I got 2 shrimp for alphies tank! A few shrimp questions!

by **jasminek** Mon 19 Oct 2009 - 18:30

Hey Guys! I was out at the new pet store and bought alphie to freshwater shrimp for his tank, there still acclimizing, hes making a fuss over them in the bag lol, hopefully he see's them as friends & not food!
A few shrimp questions,
Do they breed rapidly?
What do they need to be fed & how often? I've heard there to be fed live food but how would i make sure they get the food and not alphie?
Will the 2 shrimp be alright in a 21l tank?

by **aly_starh** Mon 19 Oct 2009 - 18:34

They 'usually' just fed off left overs, as in fish flakes etc. I'm not to sure on this but you can feed them algea wafers.
Seen as there only 2, you have a 50-50 chance of it being male and female, so just wait and see [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
IMO 21l is fine for 2 shrimp.

Bet Alphies a happy Betta today, has he done the famous swim upto the bag and grin?

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by **jasminek** Mon 19 Oct 2009 - 18:45

Hes gone all happy, well one shrimp was on the bogwood and he was staring at it moving his mouth open and shut then he shuck his head and left him Smile

hoepfully i will breed them some time :D

by **aly_starh** Mon 19 Oct 2009 - 18:47

on a side not, just to let you know, your avatar is bit big, its covering some of what you are writing, you may need to resize it slightly.

by **jasminek** Mon 19 Oct 2009 - 22:15

thanks for that betta_246, done it now :D I couldnt see it covering writing, must just be because its my profile lol!

by **pippoodle** Tue 20 Oct 2009 - 0:39

what sort of shrimp did you get hun - amanos or cherrys or some other sort of dwarf ?

by **jasminek** Tue 20 Oct 2009 - 22:24

Well the man put on the form 'freshwater shrimp' but they are clear and have a brown line down their backs so i think there amano shrimp?
Do shrimp pretend to be dead to stay safe? One of the shrimp was running around then he lay on the bottom on his side for about 15 minutes why alphie swam past him and then he got up again and ran off?
Everytime i look in the tank i think hes eaten them until they run out, alphie wouldnt murder anything hes too kind :D

by **kizno1** Wed 21 Oct 2009 - 18:05

amano shrimp shrimp dont breed that fast and thhere harder to sex than cherrys. you can get shrimp wafers to feed them or just feed them algea wafers but they will get scraps aswell.
:D

by **crystal** Wed 21 Oct 2009 - 22:47

If they are amanos then they won't breed in freshwater, they hatch in saltwater, i only know cause my husband has a few and wanted to breed them. He decided against it when he realized he would need three seperate tanks to breed them!

by **timkel** Thu 22 Oct 2009 - 7:26

Sound like glass/ghost shrimp to me,do they look like this?
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Ihave 5 of these living with 4 frogs in Alberts tank.They dont really take much notice of each other.

by **jasminek** Thu 22 Oct 2009 - 14:57

Yep ^ Well i cant tell too well as the pic doesnt show the shrimo in detail.

by **timkel** Thu 22 Oct 2009 - 22:29

You could get away with 2 maybe 3 more in your tank,they prefer more company,but dont overstock them as they might fight.Your betta will watch and observe them,but he wont see them as food.Do you have any plants in there?Mine seem to love my silk plants but not the plastic ones lol.

by **jasminek** Fri 23 Oct 2009 - 21:12

I'm goign to move them both to my 80l sorority of 11 female bettas, because in their i have so mnay hideouts and silk and real plants im sure theyll prefer it. Bext week im getting 5 more shrimp i think :D

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