Any shrimp breeders??

**HEADIN** · 08-17-2012, 12:37 PM

Are there any shrimp breeders on here who breed in shrimp other than the usual ghost and rcs??

Ive got alot of rcs in my tank but i know there are a stack of other species and colours etc ..

Havent came across that many over here in my local stores so lookin further afield.. in the uk in particular as im in northern ireland.

**JTfromCharlotte** · 08-17-2012, 02:00 PM

I have just started.. so far doing cherries, red rili, red sakura, malawa. Plan on doing a bunch more, just haven't tracked down my breeders yet. I'm in US.

**Brhino** · 08-17-2012, 02:04 PM

Jacko doesn't seem to post much any more but you should still check out his shrimp rack build journal.

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...ad.php?t=79711

**chrisfraser05** · 08-17-2012, 04:13 PM

theres loads of info over on UKAPS.

I was looking at importing some nice varieties from Germany, theres not a great choice in the UK.
The ones on Ebay are generally pretty poor strains (chucked in a tank and bred as fast as possible to turn a profit).

How are your cherries coming along anyway bud?

**HEADIN** · 08-17-2012, 09:58 PM

They are teaming mate lol have actually been able to spread some out into another 2 tanks because they breed so well. Best purchase I ever made!

**chrisfraser05** · 08-17-2012, 10:17 PM

glad to hear it buddy :)

I sold the last of mine from my kitchen tank after shutting down the main one aswell.

I swear, hand on heart there was not a single cherry to be seen for 2 1/2 months.
Slowly I began to see one or two tiny ones, now 7 months on there are about 15 in the tank again!

The only reason I sold them all was so I could get some Blue shrimp imported and was concerned they'd mix and go back to natural dirty brown.

Glad I left it long enough to find out before spending £300 on them!