Cherries Not Breeding.
- Thread starter Drunkenbushman
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Hey guys,
Thought id give you all a quick update. Since I put the new shrimp in the tank.
I have had one death so far, was one of the newbies. Still no berries tho.
I got my TDS meter in a cpl of days ago and and looks steady at 170.
Temp is back down to 22 has been for about two weeks.
Dunno what else I can do. I dont think im going to have any luck.
Thought id give you all a quick update. Since I put the new shrimp in the tank.
I have had one death so far, was one of the newbies. Still no berries tho.
I got my TDS meter in a cpl of days ago and and looks steady at 170.
Temp is back down to 22 has been for about two weeks.
Dunno what else I can do. I dont think im going to have any luck.
Ok so its been over a month now and still no berried shrimp. I have only lost 5 out of the twenty I had.
I did a big change yesterday.
Pulled everything out. Empied the tank, got rid of the old blue white substrate gave the tank a big clean out. I kept 3/4 of the tank water and the filters are the same. Kept the anibus but got rid of the blue stricta. I have three new plants in now.
I also changed the light to give the tank a differant look.
I havnt done a params check yet I wanna let it sit for a couple of days then ill see how it all sits.
I thinking that maybe the substrate was dodgy and just too dirty.
I will see how this new set up goes. I cant do any worse than I am already. The only guy in Australia who cant get cherries to breed.
The pics are poor but it gives you an idea of how the new set up looks.
I did a big change yesterday.
Pulled everything out. Empied the tank, got rid of the old blue white substrate gave the tank a big clean out. I kept 3/4 of the tank water and the filters are the same. Kept the anibus but got rid of the blue stricta. I have three new plants in now.
I also changed the light to give the tank a differant look.
I havnt done a params check yet I wanna let it sit for a couple of days then ill see how it all sits.
I thinking that maybe the substrate was dodgy and just too dirty.
I will see how this new set up goes. I cant do any worse than I am already. The only guy in Australia who cant get cherries to breed.
The pics are poor but it gives you an idea of how the new set up looks.
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I hardly ever change water. RCS is a "set it and forget it"! Try giving them some almond leaf. It will decompose and they will eat up the leaf. I have two tanks. One with a light and one that is on the bottom rack that only gets very little light. Both are doing great. How many times a week are you feeding and what are you feeding?
I feed them daily, I use Hikari shrimp cuisine.
I just use the tip of my little finger, dip it in water, dip it in the pack and back in the water. It gives around 20-30 little balls of the cuisine.
I just use the tip of my little finger, dip it in water, dip it in the pack and back in the water. It gives around 20-30 little balls of the cuisine.
i think you are over doing it just put a 10 gal tank with a sponge filter put some moss and gravel and forget about them thats what i did when i raised shrimp
I would disagree. I have bred Cherries in a bare 5 gallon bucket.More hiding places is a must. That tank needs to be planted dense, with lots of java moss and other good bushy plants for breeding to be successful.
Heres a better pic of the new set up
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Everyone seems to have differant ideas of what needs to be done.
I cant up the tank size due to space constraints. The size I have is what im stuck with.
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Everyone seems to have differant ideas of what needs to be done.
I cant up the tank size due to space constraints. The size I have is what im stuck with.
