Red cherry shrimp and apple snail question.
- Thread starter MIKE D
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The apple snails do fine with other snails. They are a wonderful addition to an invert tank. The shrimp reproduce quite readily once they hit sexual maturity. Once you see the visible saddle on the females (a patch just behind their head that is yellow or greenish in color) it will be 2-3 weeks until they are berried (carrying eggs) then another 2-3 weeks until the eggs hatch. There are typically around 20-30 young per female. This adds up fast! Congrats!
before you know it, lol. I pulled about 350 cherry shrimp out of a tank yesterday that I was emptying to use for a pygmy cory breeding tank....I had thought there were not many shrimp in it.
mg: 350! wow thats crazy. Well look like at it like this at $1 a shrimp thats $350:grinyes: