Lovely little setup and scape, and the shrimp are adorable.
Are they as hardy as cherry shrimp? They're the same species aren't they?
Are they as hardy as cherry shrimp? They're the same species aren't they?
Thanks George, they are selectively bred from blue Rillis from what I've read so same species as cherries, so far finding them fairly easy coping well with daily water changes and small amount of ferts,I match the new water using a tds pen. So far so good hoping for little jelly babiesLovely little setup and scape, and the shrimp are adorable.
Are they as hardy as cherry shrimp? They're the same species aren't they?
Hi sanj, thanks maintenance can be a little fiddly, I use airline to carry out a daily 1 ltr water change and a selection of artists brushes to clean glass hardscape etc. filter clean and 50% water change every couple of weeks to remove more detritus.Really nice scape, you must have to be quite delicate with your maintenance given how small the tank is.
Tim I had the same problem last year in my excel tank. Unfortunately the only way i know is by manually removing them one at a time. The problem is there's always a peak & trough sort of population pattern with them. I think you've got to keep at it everyday.
Hi defektor feel free to nick the pipe idea I did from dafil's journal , maybe an idea to raise and sell the snails in a separate tank, think ill give the assassins a miss I've read they will eat shrimplet's. glad you like the scape.Almost perfect setup, beautiful scape and I really like the acylic pipes i'm knicking that one!
Problem Snails!! Obviously no loach solution with your jellies, how about some assasin snails?
When Ive used them they mainly killed the smaller ones
which left me to remove larger ones still took a bit of time
but I put all the larger trumpet snails in a small breeder tank with a fish block soon filled it and sold em on ebay!
Take that pesky snails!!!
Hi James, not sure found a few eggs dropped in some moss a couple of days ago last time this happened a few survived so I'm keeping an eye outAny sign of baby shrimps yet?