The Fascinating Journey of Cherry Shrimp: A Complete Lifecycle Guide

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Hello! Did you know I recently released a 97-page book titled The Neocaridina Shrimp Handbook? It covers everything new and experienced hobbyists alike need to know about Neocaridina Shrimp, including Red Cherry Shrimp. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 Check it out here 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 fishkeepinganswers.com/neocaridina_shrimp_handbook/

[@die_go775]

Been watching ever since i was given 2 cherry shrimps 4 months and i can gladly say that ive successfully got them breeding and now i have over 40 shrimps. thank you for the comprehensive guides to aid my journey into shrimp keeping, my new obsession. your the best!!!!!!!!!

[@boaboboadobo5487]

This video helped me relieve lots of stress. New shrimp keeper and I got so scared a week after I got my first batch my shrimp molted and the males were swimming around like crazy. I tested everything but now after watching this, I see some females are Berried!

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Glad you found it helpful 👍🏻

[@debbytate3943]

That was absolutely fascinating I really enjoyed watching that thankyou

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Thanks for the feedback 🫶🏻

[@squash8584]

Wow you always post the exact videos i need tysm now i had some baby shrimp and boom you post this amazing video thats why I always have notifications on for you

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Glad to be of service 🤜🏻

[@shrimplycanadian]

Hi Richard, your videos have been extremely inspirational and educational to me. They are one of the many reasons why I have been focusing a lot more on shrimp keeping. You don't find many shrimp keepers mentioning Otocinclus Catfish as a tank mate as a lot tend to use plecos and I'm so glad that I finally got to see someone else (other than myself lol) shed a little spotlight on them. Keep up the amazing work and I look forward to seeing more videos and/or possibly doing some sort of collaboration down the line.

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Hey. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. A future collaboration would be a pleasure, although my current filming setup doesn’t allow it, I hope one day it will 💪🏻

[@diccen]

First of all, I absolutely love how passionate you talk about the life of shrimp. It's infectious and inspiring. I'm in the research fase op setting up my first tank and the info you provide is invaluable and gives me the confidence I need to succeed. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Thank you for taking the time to share your kind words 🫶🏻

[@Michael-4]

Thanks to you I have just started keeping RC shrimp. I think I lost a few (I got 20) but now they are thriving.

[@andrewgoldfish]

Wow so much great info. I just got my first cherry shrimp and this video helped me understand a lot about them.

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Thank you. Good luck with your new shrimp 🤞🏻

[@rickeyanderson5168]

Excellent, just waiting for my Cherry Red to release their eggs into the Java ball moss and we are good to go.

[@abbiearmstrong3659]

Found my first baby cherry shrimp yesterday! I also have berried orange rili shrimp that I’m hoping will make it. I was very surprised as they’re in with a Betta and I wasn’t expecting them to make it. I’m now considering setting up a small second tank just for shrimp

[@chag6349]

This definitely answered all my questions I had about shrimp. Now all I got to do is wait for baby’s to hatch!

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Glad to hear it. Would love to hear how you get on 🤞🏻

[@Drkerley]

Any result please

[@FairmoundAquatics]

Despite having kept shrimp over the years, there's still good value and insight to gain from your videos😉👍

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

You are very kind. Thanks for taking the time to share.

[@lochy1128]

Love the vid. I hope to see more! 👍

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

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[@hollynguyen9308]

This video was awesome! Thank you so much for posting!

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

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[@nataliehoward252]

I have been watching your videos for the last few months and I just saw baby shrimp in my tank yesterday.

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Yay! 🥳🥳🥳

[@krawlspace]

Great video, Richard! I can’t raise shrimp to save my life. They die within a month of adding them. Thankfully, I had an orange Rili drop her eggs a few days before she kicked it. Fingers crossed the little ones make it.

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Fingers crossed for some babies. Would love to hear how you get on 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[@Timsfreshwatertanks]

You never cease to amaze. Spectacular job. Been following you about a year and continue to find your videos very inspirational. Thank you.👍✌️🦐🐟🤙

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Thank you so much for your kind feedback. This is genuinely one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. It is nice to know I am bringing value to peoples hobby 💪🏻

[@Timsfreshwatertanks]

It is hard, and I commend you and all the fish tubers who take the time to make this hobby easier for everyone. I put out some shorts to show my tanks ( and my granddaughter enjoys them, mostly ) but you inspire people to do better with their hobby. Keep it going, and Good Luck ( thought this was a rabbit for the longest time🤣 ) @@FishKeepingAnswers

[@cambriia]

Wow, great video!! Your way of speaking is so expressive and you give so much great information! Thanks for making this

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Thank you for your kind comment 🫶🏻

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

My second attempt at keeping cherry shrimps is much more successful and I now have some baby shrimps in the shrimp only 1 gallon nano tank. But I also have quite a lot of daphnia, cyclops, and a number of tiny hydra. So far the hydra has not been a problem to the shrimplets...?

