Cherry shrimp basics

kayliwolf76 · 03-07-2009, 05:31 AM

I purchased like 10 of these guys on ebay and got more like 20. The guy sent extras to ensure that everything arrived with at least 10 alive. Added a moss ball to my tank and all seems well only see about 10 or so at any given time. They were also very small like 1/4" to 1/2" in size. Have several that are close to an inch and very red now. Bought them almost 3 weeks ago now. Haven't seen any saddled yet but can't wait.

jerzeepunk79 · 03-07-2009, 02:33 PM

do cherry shrimp get along with ghost shrimp?

I'm planning on getting 6 neon tetras (10g beginner tank), as well as some cherry shrimp or ghost shrimp. Haven't decided if I want one or the other, or both.

kayliwolf76 · 03-08-2009, 11:30 PM

Actually i've seen my male cherry sitting on the backs of my large ghost female before and she just ignored him. Plus ghost eat alot of fallen flake food and my RCS eat the algae that had started in my tank. They will also eat fallen flakes, bloodworms, and algea wafers.

So I guess they get along just have plenty of hiding places where they can hide including small nooks for small RCS.

jerzeepunk79 · 03-09-2009, 04:06 PM

that is good to know cause I really like both of them. I just need to find a local place that has them... or I'll have to get them online.

emmanuelchavez · 03-09-2009, 04:11 PM

They'll get along, but ghosties can be opportunistic feeders. Back when I had guppies, I saw some ghost shrimp take a lunge at some of the fry - they didn't catch them, but they tried. And back when I had ghost shrimp with cherry shrimp, I saw a ghost shrimp eating a cherry shrimp. This of course happened after Hurricane Ike, so I didn't feed them while I didn't have power for 2 weeks, so they probably ran out of algae in the tank, and resorted to that.

default user · 01-28-2010, 04:31 PM

Whats a good number of shrimp for a 55 planted? I have molies and platies in there now with a bunch of fry and was thinking of getting a handful of shrimp to help keep everything nice and clean.

Newman · 01-30-2010, 08:42 PM

you should get around 10 of them to start. If you're lucky you'll soon have hundreds

For a 55 gal tank you'll want about 100 of those things to clean it up anyway...

littletankbigworld · 01-31-2010, 08:46 AM

Just beware that ghosts will eat any weak or dying cherries. But shrimp multiply so rapidly that I suppose it wouldn't matter.

03-08-2009, 11:30 PM	#63
kayliwolf76 Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 78	Ghost and RCS Actually i've seen my male cherry sitting on the backs of my large ghost female before and she just ignored him. Plus ghost eat alot of fallen flake food and my RCS eat the algae that had started in my tank. They will also eat fallen flakes, bloodworms, and algea wafers. So I guess they get along just have plenty of hiding places where they can hide including small nooks for small RCS. __________________ Karrie (10g of love and sweat) Please click us so we can grow!!!!

03-09-2009, 04:11 PM	#65
emmanuelchavez Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,366	They'll get along, but ghosties can be opportunistic feeders. Back when I had guppies, I saw some ghost shrimp take a lunge at some of the fry - they didn't catch them, but they tried. And back when I had ghost shrimp with cherry shrimp, I saw a ghost shrimp eating a cherry shrimp. This of course happened after Hurricane Ike, so I didn't feed them while I didn't have power for 2 weeks, so they probably ran out of algae in the tank, and resorted to that. __________________ 100, 29, 20, 10, 2.5

01-30-2010, 08:42 PM	#67
Newman Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 2,725	you should get around 10 of them to start. If you're lucky you'll soon have hundreds For a 55 gal tank you'll want about 100 of those things to clean it up anyway... __________________ Credit goes to Lludu

01-31-2010, 08:46 AM	#68
littletankbigworld Large Fish Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 677	Just beware that ghosts will eat any weak or dying cherries. But shrimp multiply so rapidly that I suppose it wouldn't matter. __________________ 29 gallon tank-2 orange Mickey Mouse platies, 2 white Mickey Mouse platies, 2 dalmatian mollies, 3 bleeding heart tetras, 2 serpae (blood) tetras, 1 peppered corydora catfish, 1 upside down catfish, 4 otocinclus catfish -hornwort plants, sword plant 5 gallon tank-molly fry, platy fry -hornwort plants 1.5 gallon hospital tank-empty Updated: 1/20/10 R.I.P. Mimzy 9/20/09 R.I.P. Oreo 9/22/09

03-07-2009, 05:31 AM	#61
kayliwolf76 Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 78	I purchased like 10 of these guys on ebay and got more like 20. The guy sent extras to ensure that everything arrived with at least 10 alive. Added a moss ball to my tank and all seems well only see about 10 or so at any given time. They were also very small like 1/4" to 1/2" in size. Have several that are close to an inch and very red now. Bought them almost 3 weeks ago now. Haven't seen any saddled yet but can't wait.

03-07-2009, 02:33 PM	#62
jerzeepunk79 Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 49	do cherry shrimp get along with ghost shrimp? I'm planning on getting 6 neon tetras (10g beginner tank), as well as some cherry shrimp or ghost shrimp. Haven't decided if I want one or the other, or both.

03-09-2009, 04:06 PM	#64
jerzeepunk79 Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 49	that is good to know cause I really like both of them. I just need to find a local place that has them... or I'll have to get them online.

01-28-2010, 04:31 PM	#66
default user Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 20	Whats a good number of shrimp for a 55 planted? I have molies and platies in there now with a bunch of fry and was thinking of getting a handful of shrimp to help keep everything nice and clean.