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on June 15, 2017

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Beginners guide to keeping cherry shrimp.

Red Cherry Shrimp (Neocaridina davidi) RCS or neos as they are sometimes called, are a hardy shrimp which are excellent for beginners. They are cheap and more tolerant to a wider range of water parameters than other species like crystal shrimp . A colourful addition to any planted tank provided there aren't too many predators. From the humble red cherry shrimp to the selectively bred blues, yellows, oranges, browns, blacks and more, there is lots of options . What size aquarium do you need? Cherry shrimp will grow and breed in small aquariums around 10L . However , smaller tanks will be more sensitive to temperature changes and dissolved minerals (TDS) from evaporation . Larger aquariums will cost more to set up but it is easier to keep the water parameters stable. Unlike fish, shrimp have a very small bioload on the filter and can be stocked in high densities even in small tanks . This makes them perfect for small planted aquariums in apartments. It is impo...

How to clean a fish tank with lemon juice.

Why should you clean a fish tank before reuse When preparing a fish tank to be used again it is a good idea to give it a good clean out. There will often be a build up of calcium and other minerals (white crust) above the waterline on the glass from water splashing. As well as any algae spores or other nasties which may survive being dried out so don't assume everything is dead. I had a large amount of built up calcium from lots of splashing from the spray bar and also this tank was left half empty for a while allowing more to build up down the sides.There was also a substantial amount of algae covering the glass in some of the chambers from when it was previously running. What tools do you need to clean an aquarium? Metal scraping blade Lemon juice Scourer (Scrubbing pad) Scraping blade Hydrogen Peroxide (optional) Everything is easily available at most supermarkets. How to clean a used fish tank: To begin with I use a scraping blade to scrape off a...

Cherry shrimp sex and temperature

Does temperature affect the sex of cherry shrimp? Cherry shrimp can happily live in a large range of temperatures but with the aim of breeding, is there ideal range for maximum shrimp production and also proportion of females as a shrimp colony of all males is not much use for breeding. A group of scientists from the Izmir Katip Celebi and Recep Tayyip Erdogan universities in Turkey ( Serezli et al. ) have studied the affect of temperature on the sex ratio of red cherry shrimp ( neocaridina davidi). The study consisted of three tanks kept at each temperature (20,23 and 26 °C) whilst the survival rate, hatch time and egg quantity was also recorded for each temperature. What is the best temperature for a cherry shrimp tank. Quick answer? - 23°C Long version: From Serezli et al. I was able to use the data to get a rate of male and females for the three temperatures tested, by calculating the (# of eggs)/(hatch duration)*(Survival %)*(Sex %) to get...

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