Richard Dowling
Member
Hi All,
This may already be common knowledge but I've made a bit of a discovery which has led me to question the grading of shrimp. I have pretty low grade Red Cherry Shrimp in terms of colouration. Every now and then I get a nice red one but generally they are dull and boring. As my aquarium is brimming with shrimp I decided to put a few in my Turtle Terrarium which is an 80 litre tank half filled with plants, rocks, sand, same temperature etc as my other aquarium. It has Uv lighting and a heat lamp. My Turtle has always completely ignored her fish tankmates so I tested her with shrimp. I found that after a month or so all of the shrimps are accounted for so she's not eating them, if anything I've found the shrimp grooming her skin whilst she sits there! I have found though that what were very boring red cherries are now super red!
I thought shrimp grades are based on genetics and selective breeding!? Have I just found a way of bypassing that with UV?
This may already be common knowledge but I've made a bit of a discovery which has led me to question the grading of shrimp. I have pretty low grade Red Cherry Shrimp in terms of colouration. Every now and then I get a nice red one but generally they are dull and boring. As my aquarium is brimming with shrimp I decided to put a few in my Turtle Terrarium which is an 80 litre tank half filled with plants, rocks, sand, same temperature etc as my other aquarium. It has Uv lighting and a heat lamp. My Turtle has always completely ignored her fish tankmates so I tested her with shrimp. I found that after a month or so all of the shrimps are accounted for so she's not eating them, if anything I've found the shrimp grooming her skin whilst she sits there! I have found though that what were very boring red cherries are now super red!
I thought shrimp grades are based on genetics and selective breeding!? Have I just found a way of bypassing that with UV?