Caprichoso Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I have moved all my fish into a bigger tank and now just use my 30g as a shrimps tank. I have green and red cherry and crystal red's. The tank temp at the moment is 79F, because of the fish I had before. Just wondering if that is too warm for these shrimp. One of the cherry shrimp did have babies a couple of months ago but not much action since then. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpsmasher Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 I have moved all my fish into a bigger tank and now just use my 30g as a shrimps tank. I have green and red cherry and crystal red's. The tank temp at the moment is 79F, because of the fish I had before. Just wondering if that is too warm for these shrimp. One of the cherry shrimp did have babies a couple of months ago but not much action since then. Thanks in advance! 79F tends to be a bit on the warm side for crystal reds but still is within tolerences. I know Crystral Reds and Tiger shrimps tend to enjoy cooler temperatures. I try to keep my CRS and Tiger tanks around 23-24C (~ 74F). Ideally i would like keep them even lower - around 22C if i can but it is pretty hard to keep it that low consistently without the use of a chiller in my condo. My place also tends to warm up during the day when the sun is out because of my windows. Too much of a temperature change would stress them out. For the cherries, they can adapt to a wide range of temperatures, although they seems to show better colors on the warmer end of the spectrum. I would say around 26-28C is ideal so what you currently have it set to should be fine for them. If you are housing both of them the same tank i think you should aim for around 24C, but if they are doing just fine at what you have them at, I won't rush to lower the temperature. Just make sure it is consistent thru out the day and night. if you do lower your temperature do it slowly. Hope this helps Hung Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippoherder Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 I have my CRS and cherries in the same tank at 74. The cherries did color up a bit more when I had the temp at 78-79, but I also had a dark sustrate and better lighting then as well so i can't say it was the temp for sure. Everyone is happy and the cherries are prolific at 74. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caprichoso Posted March 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Thanks for the advice guys, I think I will slowly lower the temperature a couple of degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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