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Originally Posted by Bang Guy
My experience has been that the larvae of Fire Shrimp are difficult to feed and damage very easily. You'll probably need a kressel to keep the larvae away from walls of the container. Some type of live, yet immobile food source seems to be all they are interested in eating. Baby Brine Shrimp were too strong for them to grab & eat. I have never been able to get one to live past the last molt.
I'll assume you mean Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp when you're referring to "Cleaner Shrimp". They have a very long larval stage and to make things worse they are cannibalistic. I was only able to get 2 of these past their last larval molt.
If you're interested in raising Cleaner Shrimp larvae then I strongly suggest starting with Peppermint Shrimp. They are more durable, easy to feed, and have a shorter larval stage than other Cleaner Shrimp.
As long as you keep them well fed and the water clean they will be fine.
I should add that they all need to be about the same size or the larger ones will eat the smaller ones.
Ok, thanks for the info Bang Guy! Should i get all thos shrimp at the same time? Ill still try to raise the cleaners and fire shrimps fry. Im doing this for the experiance not the money, well some money lol.
My experience has been that the larvae of Fire Shrimp are difficult to feed and damage very easily. You'll probably need a kressel to keep the larvae away from walls of the container. Some type of live, yet immobile food source seems to be all they are interested in eating. Baby Brine Shrimp were too strong for them to grab & eat. I have never been able to get one to live past the last molt.
I'll assume you mean Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp when you're referring to "Cleaner Shrimp". They have a very long larval stage and to make things worse they are cannibalistic. I was only able to get 2 of these past their last larval molt.
If you're interested in raising Cleaner Shrimp larvae then I strongly suggest starting with Peppermint Shrimp. They are more durable, easy to feed, and have a shorter larval stage than other Cleaner Shrimp.
As long as you keep them well fed and the water clean they will be fine.
I should add that they all need to be about the same size or the larger ones will eat the smaller ones.
Ok, thanks for the info Bang Guy! Should i get all thos shrimp at the same time? Ill still try to raise the cleaners and fire shrimps fry. Im doing this for the experiance not the money, well some money lol.
