new cherry shrimp

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twiisted

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Jul 24, 2009
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my dad and mum went to a fish auction and came home with a 12 gal and 26+ red cherry shrimp (£1), 2 albino convicts(£1), 3 angel fish(£1.50) all from local breeders and still babys (angels around 1/2" mark) so we set up the 12 and the 'ol 10 gal and now theres a small community of shrimp in the 10 with a live plant and some fake not a lot barely anything if you ask me but my tanks has tons of plants that i was going to stick in But i have ich in my 65, so i cant take any from anywhere.
any way whats the care requirements and what to feed also how much they breed and what to feed the shrimplets how much theyll grow in a month and how much should i end up with at the end of the month cos one of the biggest (they are mostly babys) has a batch of eggs that must have been attached to her when we got them yesterday
 
Just make sure you feed your shrimps food with Calcium in them, since the calcium helps them with molting, as well as making there shells stronger (unless you live in places like the UK where the water is like liquid rock)

Other than that, lots of plants / dirt / driftwood all helps keep them happy as well as give them places to hide out during times when they are ready to give birth...
 
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