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You can consider keeping red cherry shrimps (RCS), they can usually tolerate a wider range of water parameters and temperature.Originally Posted by oakleyleo
Hi all, I intend to start up on a 1 feet shrimp tank. One issue i realize relates to the temperature of the tank. I have no intention of adding in a chiller, only a small fan. In the day, there will be no air con switched on. Air con will only be switched on at night. Under such circumstances, what shrimps should i buy?
You can consider keeping red cherry shrimps (RCS), they can usually tolerate a wider range of water parameters and temperature.
oh! apart from cherry reds, are there others? Also, are there any shops in the west selling cherry reds?
You can start with all kinds of neocaridinal shrimps.
You can google a whole list of them.
They are less sensitive and can adapt to your conditions.
how about malayan shrimps. they are cheap to test. I personally like them.
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Yeah, generally the other color variations of the red cherry shrimps are also quite hardy.
Though the higher the "grade" and the more unique the color, the less hardy they tend to be (due to the selective breeding process)... you can check at places in the west side like C328 or Polyart, they sell many different shrimp varieties.
Note that you'll still need to make sure that your tank is fully cycled and the water parameters are stable before introducing them though, shrimps are still alot more sensitive to tank conditions than fishes.
Nice! thanks for the information provided. It seems like there are lesser shrimps sellers online these days. I have been to a few LFS and none sells shrimps. Say, i'm interested in both Malayan Shrimps and various types of neocaridina, what will be a reasonable price for them? I understand that many has different grades, what is the range I should be expecting to pay?
Malayan shrimps are very cheap. their price is normally 100 pieces for $10. But they do not produce in freshwater.
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Yeah, malayan shrimps are very cheap to buy.
Low grade cherry shrimps (those almost transparent with just some specs of red dots) are also cheap too, cost just abit more than Malayan shrimps if i remember correctly.
Sakura grade (mostly red shell but with some areas which may be transparent) usually sell at around $1-$2 each at LFS, depending on the quantity you buy. The quality varies alot within this grade of RCS, sometimes can even pick really nice ones that turn out to be fire red grade after a few molts.
Fire red grade (shell and legs all red) can sell for up to $3-$4 each at LFS.
Painted fire red grade (very dark red shell and legs, look like someone use maroon nail polish to paint it) are very rare, haven't seen those selling at LFS, i guess most breeders would rather keep those for breeding instead.
Shrimps are very sensitive. I will suggest getting low grade ones to build up the know how and experience first. Getting cheap ones does not mean they will not die. Even now, in my mature tank, newly added malayan shrimps do die even i use dip style acclimating.
However, do not be discourage, learning thru mistakes made are part of a hobbist's journey.
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For variations get rillis, my tanks are filled with reds, yellows, and rillis.
I gave up fan few months back. It changes nothing lol.
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Yea. I understand that they are more sensitive as compared to normal fishes, hence my intention to start small.
Where can I get rillis from?
You may want to check out Clementi blk 328 or Nayang seaview at seletar farm way 2 to see the different types of shrimps. I normally get my malayan from Nayang and NA, but sometimes are while stock last.
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a few added questions, i realize a table showing the compatibility between different breeds of shrimps. If two types of shrimps are not compatible, does it mean that i cannot put them in a same tank?
I think the compability is to prevent cross breeding. Same family species may interbreed like cherry can breed with sakuras hence not compable to put together.
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Oh.. I thought they will end up killing one another or something. I actually did discover that my cherries are much more dominant than others. The fact that my rili died but crs survived, made me wonder if the rili was killed.
The compatibility charts are meant to indicate which shrimp breeds will interbreed when kept together.
If you don't mind random/wild colored offspring, then its okay to put them together... might see some interesting colored shrimps being produced.
So am i right to say that all shrimps (rcs, oebt, bkk, blue bolts, etc) can be kept together without worrying of any cannibalism?
Yes... those type of shrimps wouldn't actively attack or hunt each other, but they will eat the weak or dying ones, which is what most shrimps do anyways.
What about the offsprings if you keep bluebolt, crs and king kong together?
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