Anyone here Working with Crystal reds?

[rickztahone]

good luck Al! great system. i have a 5g tank with 20 RCS, well a lot more now since they started breeding like crazy. i will dumping the babies into my 125 from time to time so it will not get crowded. i wanted to work with CRS but i didn't know of their breeding habits and some of them have too high a price tag for me. lastly, my goal for keeping rcs was the fact that i could just dump them into my 125 when it gets crowded. i wouldn't be able to do that with crs so i would have to sell them off. anyways, good luck and keep us posted for those that like their invertebrates.

[Offpath]

There are a number of people selling crystal reds over in the "Swap n Shop" forum on plantedtank.net, though you have to have an account to see that forum at all. I personally bought a batch from greenisgood and was pretty happy with both the quality and the care taken with packing/shipping. It takes some patience and luck to get on her waitlist, though, since it fills up quickly.

I've heard good things about most of the regular sellers over there, as well.

[Fons_van_der_Hart]

Hey Matt,
A friend of mine was working at a lab and they raised zebrafish there... lab closed down and they were going to throw away the system... I've yet to set it up, but this is what I have....

each tank is 2 gals. usually my luck is bad for things like this...but not this time!

-al

Looks to me like a great Discusfood factory

[brewmaster15]

Hi Fons!

I thought about that too! I need to get it all set up and start playing around with it.

-al

[dmun24]

Hi Al BLUERAM06 IS SELLING ALL HIS STUFF ON AQUABID LOOKS LIKE HE HAS ALOT OF SHRIMP HE WANTS TO SELL SEE YOU SOON DENNNIS

[brewmaster15]

Hi Al BLUERAM06 IS SELLING ALL HIS STUFF ON AQUABID LOOKS LIKE HE HAS ALOT OF SHRIMP HE WANTS TO SELL SEE YOU SOON DENNNIS

Thanks Dennis, I wish I was set up and ready, but I won't be until after NADA show in a few weeks. Hope you've been well!

-al

[vera]

Hi Al

CRs are facinating , tried many times , but they dont survive summer heat above 30 C
I kept and bred Sulawesi Harlequin shrimps -as colorful as marines and quite hardy

here is photo by friend of mine

[rickztahone]

Hi Al

CRs are facinating , tried many times , but they dont survive summer heat above 30 C
I kept and bred Sulawesi Harlequin shrimps -as colorful as marines and quite hardy

here is photo by friend of mine

wow, those are nice. do they breed in freshwater or do they need brakish water?

[vera]

They have very striking colors!they breed in fresh water
mine were breeding in ph 7, gh 8 and T 25-28C
i would say very hardy shrimps , but best survival is in mature tank, i had their wood,rocks moss and water taken from mature planted
TC

[richgrenfell]

Neat looking little system al!

[DerekFF]

I've partnered with my lfs and bought a batch of crystal reds, blue pearls and snowballs. Hopefully in a few months if all goes well I'll have my own colonies. The lfs is a long time friend of mine and he gave me 4x20gal tanks to use in the back of his store.

[DerekFF]

Just got in 15 S+ grade CRS and also 15 pearl blues. Hope all runs well. Its a newer tank they are going into, hope acclimation goes well. Hopefully ill be able to sell SD members some soon! Ill also be getting snowball, yellow, green and harlequin also in a few months.

[fish nut]

Where can I get some of these shrimps?

Hi Al

CRs are facinating , tried many times , but they dont survive summer heat above 30 C
I kept and bred Sulawesi Harlequin shrimps -as colorful as marines and quite hardy

here is photo by friend of mine

[Knotty Bitz]

Wow i've never seen those shrimp before.

[igor.Kanshyn]

Hi Al

CRs are facinating , tried many times , but they dont survive summer heat above 30 C
I kept and bred Sulawesi Harlequin shrimps -as colorful as marines and quite hardy

here is photo by friend of mine

Wow, you have a really cool shrimps! They seems to be hard to breed even among Sulawesi shrimps.

Is there a thread or something where you share your experience?