shrimp size

[nicpapa]

Hi there.

I bought some yellows neo and are big , very big.

I keep two lines with yellows, golden back, and fire.

Mine shrimps are the half size of them, not only the yellows but all neos.

I dont think its genetics its something on food i think.

 

i feed them hikari algae wafers, glasgarten(  baby , bacter, and shrimp snacks), dernele crusta gran, mulbery leaves.

I feed shrimps every day, and some times twice a day.

I dont feed any protein foods maybe thats the key to get biger?

Tank size it doents mater...

I keep rcs in a 180 lt , 100 lt and in 10 lt , all the same small size.. also all tanks have diferents water  parameters from 2-3 kh 4-5 gh to 22 kh and 24 gh.

In hard water colors are beter , more solid  more red.

 

orange , topaz, and mine yellow the bigest adult shrimp is arοund 1-1.2 cm, those i bought are 2-2.3 cm..

It looks like amano shrimp compare with mine shrimps....

Some photos...

Not good photos its from my phone...
 

Tank size it doents mater...

I keep rcs in a 180 lt , 100 lt and in 10 lt , all the same small size.. also all tanks have diferents water  parameters from 2-3 kh 4-5 gh to 22 kh and 24 gh.

In hard water colors are beter , more solid  more red.

I take some photos on the phone , i ll post them .. .

orange , topaz, and mine yellow the bigest adult shrimp is arοund 1-1.2 cm, those i bought are 2-2.3 cm..

It looks like amano shrimp compare with mine shrimps....

 

yellow golden back

 

mine yellow

 

orange

 

 

 

and from abobe samge height.

 

[exo-aquaristic]

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[nicpapa]

i used Montmorillonite  in tanks years now.

I dont think it changes the size of the shrimps ...

[Matuva]

One thing I noticed about my red cherries: the ones in my home tank are well fed. The others in my garden pond are fed just with the plants, bio film, and whatever mother nature wants to give them, and they are really bigger than the home ones, with more bright and solid color...

I have yet to find out why...