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MyraVan · 11-04-2005, 04:34 AM

I've only had the neon tetras about 1 month and a half, and the cherry shrimps a couple of weeks. I haven't seen any baby shrimps yet, but I think that there's a good chance that the shrimps will be able to breed successfully because:

* the tetras aren't bottom feeders -- they don't seem interested in anything on the floor of the tank

* the tank is densely planted, with more hiding places than you can imagine

* I have lots of little pest snails; the neons didn't eat their eggs or the baby snails

But I may turn out to be wrong, we'll see. Anyway, the tank isn't specifically a shrimp breeding tank, it's more of an interesting critters tank, with a good variety of living things in it, some of which came in as eggs on the plants.

11-04-2005, 04:34 AM	#14
MyraVan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 861	I've only had the neon tetras about 1 month and a half, and the cherry shrimps a couple of weeks. I haven't seen any baby shrimps yet, but I think that there's a good chance that the shrimps will be able to breed successfully because: * the tetras aren't bottom feeders -- they don't seem interested in anything on the floor of the tank * the tank is densely planted, with more hiding places than you can imagine * I have lots of little pest snails; the neons didn't eat their eggs or the baby snails But I may turn out to be wrong, we'll see. Anyway, the tank isn't specifically a shrimp breeding tank, it's more of an interesting critters tank, with a good variety of living things in it, some of which came in as eggs on the plants.