Crystal Red Shrimp

j-gens

j-gens

planted tank junkie
Dec 8, 2008
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maumee, ohio
i am looking into getting / breeding crystal red shrimp
what do i need to know... and i want to get a high grade so the more info the better so i dont throw my money down the drain
 
They like cooler temps, low 70's. They need softer water (ph in the 6's), a covered intake. Alot of people use ADA aquasoil in their CRS tanks as it lowers pH but be careful because it can cause ammonia spikes initially.
 
right great is there anything i need to do to make them feel confortable? mosses? climbing wall? stuff like that?
w/c's?? how often?
 
They love planted tanks, mosses, anubias, ferns, are all fantastic. I do weekly water changes on my shrimp tanks. If you go low light plants and no ferts, 20% weekly or so should be fine. If you decide to go higher tech and dose ferts, i would do 50% weekly.
 
I have my high grades (SS-SSS) in a 20gal tall tank with aquasoil 1 (aquasoil 2 doesn't buffer as well). I use 100% RO water and have a Eheim filter and a chiller on there. Although I have a sponge filter on the intake I still find shrimp in the filter when I clean it. I have moss and driftwood in the tank and I try to keep the water temp around 75. I feed them sirakura food .

As msjinkzdhttp://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/member.php?u=66215mentioned aquasoil 1 will leech large amounts of ammonia for several weeks when it is new. Frequent and large water changes can decrease the time the aquasoil leeches though. I would let the tank mature for at LEAST a month before adding CRS to it, but the longer the better. You may want to try your luck with A-C grades before moving onto the higher grades. In my experience the lower grades seem to be hardier, easier to breed, and can be significantly cheaper.
 
I also have my S grade CRS in aquasoil II. It also needs a good 4-6 weeks to stop leeching amonia, but buffers the water nicely. If your tap water is above a PH of 6.4 you need to handle that problem first.
 
I am looking into getting CRS myself (first gotta get past the hurdle of southern california's liquid rock: great for snails, not for CRS) and that plantedtank article is a good one :)
 
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