Journal 20 gallon Rotala florida tank

[Dennis Wong]

Hey Dennis, what kinds of shrimp do you like to keep in your tanks and do you put any type of sponge on the intake to prevent them from getting sucked into the filter?

I know you posted somewhere that you don't like to keep Amano shrimp, but I can't find where. I've only ever had Amano shrimp, but have recently rehomed all 12 of them and want to try something new. They were huge and probably quite a large bioload.

I really like the red and white ones you have, but I don't anything about them.

I don't mind any of the dwarf shrimp but I usually only keep 1 color type of each species to prevent cross breeding. I usually also avoid keeping caridina shrimp (CRS) with neocardina shrimp (like cherry reds) as I find neos more competitive and i'm afraid CRS will fall behind in looking for food.

Neocaridinas are hardier and breed faster than CRS


CRS shrimp, but these are low grade lol. haven't been active culling the off colored ones


These are bloody mary shrimp, under neocaridina. These breed like cockroaches, they are hardy, live in very wide range of parameters, and can out breed predation if there is some plant cover.

 

[Koan]

really like the red and white ones you have, but I don't anything about them

The bicolor ones are Caridina rather than Neocaridina, are a little smaller, more shy and depending on the subspecies are famously sensitive to water conditions

But gorgeous and endlessly fascinating, especially if you're already using RO water

 

[TRyan]

Thank you @Koan!

 

[Koan]

You bet! I have a new breeding set of Orange Sakura Neocaridina coming in week after next.. can't wait!

If you're thinking about getting started, those guys are having a great 25% off sale for the next couple weeks

Here's a great primer on shrimp care!

The Shrimp School - Shrimply Explained

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www.shrimplyexplained.com

 

[TRyan]

@Koan This is just the info and links I needed. Thank you so much for your help!

 

[Fishstery]

The bicolor ones are Caridina rather than Neocaridina, are a little smaller, more shy and depending on the subspecies are famously sensitive to water conditions

But gorgeous and endlessly fascinating, especially if you're already using RO water

I've had a breeding colony of CRS crossed with PRL in my co2 injected tap water for many years/generations now

Accidentally creating a high TDS and co2 tolerant CRS line is one of my few real "flexes" in my hobby years the water has a gh of 7, kh of 4, TDS in the 300s. Co2 injection rate is lower, probably <20ppm but I don't even use a drop checker in the tank anymore since it's super mature and low effort.