Which temperature for my stock

Florian Pellet
  • #1
Hey everyone,
I have a planted tank with shrimps of many kinds, assassin snails, Harlequin Rasboras, and celestial pearl danios. I would like to encourage shrimp reproduction (higher temps) but not to the detriment of fish health.

I know fish shouldn't be kept to the extremes of their temp range, but shrimps on the other hand should. Usually their max liveable temp is 30°C, the given max temp is for best reproduction rates.

To what temperature should I set the tank?

For reference, here's seriouslyfish on these fish:
21 - 28°C for Harlequins
20 - 26°C for Celestial pearls

And random internet searches for inverts:
25 - 27°C for RCS
20 - 23°C for assassin snails
21 - 27°C for amanos
23 - 25°C for most of my other shrimps
 
TexasDomer
  • #2
RCS do best at low to mid 70s actually. What other kind of shrimp do you have? Amanos won't breed in freshwater, so you don't need to worry about their best breeding temp.
 
Florian Pellet
  • Thread Starter
  • #3
RCS do best at low to mid 70s actually. What other kind of shrimp do you have? Amanos won't breed in freshwater, so you don't need to worry about their best breeding temp.
I have blue denticulatas (still unsure whether they might interbreed with RCS) and Taiwan bees. And I might be getting some orange propinquas one of these days.

For now my temperature is set to 75°F (24°C).
 
TexasDomer
  • #4
Are you keeping all the shrimp in one tank? Bee shrimp need particular water parameters and pristine conditions to do well, and that's not easy when you keep so many fish and other inverts with them.
 
Florian Pellet
  • Thread Starter
  • #5
Are you keeping all the shrimp in one tank? Bee shrimp need particular water parameters and pristine conditions to do well, and that's not easy when you keep so many fish and other inverts with them.
Yes I keep them all together. My water is always very good with the drip system. But if they need specific pH, KH and temp, I might not be able to provide that. They seem to be doing fine though.
 
TexasDomer
  • #6
You could always get a separate tank for them?
 
Florian Pellet
  • Thread Starter
  • #7
You could always get a separate tank for them?
I'd like not to. If you tell me they are suffering, I can sell them. Though that too I'd like not to have to do!
 
TexasDomer
  • #8
I don't know if they're suffering at this point. But they may not live long or breed well. From what I was reading, it's crucial they live in specific parameters.
 

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