breed shrimps

[mauricio yearwood]

Question, to breed shrimps you need plants;real or artificial will do

 

[ScatMan]

my red-claws breed in anything, even a bare tank with only gravel. but red-claw babys hatch fully formed; as mini adults, no larval or planktonic stage...

 

[Fat Homer]

Personally, i used a lot of live plants and driftwood with some aquarium soil to get my Cherry Reds to breed in the pass and they always seemed happy, since when i still kept shrimp i heard that they preferred to hide/bury themselves just before laying their eggs... hope that helps a little...

 

[foldem]

I've got a bare bottom tank for my shrimps with a couple of pieces of driftwood with anubias attached and they breed all the time. They breed like rabbits you shouldnt have too much troubles

 

[ridehardorgohome]

I have heard that they buried in the gravel as well,but I have had mine for a while and have not seen this happen, But they are still breeding little nymphos, I would say what every you do for the substrate, get the darkest poss like black or brown etc,reason being is that is brings out the color so much more in the shrimp,As far as plants, live plants are the way to go,Don't think that growing plants are difficult because its not,I don't even use CO2 just a liquid fert,Flourish Excel x2week, and in one of my tanks I'm not even using substrate is a very fine black sand and it grows plants like crazy,I attached pic to show how the darker substrate really make your shrimp stand out,Let me know what you think??????

 

[mauricio yearwood]

very nice and tanks for the help

 

[MDK500]

I think real plants would be better, they will help keep the water cleaner and the shrimp will graze for food on them.

 

[mauricio yearwood]

Ok ill try real plants in the 30 gal. now does anybody now were i can find and erythrinun erythrinus for my 55 gal

 

[Joeee]

If you do use plants, make sure to avoid crypts and anubais, as I've heard they can kill shrimp. Ironically, these are the only 2 plants that don't require light.

I would recommend getting some java moss and a moss ball.

 

[jschall]

If you do use plants, make sure to avoid crypts and anubais, as I've heard they can kill shrimp. Ironically, these are the only 2 plants that don't require light.

I would recommend getting some java moss and a moss ball.

The consensus of this thread seems to be that the anubias toxin thing is a myth. http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/plants/55892-anubias-toxin-shrimp.html

We'll see though, I have a shrimp tank and I just put some anubias that I took from my big display tank in it. Of course, if the shrimp do die it will be hard to tell if it was because I left some bleach on the plant after dipping or because of the actual plant itself.