Red Cherry Shrimpie with eggs!

[kkifer]

John my shrimp were from you too, so you are spreading the joy! They look like cute little red helicopters.

I put some trumpet snails in with my shrimp, but they are multiplying faster than the shrimp and I'm wonderering if snails are any benefit to the shrimp? Seems like they compete for the same food.

The sand is only a thin layer, so I don't need the substrate turned.

Seems like I read that snails contribute to the micro-life stuff that babies need?

 

[John N.]

Reigns Angel - Ghost shrimp and Cherry shrimp can co-exist together without any problems. They won't interbreed and they won't fight with each other.

Kkifer - Little Red helicopters is a great way to describe them! I was watching them the other day hovering around, too cool! Hmm the snails probably don't benefit the shrimp directly but they definately don't harm the shrimp besides competing with food. Indirectly the snails can eat up excess algae wafers and not let the leftovers pollute the water. The shrimp can eat the broken down waste and micro life that the snails will produce, but they can do fine without them. There's plenty of micro-life inside the tank for the cherries to pick on, especially if you have plants and moss. Hopefully you'll have similar luck and get a bunch of shrimp like Art.

-John N.

 

[aardvark1]

My shrimpies and snails (brigs) seemed to co-exist just peachy!

Both feed off the algea wafers (one Hitari, broken up into little bits and scattered in tank), with no fighting. Shrimpies will hitch-hike on the back of the snails (lazy buggers!)

Got another snail egg clutch and another egg bearing female shrimpie; must be doing something right!