do cherry shrimp need calcium

[icherno7]

i am planing to breed cherry shrimp for bichir food and ya...
so do they need calcium supplements

 

[luohanfan]

Never heard of anyone having to add calcium before..

 

[Lupin]

We usually do add calcium for snails. I don't think you need to do that for cherry shrimps though.

 

[msjinkzd]

no, they do prefer water with moderate hardness though.

 

[DazSH]

also if you get a good shrimp food they tend to do very well , i use novo prawn by jbl they love it so do corys though lol

 

[Fat Homer]

^ I used to use the same stuff from my Cherries, and they loved it... now i use it for my Crays and Apple / Ramshorn snails as well...

 

[miko12]

How do you supplement the calcium for these critters?

 

[Lupin]

For snails, you can simply drop Caltrate and they'll eat it if they want. I prefer Caltrate over Tums as it doesn't cloud the water as badly as Tums does. You could also make plaster of Paris pucks, buy calcium enriched pellets from Kensfish, or supply cuttlefish bones or snail jello (snail gel food rather) with calcium tablets included.