bamboo shrimp

jonnyt6615 · 11-20-2006, 10:13 AM

i read online that bamboo shrimp are are not truly happy unless they are a bright red color, and when they resemble bamboo they are stressed. What should i do to make mine more comfortable, it prefers an acitic to alkaline water..but wont that kill the rest of my fish?

Puffer Pita · 11-20-2006, 10:48 AM

What you read was incorrect.

Zoe · 11-20-2006, 11:06 AM

I haven't heard that, either. I've never seen a red bamboo shrimp - as they get older, they get a solid brownish-red colour... But that's just age. What are your current tank params? It is true that they may not breed in alkaline water, but they should be fine.

11-20-2006, 10:13 AM	#1
jonnyt6615 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 23 Posts: 1	bamboo shrimp i read online that bamboo shrimp are are not truly happy unless they are a bright red color, and when they resemble bamboo they are stressed. What should i do to make mine more comfortable, it prefers an acitic to alkaline water..but wont that kill the rest of my fish? __________________ 10 gallon planted community 3 fish (cant figure out what they are) 1 bamboo shrimp 3 algea eaters 5 gallon planted 10 or 15 velvet red tail fry

11-20-2006, 10:48 AM	#2
Puffer Pita Puffer Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,677	What you read was incorrect. __________________ Tina Puffers: Auriglobus silus x2 Colomesus asellus x1 Tetraodon travancoricus x1 Tetraodon biocellatus x2 Tetraodon nigroviridis x1 Tetraodon baileyi x2 Tetraodon lineatus x1 Tetraodon palembangensis x1 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated. - Mohandas Gandhi

11-20-2006, 11:06 AM	#3
Zoe <·)))< Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 22 Posts: 1,030	I haven't heard that, either. I've never seen a red bamboo shrimp - as they get older, they get a solid brownish-red colour... But that's just age. What are your current tank params? It is true that they may not breed in alkaline water, but they should be fine. __________________ 90g pltd: angelfish [black, leopard, platinum, silver zebra & gold vt] · glass catfish · harlequin rasbora · neon & rummy nosed tetra · sterpai & spotted cory · bristlenose pleco 28g pltd: scarlet badis · oto cats · bristlenose 16g pltd: flame & honey gourami · cherry barbs 8g (soon to be 18g): 15 lbs LR · 10 lbs LS · YSP · zoas · shrooms · flame & hammer corals · brittle star · scarlet & electric blue hermits · firefish

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