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To vary my juvenile FRCS diet I give them a (single) tropical fish flake every other day, in addition to their main Hikari shrimp cuisine diet. They seem to like the flakes, but I was wondering what else I can do to vary their diet. I have only just started giving them one or two of the Hikari pellets a day since I am not sure how many to give them – there are four shrimp in total. Pic is from when I first got them, they are now about three times that size.
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Has any progress been made in figuring out how to keep riffle larvae alive? From what I've read here and elsewhere, it's not entirely clear whether it's an issue of chemistry/hardness or food. This is a basic but important question, and I think it's easily answered by running a few experiments using water drawn from a creek where they naturally occur. Is there anyone here that can help?
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Hey guys! I've had my CRS for close to a month now (bought about 20 juvies and adults on 30th June) and they seem to be really happy and healthy in their tank with the painted fire reds. So far the PFRs have been berrying and breeding like crazy but I've yet to see any berried CRS ? Tank Parameters: Size: 14 Gallon Long Ammonia , Nitrite 0ppm Nitrate 20ppm pH 6.3 dKH 2 dGH 7 TDS 170 Temp 23-25c Diet: Bacter AE (1 scoop once a week-mainly for the PFR babies), Bornoewild Frenzy (once a week), Indian Almond leaves and aldercones for when they get the late night hunger pangs ? So my question would be, do my CRS require some additional protein in their diet? I've been told breeding is quite a energy intensive activity for shrimp. And if so, would feeding some frozen blood-worms help to supplement this? Thanks for reading!!
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Adding Wisteria leaves to my shrimp tank?
travellife posted a topic in General Questions/Discussions
My shrimp are regularly molting. I've been leaving the casings in the tank for a couple of days before removing them. Also, noticed the babies and some very small oblong-shaped creatures feeding on dead Wisteria leaves. I've been removing the leaves after they're practically transparent from being fed on. Is this a good procedure or should I immediately remove any leaf detritus and molts from such a small tank, roughly 1-1/2 gallons. Would it be beneficial to the shrimp to add Wisteria leaves from my betta tank that have blue-green algae growing on them? It seems to be like salad to them. -
I have had 1 RCS in a 3.5 gallon that has been established for a few months for over a month without feeding. It shares the tank with a small nerite snail and some plants. The RCS has been doing well so I recently added another 3. I know it is a small amount but was not sure at what point I need to consider supplementing. I have some shrimp food and could always do zucchini as well. I want to add some additional RCS slowly until I get to 10 or so to get a colony going but want to make sure I am feeding properly.
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Hi I'm new to shrimp :-) I've just populated my 17 Litre (4.5 gallon) tanks with 12 Crystal Red Shrimp Water Parameters - PH 7.0 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 10 GH 5 KH 5 Containing Driftwood, Weeping Moss and Peacock Moss I was wondering about he feeding regime. I have fed them blanched carrot today,and have ordered Dennerle Shrimp King Protein after reading Product Reviews. I have generic shrimp food from local aquarium for the time being. What amount and how often to feed them is something I am not sure about. I'd appreciate any advice :-) Thanks Roscoeb
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The pump flow jets into the corner of the tank and bounces the flow back out across the semi-circle of pebbles which provide "hang-on" spots for the shrimp. Not surprisingly this was set up to also give maximum viewing potential for me :D Feeding (infrequently) a mix of Sera micron powder, brine shrimp nauplii, and milk paramecium that I culture as fry food (I strain out the big ones on 50µm mesh). I also drop bits of mulberry leaf into the tank every now and then. I've found reproduction to be very seasonal. In the 18 months I've had them this is only the second time I've had berried females - last time was last summer.
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