Cherry Shrimp Food Questions!!

Hello ! pretty new to Cherry Shrimp ,what are the necessary foods and minerals they require and need on a daily basis to be happy and healthy ?

 

I can offer a little information, but am not an expert- my son tried cherries, but my city water was not good for them.


they will need calcium, the help their moulting- you can acheive this by adding cuttlebone to the filter, or using a liquid suppliment. Spinache, lettuce, zucchinnI are also good sources of essential nutrients.

Water temperature is good at about 78

Java moss, hornwort are great plants that provide shelter, and biofilm to shrimplets.

That's about all I recall from our attempt. I'll let someone moreknowledgable fill in the rest

 

Hi!
I've bought my cherries all sorts of special shrimp foods over time. They all claim to 'contain all that's necessary for healthy shrimp....' etc. I think it's down to preference, mine really love algae wafers but are not so fussed about the, much more expensive, Tetra CrustaMenu.
A small amount of fresh, boiled vegetables is good too every now and again.
The key is Not Too Much-every other day feeding is fine, unless you have a really big colony. Overfeeding just leads to all sorts of problems.
Hope that helps a bit!

 

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I can offer a little information, but am not an expert- my son tried cherries, but my city water was not good for them.


they will need calcium, the help their moulting- you can acheive this by adding cuttlebone to the filter, or using a liquid suppliment. Spinache, lettuce, zucchinnI are also good sources of essential nutrients.

Water temperature is good at about 78

Java moss, hornwort are great plants that provide shelter, and biofilm to shrimplets.

That's about all I recall from our attempt. I'll let someone moreknowledgable fill in the rest

all that fairly easy.

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Hi!
I've bought my cherries all sorts of special shrimp foods over time. They all claim to 'contain all that's necessary for healthy shrimp....' etc. I think it's down to preference, mine really love algae wafers but are not so fussed about the, much more expensive, Tetra CrustaMenu.
A small amount of fresh, boiled vegetables is good too every now and again.
The key is Not Too Much-every other day feeding is fine, unless you have a really big colony. Overfeeding just leads to all sorts of problems.
Hope that helps a bit!

what your saying about overfeeding ,it coukld lead to ruining the water.

can you use calcium

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what your saying about overfeeding ,it could lead to ppossibly ruining the water.

tablets ? calcium or someting for humans.

 

I think some people use the berry tums as calcium supplement, but I'll have to check on the flavor bc only in is safe

 

is it a good idea to keep ramshorn snails in a RCS tank can they harm baby shrimp ?

 

It's definitely not a bad idea and I recommend snails in shrimp tanks. They can't harm the babies. There's a YouTube person who has ramshorns in his and he has at least 30 shrimp tanks or something crazy, and he keeps crazy sensitive ones too

 

is it a good idea to keep ramshorn snails in a RCS tank can they harm baby shrimp ?

HI again,
I actually removed the Ramshorn snails from my tank-I bought 3 to help keep the glass clean. They did a great job, but within a couple of months, there must've been a 100 of them!! They were all over any food that I put in, snail poo everywhere.... Every morning I'd pick loads out, to be rehomed in my sister's pond, but they still kept coming! Just this morning, when I'd not seen one for a week or so and thought I'd finally banished them-there was one sitting proudly on a leaf!
So, I'd say, there's advantages and disadvantages to having snails!

 

Haha, yeah I should have mentioned that.... same goes for MTS and pond snails, but MTS are good at churning substrate. So are rabbit snails, but you can't have too many of those and they're kinda pricey. I like nerites because they're small and eat algae. I love my mystery, but he has a huge bioload. Totally worth it, even if he eats all the shrimp food, because the shrimp are always hitching a ride on him and it's hilarious

 

I used to think it really funny when the shrimp would be riding along on a snail busily picking at its shell, the snail, totally oblivious!
But mine really did get out of control, it became more of a Snail Tank with a few Cherry Shrimp in, it was madness!

 

thanks everybody

 

Shrimp love java moss, cholla wood, and some kind of leaf litter. I use Indian almond leaves. Microorganisms and biofilm will grow on these and it will be a natural food source for them to eat throughout their day. There are a lot of shrimp pellet choices too to purchase that have nutrition in them. You should check out aquariumcreation if you live in the United States. I love their websiteite and purchase my shrimp needs from them.

