My 6ft shrimp tank

[michaelkoh]

How long is it going to take my 50 cherry to fill up this tank?

[Walter]

Awesome set up!!!

But there is a problem. You have an RTG arowana inside, so I guess your water is about 27degrees or above? Don't think that you got a fan, but anyway should be fine for cherries.. But they will be more comfortable at cooler temperature, which is bad for your arowana. Hmm..

The presence of the arowana may also stress your shrimps, so they may no breed due to sense of insecurity.

Anyway, your arowana won't eat the shrimps when it sees one?

[silane]

50 cherry shrimps will be able to produce to noticable size in a 6 feet within 6 months with good enviroment.

With your arowana roaming in mid water, Walter's worry is my worry too, even though you have a heavily planted tank.

What do you feed your arowana with? Have you ever feed it with feeder shrimps?

[simcb]

50 cherry will do quite fast. If they breed just estimated X2 in 3 months and X2 in another 3 months, estimated to have 150 cherry in 6mths.

Temp would be a problem given the high lighting? As long as its below 28 they will do fine.

:( My jardini will attack anything that moves be it whether it ends up in its stomach or not well except fishes at least half of its size. Unless you managed to train them not to eat shrimps :x Try some ghost shrimps if your RTG eats them, then it will go for cherry too.

[Walter]

Hmmm.. I heard of some cases, their arowana is too used to large feeders such as bullfrogs. They ignore small feeders totally..

Maybe his arowana is one of the cases? Since his arowana seems pretty large.

[Lotus]

I hope his arowana doesn't decide to go ripping through the plants if it decides it wants a shrimp snack.

In a shrimp only tank, my shrimp went from 12 (5 females) to more than 100 in about 3 months. Now, the first babies are starting to have babies, so it will probably increase faster now.

[michaelkoh]

Awesome set up!!!

But there is a problem. You have an RTG arowana inside, so I guess your water is about 27degrees or above? Don't think that you got a fan, but anyway should be fine for cherries.. But they will be more comfortable at cooler temperature, which is bad for your arowana. Hmm..

The presence of the arowana may also stress your shrimps, so they may no breed due to sense of insecurity.

Anyway, your arowana won't eat the shrimps when it sees one?

My arowana eats only superworms and she leaves the sae, tetras and cherry shrimps alone. Its not the aro that I am worried about....its the tetras.. I am slowly trying to catch them and put them into another tank.

I have a chiller and the water temp is at 25. I see lots of baby cherrys among the hairgrass already.

[jojoecute]

You real daring, keeping shrimp with all those fishes.
Why not setup another tank for shrimp only.



My arowana eats only superworms and she leaves the sae, tetras and cherry shrimps alone. Its not the aro that I am worried about....its the tetras.. I am slowly trying to catch them and put them into another tank.

I have a chiller and the water temp is at 25. I see lots of baby cherrys among the hairgrass already.

[NoDeltaH2O]

Wow, I bet the shrimp love it in all that grass. What an amazing contrast in size between the arowana and the shrimp.

[Walter]

Wow, I bet the shrimp love it in all that grass. What an amazing contrast in size between the arowana and the shrimp.

Yup, it is really a very beautiful set-up! :)