Keeping amano shrimps?

[yhbae]

Will amano shrimps live in my water?

pH is 7.2, KH is 2, GH is 5. The temperature is kept at 77F. I had ghost shrimps before in that tank and no fishes ate them (I lost all during ich treatment).

I have mixed feeling so far as some sources say they will not live in a fresh water tank for long as their native environment is brackish.

Also, do I need to add any suppliments to help during malting process given that my water is soft?

Appreciate any feedback!

 

[pondfreak4365]

I did some searching on Google and found several (625) links! I'll post a few that detail care.

http/www.jayscustomcomputers.com/wilma/A...cles/page1.html

http/www.aquahobby.com/gallery/gshrimp.html

http/www.myfishtank.net/freshwaterprofil....php?profile=55

http/aquaworld.netfirms.com/Invertebrate...na_japonica.htm


I found this quote concerning the brackish water at the aquaworld site:

Caridina japonica is very sensitive towards chemicals. Remove the shrimp from the aquarium prior to treatmant of a fish disease. Dead shrimps should also immediately be removed from the tank, since they pollute the water a lot. Despite the fact that the juveniles grow up in brackish water, the shrimp do not respond to salt additions to the aqaurium very well.

 

[ste2k3]

just be carful when treaing the tank with any medication. your shrimps probably died last time because the treatment contained coper. copper actually stops the haemoglobin in there blood from absorbing oxygen which in turn suffacates them to death.

 

[yhbae]

pondfreak4365, thanks for the links... I did have few links of my own, but I didn't feel comfortable following them as some of them were conflicting as far as instructions on caring this shrimp... You seem comfortable with the fact that they will survive in the 100% fresh water. If my memory serves right, that was the majority, so I'll go with that conclusion.

ste2k3, the ich treatment I went through didn't involve any medication - it was 2 weeks long 87F temperature treatment. So either, the condition wasn't good for the ghost shrimps to survive through molting process, or they simply couldn't stand the temperature. From what I hear, amano shrimps can stand temperature alot better.

I'm also getting instructions that you need to use some reef iodine... Any comments?