite shy, I don't seem to have problems with them. Now I'd like to add some more shrimp, preferably smaller and more colourful.
Having done some reading and this is some of what I think I've learned:
- Shrimp need hard-ish water, and mine is pretty hard, so that's ok.
- CRS seem to need a lower pH than I've got (I've seen that 6.8 is best - I have about 7.4 to 7.6) though Cherrys should be ok.
- Cherrys breed easily and in large numbers, but shrimplets can easily become food for fish like my Dwarf Gouramis, or get sucked into filters. I'm not sure if this is a major problem if they are really prolific breeders.
- CRS are the most demanding (though I can't really firure out why) and Cherrys are least demanding.
-CRS get more expensive as the get whiter, but conversly become tougher and less inbread
Are these all correct?
How do other shrimp, Bee, Harlequin, Tiger, Blue Pearl etc fit in to the dificulty spectrum?
And on a side note, I really like the idea of some Thai Micro Crabs, but there seems to be very little info about on them. How easy are they to keep and are they compatible with fish like Ottos?
Having done some reading and this is some of what I think I've learned:
- Shrimp need hard-ish water, and mine is pretty hard, so that's ok.
- CRS seem to need a lower pH than I've got (I've seen that 6.8 is best - I have about 7.4 to 7.6) though Cherrys should be ok.
- Cherrys breed easily and in large numbers, but shrimplets can easily become food for fish like my Dwarf Gouramis, or get sucked into filters. I'm not sure if this is a major problem if they are really prolific breeders.
- CRS are the most demanding (though I can't really firure out why) and Cherrys are least demanding.
-CRS get more expensive as the get whiter, but conversly become tougher and less inbread
Are these all correct?
How do other shrimp, Bee, Harlequin, Tiger, Blue Pearl etc fit in to the dificulty spectrum?
And on a side note, I really like the idea of some Thai Micro Crabs, but there seems to be very little info about on them. How easy are they to keep and are they compatible with fish like Ottos?