Can Red Cherry Shrimp Live In a Community Aquarium?

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Red Cherry Shrimp look amazing when kept in a dedicated nano tank.
However, many shrimp keepers want Red Cherry Shrimp in their community aquariums. In this video, I share my experiences of keeping Red Cherry Shrimp in a community aquarium and what fish make the best tank mates for Red Cherry Shrimp.
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When you are new to Red Cherry Shrimp keeping, there is so much information, and misinformation, that it can be hard to know which is which.
I don't think Red Cherry Shrimp keepers need to worry about;
1: Water Temperature
2: Substrate
3: What to feed Red Cherry Shrimp
4: How many shrimp they should start with
5: Algae in the shrimp tank
I have been keeping and breeding shrimp for the past few years, and, at the time of recording, I have spent the last two years making a sizable income each month from breeding shrimp.
During this time, I have picked up a number of tips and tricks to help more of the baby shrimp survive to adulthood. In this video, I share those tips and tricks with you!
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@sicilianotoronto 4 ай бұрын

I’m going to take a sip from my drink every time you say Red Cherry Shrimp

@jonathankuszpit613 Жыл бұрын

I have cherry and orange shrimp in my community tank. They are thriving. Keep shrimping 🦐🦐

@dawnt6791 Жыл бұрын

I've got neocaridina shrimp in all but one of my tanks. Guppies, gold honey gourami, lemon tetra, Endler's, chili rasbora, pygmy cories, and bristlenose plecos all have done well with them. My tanks are heavily planted with lots of rock work and some with driftwood, so there are a LOT of hiding places in each tank. I love watching them go about their business.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Your tanks sound like shrimp heaven. 😇

@morganisss Жыл бұрын

Underrated channel, keep up the great work 👏 I'm currently trying to build a new colony of red cherries 🦐

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the positive feedback. 🫶🏻

@Morpheusdarkson Жыл бұрын

Hey buddy thanks to your techniques I managed to keep shrimps and I today saw my first batch of fry. I’m just so glad to have found your channel.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

That is awesome! Enjoy the shrimp 👍

@RWAquariumPages Жыл бұрын

Such a great video. It's always nice to see a community tank and an eco system instead of these breeding tanks pumping out shrimp. Great suggestions on the fish. Love how your channel is growing. Can't wait till your next video

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Thank you as always. We are growing steadily. I am really hoping the hard work continues to pay off 🤞🏻

@lukpascal 5 ай бұрын

Excellent video, great channel! Thank you.

@FishKeepingAnswers 5 ай бұрын

Thank you 🫶🏻

@mikekayanderson408 Жыл бұрын

I have some amano shrimp and one red cherry living quite happily together. K

@mrg7721 Жыл бұрын

The best fish / shrimp chennel by a country mile

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻

@logankue9627 8 ай бұрын

I got 11 shrimps in a 20 gallon long heavily planted tank with a male betta and 6 danios. The betta seems to be actively hunting them. He was like that with danios but now they're fine together. Already put in a piece of cholla wood and some rocks. Will also add some Java moss too.

@FishKeepingAnswers 8 ай бұрын

Sounds like a lovely set up. The Java Moss will certainly help the shrimp 👍🏻

@dawnt6791 Жыл бұрын

My betta was "a stone-cold killer". The amanos that survived him did so by taking sanctuary in the filter compartment (tank had an internal sump). One of the things I don't like about bettas is the crapshoot with their attitude and personality.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

I think you are spot on about Betts’s. I suppose they are a bit like a box of chocolates 😂

@jessicasinclair323 Жыл бұрын

Female bettas are good with shrimp. I've'd more problems with female guppies than my female bettas. The trick with bettas I've found is adding the betta after the shrimp have established their colony

@dabeast987 3 ай бұрын

I got my 100 gallon tank set up with live plants, drift would, and rocks. I have both fish and cherry shrimp in there. The shimp have only been in there a little less than a month and some already have eggs. Im excited to watch their population grow

@FishKeepingAnswers 3 ай бұрын

That’s great! Love to hear when people are having success 🤜🏻

@sparkyjoes Жыл бұрын

4:28 I have panda corys in a tank with my red cherries and I love those little wiggle butts! I hadn’t kept corys before so I was somewhat surprised by how often I see them wandering up and down the leaves of the giant crypts in the tank. Sometimes they just chill out on a lotus leaf hammock. So cute!

