Expensive Shrimp in demand to breed?

pacmanfrog101
  • #1
HI everyone! any help is appreciated. I am thinking of becoming a breeder of inverts and fish. Note that I am planning this for next year so do not get into equipment and specifics. So, for one of my aquariums I would like to have shrimp in it but I am deciding what kind of shrimp
The columns that I am most interested in are
-They must be shrimp that sell for actual money, not looking for ghost shrimp that sell for a nickel each.
-Easy breeders
-Colorful or in demand

These are the shrimp I have access to, I would like expensive shrimp that are in demand and easy breeders. Please give some ideas about which one is best.
Crystal red shrimp
Amano Shrimp
Sky blue velvet Shrimp
Neon Yellow Shrimp
Green babaultI Shrimp
Dream blue velvet Shrimp
Sakura Fire red cherry shrimp
Crystal red shrimp
Amano Shrimp
Sky blue velvet Shrimp
Neon Yellow Shrimp
Green babaultI Shrimp
Dream blue velvet Shrimp
Sakura Fire red cherry shrimp
Blue diamond Shrimp

Also, I found some cheap shrimp, but am concerned whether or not they are just siblings and won't breed.

If you could check out this link and help me figure this out that would help too.
 

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EricV
  • #2
Any batch of shrimp you get are likely to be siblings or otherwise closely related within the colony but that doesn't have any effect on their willingness to breed.
 

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Anders247
  • #3
I'd go with any of them that are Neocaridina davidI variants, those are the easiest ones to breed. Like the red cherry shrimp or neon yellow shrimp....
 
Jenna McMaster
  • #4
Also, I found some cheap shrimp, but am concerned whether or not they are just siblings and won't breed.

If you could check out this link and help me figure this out that would help too.
I got these exact shrimp and two weeks later I'm pretty sure all but one has died. I'm hoping they are just good at hiding and are multiplying, but I really doubt it. I received 14 and two died within a week in the QT tank. After I put them into the main tank (which is only a 29g) I haven't seen them since except for that one. All of my fish are babies and safe with shrimp, so they are not being eaten. None of them were really red either and didn't color up after being well fed and in pristine water conditions, they were also SUPER tiny. I feel bad because I got these as a gift from a family member, but honestly the only things I think are still living fine are the two moss balls that came with them. If you get RCS make sure you only choose one color, when the different color variations interbreed the babies will revert back to their wild type color which is a dull brownish clear. You might want to try a different vendor and spend a little more money to be safe.
 
Mango
  • #5
tokiodreamy
  • #6
I personally am looking into getting fire red Sakura cherry shrimp and wanted dream blue velvet shrimp. They seem like decent money since the fire red sakura shrimp were going for $14 for 5 online and 3 for $20 each at my LFS. I saw dream blue velvets going for more. Not sure on how easy they are to breed

 

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