I noted that 3 of the female Cystal Red shrimp are now berried in a 38 Gallon tank I have with high light, ADA AS, high CO2 and EI dosing. I have increased the count from 12 shrimp to 32 now and have more on the way, temp is 78-79 F, other occupants are Botia sidthimunki(7) and galaxy rasboras(18).
Color is good, a couple have decent % white, my goal is nice banding contrast rather than a higher % of white. It'll be a while before I cull.
I read all the time how sensitive CRS's are to temp, to NO3, to traces, to other critters etc...........yet these guys keep growing and breeding well. Perhaps I could get more brood going to a Bare bottom tank and leaves and mops etc?
Sure, but that's hardly a scape
And I'm doing pretty well as is............but I do not have a pure breeding tank to compare to either, still, with breeding and no issues, I really have no such goal. Perhaps someone might quanatify it later. I might, who knows. There might be a large impact, say 80% reduction, still, even with that in % brood yeild, I do not care, only health and the fact that some are still breeding and that the fry are making it to adulthood. I also cannot account for brood lost due to predation, a real issue with hungry Botia and tiny shrimpy's. So that might be one issue that skews things there and why I might not have as much brood as I could. I'd say that has a large % impact than environmental parameters. But who knows......
Anyway, I have no such issues with these parameters and this has been going on for a year now, they breed, they have never once died (I lost one due to crushing), and appear within all aspects, very healthy. I've lost more Amano's than I have CRS! Suckers crawl out easier.
So I am questioning the claims, they are not supported by my observations.
This example serves as a control. After all, there are many ways to kill fish and shrimp in this hobby with and without plants involved.
Why would folks forget that?
If what someone claims to true to be held and supported, we should see some issue with the CRS's, yet here we do not and have not time and time again over a year's time frame. Faith and fear are hardly support.
Some might view me as hardly an expert on Shrimp, I do not claim to be either, however, I am sensible enough to accept logic and know when something has been falsified.
Maybe it's the chinese Seiryu stones that emit narrow wavelength energy that protect the shrimp from harsh aquarium conditions that I subject them too?
Regards,
Tom Barr
Color is good, a couple have decent % white, my goal is nice banding contrast rather than a higher % of white. It'll be a while before I cull.
I read all the time how sensitive CRS's are to temp, to NO3, to traces, to other critters etc...........yet these guys keep growing and breeding well. Perhaps I could get more brood going to a Bare bottom tank and leaves and mops etc?
Sure, but that's hardly a scape
And I'm doing pretty well as is............but I do not have a pure breeding tank to compare to either, still, with breeding and no issues, I really have no such goal. Perhaps someone might quanatify it later. I might, who knows. There might be a large impact, say 80% reduction, still, even with that in % brood yeild, I do not care, only health and the fact that some are still breeding and that the fry are making it to adulthood. I also cannot account for brood lost due to predation, a real issue with hungry Botia and tiny shrimpy's. So that might be one issue that skews things there and why I might not have as much brood as I could. I'd say that has a large % impact than environmental parameters. But who knows......
Anyway, I have no such issues with these parameters and this has been going on for a year now, they breed, they have never once died (I lost one due to crushing), and appear within all aspects, very healthy. I've lost more Amano's than I have CRS! Suckers crawl out easier.
So I am questioning the claims, they are not supported by my observations.
This example serves as a control. After all, there are many ways to kill fish and shrimp in this hobby with and without plants involved.
Why would folks forget that?
If what someone claims to true to be held and supported, we should see some issue with the CRS's, yet here we do not and have not time and time again over a year's time frame. Faith and fear are hardly support.
Some might view me as hardly an expert on Shrimp, I do not claim to be either, however, I am sensible enough to accept logic and know when something has been falsified.
Maybe it's the chinese Seiryu stones that emit narrow wavelength energy that protect the shrimp from harsh aquarium conditions that I subject them too?
Regards,
Tom Barr