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

🥰

@jigokutsuushin 10 ай бұрын

I've had red cherry shrimp in a heavily planted community tank with rummynose and glowlight tetras and siamese algae eaters. The population was quite stable, with enough babies reaching adulthood to replace those who die of old age and sometimes even slowly growing.

@FishKeepingAnswers 10 ай бұрын

Sound like a great set up 👍🏻

@jigokutsuushin 10 ай бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers Yes! Terribly sad that I had to take it down and sell it because we were moving to a new country

@FishKeepingAnswers 10 ай бұрын

Ah, that is a shame 😕

@heldersanches Жыл бұрын

Congrats on another great video. I totally agree with you. I would just recommend starting the tank with the shrimp first and, once the colony is established, then add the fish. The chances of success are even greater this way. Cheers!

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

That’s a great point. Thanks 👍🏻

@mikekayanderson408 Жыл бұрын

Sorry! Forgot the rest of the comment!😳😳 The below shrimp live with black skirt tetras😁😁 Why can’t I edit these comments?? I click on edit but nothing happens. So I have to make 2 comments! K

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Hi Kay. I tried emailing you back, but the email bounced back at me. I’ll try again tomorrow 😎

@mikekayanderson408 Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers thanks. Something is not working as it should 😊

@pillsnpiegaming Жыл бұрын

In all honesty am new to the hobby. But in my limited experience otocinclus and White Cloud Minnows go nicely with shrimp. the white clouds will predate on smaller shrimp tho as will all non specialized fish. The best suggestion for a shrimp community would be to just use algae eating species with lots of pebbles and flat rocks for everything to graze and hide. 3x Hillstream loaches, 5 x Vampire Otocinclus and a couple of mystery snails then some red rilli or blue dream shrimp

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

I think White Clouds are seriously under appreciated in the hobby. I think being cheap is their downfall as people disregard them 😕

@pillsnpiegaming Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers yeah and its sad because they are severely threatened species in the wild, the aquarium hobby is basically keeping them from going extinct but at least people have started breeding meteor minnows from white clouds so the meteor variety is a little more pricey.

@thedarkninja_ Жыл бұрын

Hey, I know it's random but guess what...i got my shrimp! 4 red cherries, I believe its 3 males 1 female. All the store had as their shipment, which is once a month and arrived yesterday had all dead shrimp due to an unfortunate random snow. Anyways, they are drip acclimating at the moment. In the end the tank was a ball of subwassertang moss, 2 pieces of Cholla wood and black gravel!

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Hey, that’s great news! Would love to hear how they get on 🦐

@thedarkninja_ Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers I'll let you know in a weeks time! I can see immediately that they are happier than they were in the store cause in the store they were always under a log hiding from the 20+ guppies+neon tetras. They are swimming around checking the place out

@AQUARIOSIMPLEPE Жыл бұрын

What a nice video pal ... It was really helpful ... And how about Platys or Rasbora galaxy? Can they live with my red cherry shrimps?

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the positive feedback. Both Platys and Rasboras work really well with RCS 👍🏻

@metalhead8872 Жыл бұрын

Can you make a video about shrimp food Or how to make homemade shrimp food

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll add it to the ever growing list 😂

@metalhead8872 Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers okay

@andersbergman457 5 ай бұрын

I have shrimps together with fish in som aquariums. if you have a dense vegetation + lots of roots + stones, then they will survive. but! any open water space is a death trap for the shrimps.

@mariacristinaantiniw1497 2 ай бұрын

can danio work well with cherry shrimp?

@vladtheimpaler8995 Жыл бұрын

I’m setting up a 2nd tank to breed shrimp. I’m going to add some to my heavily planted community tank which includes clown loaches. Am I a bad person?

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Will Clown Loach eat some of the RCS? Probably! If the tank is set up with sufficient foliage and hiding place can the shrimp survive? Probably! Would love to hear how you get on with the breeding project. 👍🏻

@scotmcpherson Жыл бұрын

I keep fish and shrimp together, but only nano fish.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

They definitely work best with nano fish 👍🏻

@buggerlugz6753 8 ай бұрын

What about adding Shrimp to an existing community tank? There is literally no video on you-tube showing this.

@naegwut Жыл бұрын

My Betta is nice to my shrimps

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

It’s great when Betta’s are friendly 😎

@jasonstouder 11 ай бұрын

how about mystery snails with cherry shrimp babies?

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 ай бұрын

Great combo 🤜🏻

@jasonstouder 11 ай бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers thank you

@mrg7721 Жыл бұрын

What about white / gold minnows ??? I've lost all my shrimp I'm sure they have eaten them

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 ай бұрын

I love WCMM 😍

@mrg7721 11 ай бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers would / could they have ate my shrimp

@usmc187 9 ай бұрын

So hard to keep breeding shrimp in a community tank for me. All my fish become predators, even guppies are predators to the baby shrimp. 😤

@FishKeepingAnswers 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, baby shrimp are apparently very tasty 🤷🏻‍♂️

@MikeT808 Жыл бұрын

I have a discus tank and my water is just over 27 degrees. Which shrimp can I have if any? Thanks in advance

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

I would give Red Cherry Shrimp a go. They can go up to 86degF which is 30degC 👍🏻

@MikeT808 Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers thank you 🙏

@RED_king_98 4 ай бұрын

What about crayfish

@FishKeepingAnswers 4 ай бұрын

In my experience they will nip at the tails of the fish. I ended up with some rather shredded guppies once 😕

@ridermacleod423 Жыл бұрын

What about plecos? Will they eat the babies?

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

In my experience, the shrimp are too fast for the plecos. 😎

@ridermacleod423 Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers awesome, thank you. Since I’ve started watching your videos I’ve now got 2 shrimp tanks set up and am love of the journey!

@Warick.Grubb. Жыл бұрын

tried to get your book :( TypeError: Failed to fetch

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Hi. Sorry to hear you are having issues downloading the book. Please email me info@fishkeepinganswers.com and I’ll send a copy to you. 👍🏻

@rttanbir7529 Жыл бұрын

I also have red, black & blue cherry shrimp together with neon tetra & a male fighting fish.. The fighter never eats the shrimp unless i dont feed them for day or 2.

@pillsnpiegaming Жыл бұрын

Me and my shrimp have not had a good experience with guppies/endlers mixed. the last lady shrimp left over from the great slaughter is berried now and thats because the fat pregnant guppies are not nibling them to death due to me selling them (which was hell as no one really wants guppies when it comes to stores they already have to many). In my opinion worst first time fish is guppy/endlers due to their prolific breeding. I had my guppies for 2 months started with 7 by the end of it there were over 35 of the little cute bastards getting ready to crash the tank and take out all other life with em like little jihadist fish. still nothing is as sweet as a guppies little kisses on your arm while you planting and cleaning the tank. White clouds are amazing fish for a first fish their breeding is slower, less bio load per fish as they poop less, smaller mouths, semi schooling behavior's and lastly they are curious little guys that will readily swim right up to the front of tank and beg for food and give you the stink eye.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

White clouds are seriously under rated 🙂

@pillsnpiegaming Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers Poor mans neon, Na more like neons should be called snobby dudes white cloud. I find white clouds have more personality and are friendlier then tetras. Have you seen how beautiful Meteor white clouds are?