Will My Planned Shrimp Tank Work?

[DerpPH]

Im planning a shrimp nano tank that is about 10 gallons in terms of volume. Is it possible to stock 2 types of shrimp? Im planning to create two colonies of rhino shrimps and RCS. My planned plants are stargrass, dwarf sagg. And java moss. I need advice.

 

[snazy]

Not sure if rhino shrimp need brackish conditions to mate?
Other than that, as long as they are not predatory, they'll be fine with RCS as cherry shrimp won't mind most conditions except if the water is too soft.
Make sure it's a cycled tank. Shrimp do better in mature tanks, especially shrimpletts.

 

[DerpPH]

Not sure if rhino shrimp need brackish conditions to mate?
Other than that, as long as they are not predatory, they'll be fine with RCS as cherry shrimp won't mind most conditions except if the water is too soft.
Make sure it's a cycled tank. Shrimp do better in mature tanks, especially shrimpletts.

Thanks. Im planning to have it by saturday. Since rhino shrimp ar caridina and rcs are neocaridina it would be fine right?

 

[snazy]

They won't interbreed if that's what you mean but the rhinos probably won't attempt to breed in fresh water regardless.

 

[DerpPH]

Yeah... Can rcs survive in brackish conditions?

 

[Baccus]

I don't know for certain but I am betting cherry shrimp would survive just fine in mildly brackish, they are pretty tough little critters. BUT if you did adapt them to even mildly brackish conditions when it came time to sell off any offspring, you would have to warn buyers of the exact water parameters you have conditioned yours too, other wise they would probably just die if put straight back into full fresh water.
 
Rhino shrimp are quite similar to Darwin Red Nosed Shrimp and previously had been misidentified as the same species. Darwin Red Nosed shrimp can be bred in fresh water,  so you may get away with breeding rhino shrimp if you have particularly hard water. The larval stages of the young is the hard part about raising these shrimp though.

 

[DerpPH]

I don't know for certain but I am betting cherry shrimp would survive just fine in mildly brackish, they are pretty tough little critters. BUT if you did adapt them to even mildly brackish conditions when it came time to sell off any offspring, you would have to warn buyers of the exact water parameters you have conditioned yours too, other wise they would probably just die if put straight back into full fresh water.
 
Rhino shrimp are quite similar to Darwin Red Nosed Shrimp and previously had been misidentified as the same species. Darwin Red Nosed shrimp can be bred in fresh water,  so you may get away with breeding rhino shrimp if you have particularly hard water. The larval stages of the young is the hard part about raising these shrimp though.

Why is that? Are the larval stages planktonic or something?

 

[Baccus]

The larval stages of certain species of shrimp is very much like a planktonic stage, where they float about in the water column for any where for a few days to a couple of weeks, if getting the right foods they do tend to grow quickly and then transform into tiny shrimplets. Its these tiny shrimplets that then begin working their way back from brackish to fresh water systems.

 

[DerpPH]

The larval stages of certain species of shrimp is very much like a planktonic stage, where they float about in the water column for any where for a few days to a couple of weeks, if getting the right foods they do tend to grow quickly and then transform into tiny shrimplets. Its these tiny shrimplets that then begin working their way back from brackish to fresh water systems.

Just set it up with slightly brackish water. No cherries yet but My plant species right now is dwarf sag. only until I get more plants