Although they are both neocaridina species, the yellows seem to be more sensitive to water conditions; therefore, I have lost several, and for some reason they arent as prolific as the reds, and blues. Not sure what is wrong, but all the tanks have very similar water conditions, and the yellows seem to be suffering for some reason.
Although they are both neocaridina species, the yellows seem to be more sensitive to water conditions; therefore, I have lost several, and for some reason they arent as prolific as the reds, and blues. Not sure what is wrong, but all the tanks have very similar water conditions, and the yellows seem to be suffering for some reason.
Agreed, I found out java moss solved the problem with my cherry reds. I stuck a bunch in the yellow shrimp tank hoping to see a ton of shrimplets soon.
Although they are both neocaridina species, the yellows seem to be more sensitive to water conditions; therefore, I have lost several, and for some reason they arent as prolific as the reds, and blues. Not sure what is wrong, but all the tanks have very similar water conditions, and the yellows seem to be suffering for some reason.
Although they are both neocaridina species, the yellows seem to be more sensitive to water conditions; therefore, I have lost several, and for some reason they arent as prolific as the reds, and blues. Not sure what is wrong, but all the tanks have very similar water conditions, and the yellows seem to be suffering for some reason.
I am having the same problem here. I have 100+ RCS in my 29 gallon, but the yellows in a 20 gallon are struggling. The entire reason I am on here is because I found my second dead yellow in about 3 weeks, With that said, I have seen 3 berried yellows recently. I've had these shrimp for about 3 months now, started with 20, still have about 20 with a few shrimplets seen here an there, and in the same 3 month time period my RCS population was humming right along. Both tanks are setup pretty much the same way with a Fluval 405 with moderate water flow, a bunch of plants, and some MTS in the tank. The recent yellow death is the entire reason I am on here right now.
I'm finding the same similar problems that you all have told of with the lack of breeding. When I first got them there were some berried already which was great, but i've had them for 3 months now with no real explosion of babies. meanwhile the rcs tank goes strong.
I have an empty 10 gal now and was debating on getting some more shrimp in it. I was thinking i like the blue color? does anyone have any suggestions? I was debating between the bigger species of blue shrimp or the neocardinia dwarf species. Whats the pros/cons of each? It appears to me that the dwarf species breed much more readily than the bigger species of shrimp..correct?
I had great success breeding CRS in my soft acidic water. Cherries and blues both breed, but the yellows I have won't breed. I've started buffering to see if any changes happen. I haven't noticed yet.
Personally, I'd choose your next shrimp based on your local water, and the parameters the shrimp like...
My RCS, blue pearls, and snowballs all breed like rabbits. My yellows, however, have stalled. When I first got them about 3 months ago, they all saddled up, berried, and produced babies very well. But then everything stalled out... they're still alive and kicking, but they don't get saddled anymore.
I'm thinking it's my tank... it's killed 4 adult dwarf crayfish over the last couple of months while my dwarfs in other tanks are thriving. Go figure? I'm in the process of building a new tank to transfer them to...
My water has a pretty high ph - usually around 8 or higher.
