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For new shrimp keepers Neocaridina are easier to keep and much hardier. They can also usually survive warmer temperatures in the summer without needing fans or chillers. Once you learn the basics and your shrimp are thriving you can decide whether to move on to Caridina. It would be better to start a new tank with the water parameters for Caridina and add the Neos to that tank -they adjust much better than caridina. I have successfully bred my shrimp in mixed tanks for many years but I learnt about each type first and only once I was successful with them did I mix the types. It can be done but the Neos often tend to outbreed the Caridina and can bully them for food. As Jayc mentioned there are lots of articles on shrimp keeping and breeding on here so learn as much as you can to keep your tanks stable and shrimp happy. good luck

That is a mystery then, maybe they are hiding somewhere. If you have snails in with them then they will eat the dead bodies? Hope you see them swimming around soon. I don't think they will turn to eating each other, even a dead one?? I wouldn't worry too much about putting them in with the neons, I have had red cherrys in with my neons for years, there is such a small chance of them getting eaten that it isn't really worth setting up a special tank! You would probably not transfer them as newborns either as you need to give them time to be sure of the colour etc. They will be happier in the bigger fish tank as well! Simon

Oh my!! Erm i hope my dogs did not eat them?? Yep they have a cover on there. And its a fitted cover, gotta unlatch from the hinges before you can remove it entirely. Well, im sure they will pop out somewhere. Just really puzzled where did they go unless they went cannibalistic and ate each other. (They are fed very well) so im guessing no they would not do that. The tank is really clean, so im really curious where they went. We shall see about the culls, i look at them so happy and safe in the main tank, to move them in with the tetras requires me to harden my heart a little. I mean, they could be fish food:( Am just playing around with the thought of having a small tank setup for them but that is just more work.. Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk

I wasnt actually intending to keep the shrimps with the tetras. But i guess it could be feasible with what you suggested. The culls can go in there(with the tetras) The main tank with lots of fire red babies will need looking into soon, they have grown and i can see they come in a myriad of colours. Will open up another separate thread on culling by than as i have no experience in this area. (We can look forward to good discussions on that topic) Weird now when i looked in the hospital tank that is holding the tetras temporarily for 2 months(took that long to setup their tank), I could swear i put 12 of them in there, treated them with paraguard, now they are fabulous but when i count them, i can only see 9 of them??? I dont see dead bodies as well during my weekly maintainance of this tank. Wonder where the 3 of them went. Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk

I hardly ever see any newborns bit have about 100 juveniles? I think the mother shrimps release the shrimplets somewhere out of sight (makes sense) and they don't then move far from there until they are about 20% full size. If you want more flow in the tank you can remove the spray bar section of that filter in the tank. I have 2 of those in my FISH tank set up (30L) with the air tube attached - mine came with both fittings. I have 2 of the same filters in the shrimp tank but using the spray bar as they don't want strong flow. I don't have any experience with the overhead filters. I will try and get a photo and attach it if I can, though the tank isn't great as it gets neglected............... Really pleased to hear that everything is looking up and going better! Are you planning to keep shrimp in with the tetras, if you weren't planning on that you could just put any culls in there and they will be ok with the fish, make that tank more interesting and solve the cull problem of setting up a tank for them, or killing them? Simon

You should not keep them in the same tank. Caridina shrimp require different water conditions than neocaridina. They essentially can be kept together if you meet the water parameter near the end of each spectrum. Neocaridina are more hardy shrimp in my opinion. If you have the softer water parameters to meet the needs of the caridina shrimp, the neocaridina may be okay. The idea is just not optimal for either shrimp. As a starter in the hobby, I would suggest starting with just the cherry shrimp. They are easier to maintain as far as water parameters go. You could then get the crystal shrimp and experiment with keeping them together.

Thanks simon! Will have a look at the video you shared, as with all the videos so far, it definately was of good help! Hopefully you are right about the babies, maybe more will pop out when they get bigger, just off hand, i can only see 2 babies at any one point. Noted about that filter! I added that filter that was originally from the main tank of crystals and fire reds. This new tetra tank came with an overhead filter, as i am still new to this hobby, i ran it last night and saw that the flow wasnt great, its very gentle??(never operated an overhead filter before) So that was the reason i added in the internal filter. I like the water column to have more circulation. You know what else? Ever since i ran my ac 24hrs in the dry mode and kept my room to a constant 23°c, i noticed that the 3 remaining crystals are not dying and seem to be more alive? I see why now everyone is saying they need those low temps, have read over the weekend somewhere that this is due to their thicker shells, they have thicker shells compared to neos. Well, on the whole, i can see improved vitality in all the shrimps, neos and caridinas now that the temperature is lower and is stable. Hopefully i see some berried females this year, thats hoping i actually have some males in the tank. Good job with the culling! Well i guess doing a little every other day when you are up for it is an achievement on its own (looking at how massive your population is) Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk