Cherry shrimp help first and second answeres will get best answere?

Question

well i just bought 3 cherry shrimp in a 10 gallon tank.i have a spong thing over the filter.can i just take the shrimp out and put them in a medium sized container with plants to grow and then breed?Any info tht you can give about cherry shrimp.

thanks

Answer 1

http://www.fishyou.com/shrimp-cherry.php

this should help you

Answer 2

Cherry shrimp are some of the easiest shrimp to keep and breed in the aquarium. Often called Red Cherry Shrimp or RCS, these shrimp thrive in planted aquariums, where they eat algae. Juveniles should be purchased, as they adapt better to new aquarium conditions, and at least 10 should be purchased to ensure a mix of males and females. Males are often mostly clear with just a few red stripes and are smaller than females. Juvenile females are similar to males, but as they reach 2-3 months old they develop a solid red color. Around the same time, they should become pregnant with yellow-ish eggs. They carry these eggs around with them in their swimmerettes for roughly 30 days. Unlike other shrimp, the eggs hatch into miniature versions of the adults (there is no intermediate plankton stage). The baby shrimp are very small and are easily eaten by other fish or sucked up into filters. Therefore, if you want to breed these shrimp in any significant numbers, keeping them in a tank of their own with a sponge filter is the best option. Most smaller fish should leave them alone, but do not mix them with fish that have mouths large enough to eat the Cherries, otherwise they may become a snack. Shrimp are also a favorite snack of loaches and puffer fish. Other dangers include ammonia and nitrite. These shrimp are highly sensitive to these two, and will be the first to die if there is a spike in either.

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Answer 3

Why would you take them out of the 10 gallon tank?  The shrimp will need room, especially when they actually start breeding, and for the shrimplettes to survive, they will need a fair bit of surface area to scour for microscopic food for the first weeks of their lives.  The sponge prefilter, substrate, and any decorations will provide this surface area, while in a small container, they will likely end up starving.  Also, small volumes of water will fluctuate rapidly as the room temperature changes, and this is VERY harmful to the shrimp-- they will NOT do well below the mid 70's.

Answer 4

They breed like guppies, very fast. They do not eat their babies, and you can fit...up to 100 in that 10 gallon tank comfortably. The females carry the eggs under their tails untill they hatch. The babies look like tiny adults, really cute!XD! They babies and adults eat algea and other plant matter. You can feed them algea tablets, peices of lettuce, zuchini, cucumber. Any sort of veggie! Really easy to care for and breed! Good luck!=)