 

No need for Snails in Shrimp tank IMO, most Snails are a more of a pain then any benefit. I keep a piece of cuttlebone in my tank not in the filter. Don’t know if it makes a difference or not but I find myself Shrimp grazing off the bone. Driftwood is important as it does a good job at keeping the biofilm.
Most important thing is a very stable and mature tank. You should wait 3-6 months before adding shrimp. Put some guppies or other inexpensive fish in then rehome the fish before you add the shrimp

 

It's really odd, but my shrimp will not eat much of anything I put in for them. They are crazy for biofilm and little bits of algae, and God knows there's plenty of both of them. They used to go ham on some Zucchini, but now it just sits in there. I guess I shouldn't complain. Whatever is going on in there isn't stopping them from pumping out babies.

 

Have you tried algae wafers? Also do you have other tanks? I take plants out of my other tanks and let the clean them up.

 

Have you tried algae wafers? Also do you have other tanks? I take plants out of my other tanks and let the clean them up.

They will pick at the algae wafers. My Amano shrimp go after those, mostly. I only have one tank, but I've got all kinds of hidden spots for them to find leftover food and bio film.

 

IMO if their happy eating the growth in your tank I would cut down on feeding as to not cause any water parameter issues from food and veggies sitting there for too long. If you see it getting cleaned up quicker then add a small bit of algae wafers or shrimp pellets. Good luck. richie.p

 

Sounds as if there's enough natural food in the tank the shrimp are not interested in anything else kallililly1973 is correct cut back on feeding in fact stop feeding for a few days and try zucchinI cooked again if they fail to eat it take it out and don't feed for another two days, have a good look on the bottom and any old food remove again as suggested by kallililly

 

My tank is the same they don't really go for any food. It was an established goldfish tank and I assume lots of what they want already. The only food frenzy type action I got was last night with Bee pollen. I am not going to even try and feed mine for a few days.

 

Hi all! Soon I am going to get some cherry shrimp and I was doing some research and found a source that says you can feed blanched kale, cucumber, zucchini, collard greens, and broccoli. I was going to try this out and I am wondering how long I should leave the vegetables in the tank? Thanks!

 

2hrs is plenty once you've got them feeding and as long as they are on the food leave it, I now leave it in all night and its normally gone by morning

 

2hrs is plenty once you've got them feeding and as long as they are on the food leave it, I now leave it in all night and its normally gone by morning

Ok. How many shrimp would you advise to start off in this tank? I know that they will reproduce a lot and start a colony.

 

Most put about a dozen for a 10g but tbh as long as you have both sees you can put less,

 

richiep will probably give you a better answer, but I've been told around 10 if you want a better chance for both males and females. However I have also been told that 2-3 COULD work assuming I did happen to get both males and females.

For breeding, I don't think its super duper easy, for some its as simple as throwing them into the tank but generally you want the right parameters, stable ones, good food source, etc.

Oops nvm someone replied before me.

 

richiep will probably give you a better answer, but I've been told around 10 if you want a better chance for both males and females. However I have also been told that 2-3 COULD work assuming I did happen to get both males and females.

For breeding, I don't think its super duper easy, for some its as simple as throwing them into the tank but generally you want the right parameters, stable ones, good food source, etc.

I was going to go to the store and pick them out myself so I'll be sure to grab males and females.

 

If they are young as I no doubt they will be it will be difficult to pick them out,

 

If they are young as I no doubt they will be it will be difficult to pick them out,

Oh. Ok. Then I better hope I choose right . I'll use the force I think I might go with ~5 shrimp.

 

I was going to go to the store and pick them out myself so I'll be sure to grab males and females.

As far as I know, that generally is easier with adults but if they are younger or really young, it'll be harder to tell.

 

The chances of picking all the same are slim, on saying that I ordered 10 super red crystal and all of them turned out to me male,

 

The chances of picking all the same are slim, on saying that I ordered 10 super red crystal and all of them turned out to me male,

Ok. THanks!