Every time I've tried to raise shrimp, they've quickly died out in their own tank or been eaten by my fish in the main tank. I'm going to try to set up a breeding colony but I'm not feeling too optimistic after my last three attempts.
The trick to raising shrimp is to introduce them to a tank that has had the filter well established for a long time and make sure it stays a constant temperature. It's best to not have fish with them because they're too tasty for the fish to resist.
When you add the shrimp remember to acclimatise them slowly so they don't get a shock.
Thanks for the advice! Both tanks I tried were well-established and moderately planted. My community tank is a 29 gallon with mostly red phantom tetras and two small schools of cory cats, but I do have a bolivian ram. She's not aggressive at all, but she definitely picks off the smaller inverts. After my betta passed, I tried again with some neocardina in the empty 10 gallon but they were all dead within a day or two after drip acclimation. Snails did fine in both tanks and I don't think I've ever uses ferts or meds with copper, so I wonder if my water is simply too hard for shrimp?
Every time I've tried to raise shrimp, they've quickly died out in their own tank or been eaten by my fish in the main tank. I'm going to try to set up a breeding colony but I'm not feeling too optimistic after my last three attempts.
The trick to raising shrimp is to introduce them to a tank that has had the filter well established for a long time and make sure it stays a constant temperature. It's best to not have fish with them because they're too tasty for the fish to resist.
When you add the shrimp remember to acclimatise them slowly so they don't get a shock.
Thanks for the advice! Both tanks I tried were well-established and moderately planted. My community tank is a 29 gallon with mostly red phantom tetras and two small schools of cory cats, but I do have a bolivian ram. She's not aggressive at all, but she definitely picks off the smaller inverts. After my betta passed, I tried again with some neocardina in the empty 10 gallon but they were all dead within a day or two after drip acclimation. Snails did fine in both tanks and I don't think I've ever uses ferts or meds with copper, so I wonder if my water is simply too hard for shrimp?
Edit: Can we get a c/fishkeeping?
That's really weird. It' sounds like you did everything right.
Yeah we need a c/animals or something lol