mroli123
New member
Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right place but I am not really sure where else to put it, I know afew of you guys were talking about red cherry shrimp the other day, they seemed like a good idea to me so I decided I would set up a tank and get afew
I have had a tank set up for over a week, with plenty of stones and 2 moss balls for them to do whatever they do with, I received them in the post today (I bought them from ebay) and checked on the internet on how to put them in the tank, it said to get them out of the packaging, into a tub and add 5% of the tank water every 2 minutes, I did this and eventually emptied them into the tank - they seemed fine exploring and wizzing around, went to play football and just got back to find some of them laying on the side at the bottom of the tank (I think they may be dead) and some more sitting just below the water surface, they are still alive because I put my finger in to see if they would move, but they don't look to healthy!
I am not sure if this is normal behaviour, I was expecting the odd loss but I don't want to loose them all, does anyone have any experience or advice to offer?
I have a big 5ft tank with my axolotl in it, I could put them in there but the filter is bigger and might suck them in or stress them out.
My plan originally was to get afew cherry shrimp in a seperate tank, breed afew of them and then put some in with my axolotl to clean the tank up a bit, add a bit of variety and maybe the odd snack!
If anyone has any advice it would be great!
I have had a tank set up for over a week, with plenty of stones and 2 moss balls for them to do whatever they do with, I received them in the post today (I bought them from ebay) and checked on the internet on how to put them in the tank, it said to get them out of the packaging, into a tub and add 5% of the tank water every 2 minutes, I did this and eventually emptied them into the tank - they seemed fine exploring and wizzing around, went to play football and just got back to find some of them laying on the side at the bottom of the tank (I think they may be dead) and some more sitting just below the water surface, they are still alive because I put my finger in to see if they would move, but they don't look to healthy!
I am not sure if this is normal behaviour, I was expecting the odd loss but I don't want to loose them all, does anyone have any experience or advice to offer?
I have a big 5ft tank with my axolotl in it, I could put them in there but the filter is bigger and might suck them in or stress them out.
My plan originally was to get afew cherry shrimp in a seperate tank, breed afew of them and then put some in with my axolotl to clean the tank up a bit, add a bit of variety and maybe the odd snack!
If anyone has any advice it would be great!