Mineral rock that enhance shrimp colour

[skysky]

Hi, i brought the mineral rock that says to enhance shrimp colour. total 4 pieces.

Is it effective? how much to add for a 2 ft tank ? i am having cherry and CRS
thanks !

[Rupert]

If it is white, clay like then it is probably "Montmorillonite". I have some, but didn't notice any difference.

[skysky]

my is not loose like show in your pic but 4 solid rocks. each about say 5cm big. will disintergrate over time once put in water.shrimps seems more red haha

[leeruisheng]

Is it to enhance the red or the white?

[skysky]

my cherry seems redder, crs coming in on monday.so will see how. NA booss says mostly crs breeder buy. my guess it give the colour a deeper tone ie red more red, white more white. no sure though.

[Rupert]

I have two tanks, the biggest differences was one has CO2 and the other no CO2, the one with CO2 was given no special treatment for shrimp, the one without CO2 had everything possible, special food, minerals, $$$$ $$$$ etc etc… the tank that was given nothing has reddest cherries that one can imagine.

I progressively removed the reddest from the non CO2 setup to the breeding tank $$$$ so that only the brightest Cherry Shrimp remained in the non CO2 tank, only to find out that the dumping ground tank still produced deep red!

Naturally CRS have that brilliance that is amazing and would want more but the breeding tank got a condition /disease that wiped them out. Naturally the cherries keep on going, in my other tank my Discus are decimating the cherry population at the moment, but a high % are deep red.

Here is a comparison picture

[skysky]

wow..........that is super red. not a speck of white ! highest class of cherry. this type i thought only found in taiwan.

[richietay]

Rupert, so in your opinion the 'Montmorillonite' does not have much effect on shrimps?

[Rupert]

There are many contributing factors to color, and I did not experience the mineral having noticeable impact. Possibly if the change does occur, it would probably be too slow observe. May be it works on CRS?

My experience is when I tried to make my Cherry Shrimp redder, the ones I did nothing with ended up better than the ones I spend the $$$ on.

[skysky]

i added my new crs yesterday..low grade one..during transportation they turn pale. after i add them into my tank...they turn red and white...sweet colour within very short amount of time...think is less than 1 hr.
or maybe is my imagination ? hahaha

[PLee]

normally when you catch the CRs out and transport it will lose some color. When you intoduce to tank and they are stable the color will come back

[skysky]

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yes that why i think it could be just my imagination LOL