jeremoose Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Hey quick question, anyone from Edmonton breeding CRS/CBS or Bee Shrimp in water straight from the tap? Don't really want to invest in RO.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I've killed about 150$ worth of CRS/CBS trying :boxed: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremoose Posted February 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) I've killed about 150$ worth of CRS/CBS trying :boxed: They're THAT finicky hey? Damn that's no good. I guess I could always top the tank up with distilled water from Walmart. Edited February 21, 2013 by jeremoose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I've killed about 150$ worth of CRS/CBS trying :boxed: They're THAT finicky hey? Damn that's no good. I guess I could always top the tank up with distilled water from Walmart. I believe there are some people here in Edmonton that are keeping them in edmonton tap, not sure about breeding. I just haven't had any luck, even with acclimating slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremoose Posted February 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 That kind-of scares me. Well, better to just get RO than for me to risk it I guess then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arixonbarnes Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I have Cherry Shrimp in most of my tanks (about 10 tanks) in City of Edmonton water - I do an eighty to ninety % water change every second week(using prime) and the shrimp (& the rest of the fish) are doing fine. Tank temperatures run from 70F to 74F depending which shelf the tank is on. Is your water low or high PH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigs Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Now funny thing is, I've had great success breeding the common crs and cbs in Edmonton tap water. Hence my confusion in another thread where I've got my tigers dying off slowly. All I did was regular water changes, power filter at the time with a sponge over the intake, in a 15 Gallon tank. They seemed to do fine. Note, these were by no means super grade stock, but the common stuff. cheers, Antonio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremoose Posted February 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I have Cherry Shrimp in most of my tanks (about 10 tanks) in City of Edmonton water - I do an eighty to ninety % water change every second week(using prime) and the shrimp (& the rest of the fish) are doing fine. Tank temperatures run from 70F to 74F depending which shelf the tank is on. Is your water low or high PH? Higher end of PH, mid to higher 7's. Any breeding in your tanks? Now funny thing is, I've had great success breeding the common crs and cbs in Edmonton tap water. Hence my confusion in another thread where I've got my tigers dying off slowly. All I did was regular water changes, power filter at the time with a sponge over the intake, in a 15 Gallon tank. They seemed to do fine. Note, these were by no means super grade stock, but the common stuff. cheers, Antonio If you've got great success you should definitely sell me some of the acclimatized shrimp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigs Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I have Cherry Shrimp in most of my tanks (about 10 tanks) in City of Edmonton water - I do an eighty to ninety % water change every second week(using prime) and the shrimp (& the rest of the fish) are doing fine. Tank temperatures run from 70F to 74F depending which shelf the tank is on. Is your water low or high PH? Higher end of PH, mid to higher 7's. Any breeding in your tanks? >Now funny thing is, I've had great success breeding the common crs and cbs in Edmonton tap water. Hence my confusion in another thread where I've got my tigers dying off slowly. All I did was regular water changes, power filter at the time with a sponge over the intake, in a 15 Gallon tank. They seemed to do fine. Note, these were by no means super grade stock, but the common stuff. cheers, Antonio If you've got great success you should definitely sell me some of the acclimatized shrimp! Would love to but alas I made one fatal mistake. Colony had gone from 6-8 shrimp I'd gotten in an exchange to a good 30+. I needed somewhere to put a pair of new fish , Apisto's and I figure heck why not the shrimp tank. After all the fish were maybe an inch long, maybe a tad more and the shrimp were easily half it's size...well, next morning I woke up to a tank with 2 fish in it...I think 3 shrimp had survived. I was astounded that they could take apart that many shrimp, not leave a trace and next morning look like they'd been starving a week.. Last three died of old age but had no females at the time left so was a foregone conclusion Was sad too, as I'd started off with just the black version and from the offspring had started to see the red strain coming out every once in awhile so was looking forward to seperating them out. Will keep you posted on the other stock I picked up, so far all but the tigers are doing quite well. Cherry shrimp are pretty much fire & forget, it's more difficult to get them to not breed at this point. Cheers, Antonio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperGuppyGirl Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 I just purchased some from AC, hoping they will make a go of it. I also have some red rili shrimp in the same 6 gallon that have just started breeding, found 4 little guys so far from a colony of 10. I think part of it is they are slow breeders and the fry are so tiny might have sucked some out during WC. I have read the bees can be the same as the rilis, might be worth a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigs Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 yep, they do have a lot of different shrimp types in right now. I've simply to room to add more though lol, sticking to 5 types for awhile. Antonio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 For those suckers ro is the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arixonbarnes Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 My crs multiply in all my tanks with bristlenoses, pekoltia brevis, guppies, swordtails (mayae and alvarez species), columbian tetras and serpae tetras. A twenty gallon tank with only crs in it and a few plants (they seem to need plants) will produce many shrimp very quickly. I feed them zuchinni and powdered fish food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 My crs multiply in all my tanks with bristlenoses, pekoltia brevis, guppies, swordtails (mayae and alvarez species), columbian tetras and serpae tetras. A twenty gallon tank with only crs in it and a few plants (they seem to need plants) will produce many shrimp very quickly. I feed them zuchinni and powdered fish food. Art, are you talking about Crystal Red shrimp(CRS) or cherry shrimp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arixonbarnes Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Sorry! I'm talking about cherry shrimp - my mistake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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