Wingin' It Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 I was doing my rounds today, and I stopped in at a LFS and instructed the employee to grab me several Red Cherry Shrimp. We chit chatted a bit, as the shrimp were being caught...and the individual tells me, "you know...these shrimp require brine to hatch." At first I thought I misunderstood, and asked, "whaaaaa??" since everything I had read and thought was that they in fact did not require salt to successfully breed/hatch the eggs. So my question to those of you who successfully breed Red Cherry Shrimp is...Do you use salt to breed these guys?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfong Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 I keep cherrys, yellows, greens and blue pearls. I haven't added any salt to any of the tanks that they are in and they are breeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 In the past 2 weeks, I have caught close to 100 shrimp out of my RCS tank, and I have always added enough salt to keep the specific gravity at 1.000 (that means no salt :ph43r: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanmer Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Your LFS employee is sadly misinformed. I have literally had thousands of little shrimp and never used even a sprinkle of salt. Keeping a stable environment, plenty of places for young to hide, and quality feed, are some of the most important things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted March 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) I KNEW IT! DANG GUY!!! lol...I rarely trust LFS employees I don't know...I don't know him...he sounded so confident in his statement. Gut instinct prevails Thanks for the confirmation everyone! Edited March 13, 2011 by Wingin' It Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGofCalgary Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 he might have been told that about amano shrimp, or someone might have confused the information from them. Amano shrimp I am told, do require salt water to hatch. I have a tank full of cherry shrimp however that have never had any salt added to the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okotoks Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 I recently bought CRS from a member of this forum and they have bred. I added about 1/4 teasppon of aquarium salt to their 20 gallon tank about 6 months ago. So with all the water changes since, and the fact we moved and tossed out 50% of that tanks water, I would say that salt is not needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caprichoso Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 No salt required for cherries and crystal red's to breed successfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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