For shrimp breeders....

[scotworm]

Hello to you, reader,

Just want to ask, is bee shrimp hard to keep? Is it harder than cherry shrimps? Also, can i keep bee shrimps with tiger shrimps?
My tank is settled down with some cherry shrimps.
My pH is about 8.0, due to topping up of water everyday --> High evaporation rate caused by cooling fan...
My KH is about 2-3.
Temperature is always below 28. Around 26-27C...

Please do advice me.

thanks a lot,
Alvin

[Justikanz]

Hmm... Generally, bees and tigers are much more difficult to keep then cherries... In my experience, bees' survival rate in my tank is between 10-50%... Cherries almost 100%...

Most of the time, you will find bees and tigers together in shops... Should not be a problem. I keep all shrimps together with no problem between them...

Though, if you wanna breed them, it had been advised that they should be kept separate...

My 2 cents... Good luck!

[K11]

Bee, tiger, cherries these shrimps of almost same size should have no problem together but beware of those feeder shrimps or big size yamatoes. One of my friend's yamato attack and eat up its cherry shrimp mate.

[silane]

Hello to you, reader,

Just want to ask, is bee shrimp hard to keep? Is it harder than cherry shrimps? Also, can i keep bee shrimps with tiger shrimps?
My tank is settled down with some cherry shrimps.
My pH is about 8.0, due to topping up of water everyday --> High evaporation rate caused by cooling fan...
My KH is about 2-3.
Temperature is always below 28. Around 26-27C...

Please do advice me.

thanks a lot,
Alvin

Bee shrimp is not an easy shrimp, it requires clean and cool water.

You PH is too high to keep bee shrimps, in long term, you will run into problem. Water temperature is quite ok, if can achieve 1 to 2 degree lower would be better. Large water top up means large water parameter changes, that could pose a problem.

You can keep tiger and bee shrimp together, they wont hunt each other down, but they are likely to cross.

Good Luck.

[ahkarboy]

Tigers are easy to keep!!!! almost too easy. My temp is round 28 degrees but your pH is a bit too high

[silane]

tigers are easy to keep!!!! almost too easy. my temp is round 28 but ur ph is bit too high

Easy to keep means able to keep for many months and able to breed? Or just able to live for weeks or days?

[richietay]

Yamatoes will attack cherries?!

i'm breeding cherries... got couple of yamatoes together, nt adult size!

Recently breeded cherry fries, will it post a danger if yamatoes around?!?!

[scotworm]

Hello to you Richietay..

About yamato attacking cherry, i'm not too sure.
Of all the shrimps, i know that yamato is not that friendly. It eats moss too!
My tank now have both tiger and red cherry shrimps.
Weirdly, i saw 2 red cherry shrimps bearing eggs. Not sure if they will turn into shrimplets. Coz, from what i know, if shrimps are mixed, they cannot breed. Correct? I'm not sure. That was what i read in this forum.
If i'm incorrect, please do correct me.

thank you,
Alvin

[ryanchong]

agree. I got 10 bee shrimp last Fri and about 4 had perished. I suspect the main culprit is the high temp. My new tank temp is about 30 to 31 degree celsius and I see the bee shrimps seeking shelter under the sparsely tied driftwood nana. Will not keep tigers and bees. Quite happy with cherries and green (at the moment transparent) shrimp too?

[ahkarboy]

Easy to keep means able to keep for many months and able to breed? Or just able to live for weeks or days?

Haven bred them yet as they are in a comunity tank with fishes but they are very healthy and fat at the moment. they have been there for bout 6 months now.