[@ffffaaaaiiii]

I got 100 shrimps before. Around 17 of them got eggs. I wrongly introduced neon tetra (x11) to the tank, then I saw NO baby after 1 month. Now I have put the fishes to another tank, then next round I can see tens of babies happily growing up.

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Glad you got it sorted 👍🏻

[@WahidahCherazade]

Thank you for this video! Excellent as always! I have just been away for a vacation abroad, and just had my partner coming to give food and to make sure everyone in the aquarium was doing well. When I came home, I all of a sudden discovered a lot of tiny shrimps :D I do have fish as well (Pseudomugil luminatus), but in my aquarium I have a lot of plants, and a root with a big hole where I've put a lot of different sized stones. That both make the root stay to the bottom, and provides a lot of places for tiny shrimp to hide. And of course there's moss growing on the root :D Because of your videos, I doesn't do much cleaning either. I try to keep things so well balanced that there isn't much algae growing, but of course there's some of it. I clean some of it from the glass sometimes, but otherwise? No. I make sure to test the water quality regularly and even though I never do water changes (just fill up when needed), it seems to go perfectly well. So, thank you once again for all your educational videos! I learn a lot, and I'm so happy that my aquarium seems to be fine even though it's my first one.

[@carybritton4178]

Thanks for the video Richard! Love the content

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Thank you for taking the time to comment 💪🏻

[@spice_of_life]

10 seconds? I got my shrimp beat.

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

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[@lockdownlooping9402]

Thanks for your videos Richard🦐

[@caliber7634]

@FishKeepingAnswers Hello my friend, from Texas, US! I just wanted to stop by and say, I really appreciate the informative and detailed information you are sharing through your channel and videos! I'm somewhat new to neocaridina shrimp keeping, and I've found your channel one of the most comprehensive and easy to learn from! You've also partially inspired me to become a hobbyist shrimp breeder, and I'm super excited to see where it takes me. I'm currently keeping around 20-25 blue dreams, 10 Sakura reds, and around 10 or so Emerald greens. Anyways, huge props man, and keep up the great content! I'll be following your videos in the future for sure! 🙂👍👍

[@cardenrichards9070]

thanks for the vid. great information

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Thank you for taking the time to let me know 👍🏻

[@clintwestwood1895]

cool video bro, those blue shrimp are beautiful

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@yewsi]

Facinating! Thx for the video

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Pleasure 🫶🏻

[@lisalewis9567]

Love your videos

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

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[@TechNAquatic]

Java moss is your best friend on community tank. I have tank with a gurame, some neon tetra and many RCS. As long we provide hiding spot RCS can successfully growth their population

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Agreed 👍🏻

[@euansgaming227]

Where can I get cherry shrimp online? I would like to start selling shrimp in future, but I cannot find anywhere that sells shrimp that I can afford. I have been keeping Fish for a few years now, and just last year, I started keeping shrimp.

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Hi. Unfortunately we no longer breed shrimp to sell online. Sorry 😞

[@euansgaming227]

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[@thisisafact9181]

Thanks mate. I am new to shrimp keeping and i have both red cherries and transparent looking shrimps I wild caught from our lake ( I don't know what is their kind) . My red cherries gave birth and they were little bit red but more like light orange. I was wondering they might have inter bred but your video help me to understand they are probably don't have their proper red colours yet.

[@zaink7037]

Feels like an achievement when you start seeing little shrimplets in the tank especially when theres die off in the first batch of shrimps you get. 2 months later after introducing my shrimps and 2 given birth ive got 3 more berried shrimps. Hoping to have over 100 shrimps before 4 months 😁

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Sounds like it is going well. Congratulations 🥳

[@squash8584]

Bro you legit gave a summary to what exactly happened to me 😂😂

[@MrG.Ivan76]

I'm struggling to decide where to buy my shrimp from Any recommendations???

[@squash8584]

@@MrG.Ivan76 I don't live in the us or eu so please specific

[@fabiocampos1924]

hy Richard, i am from Brasil , and trying to breed neo caridinas, so far so good , i v been whatching your videos , thank you for this i started whit 4 red and 4 blacks , now i have some black , and chocolate, and some transparent and trying to keep planarias out

[@TheFedor47]

10:01 Are those fish guppies? Beautiful color. 😊

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Yep! 🙏🏻

[@waylanthao132]

Hi Richard, i have 2 shrimp that has recently came up with the green fungus. do you have any experience with this sickness and any thoughts on how to treat this probelm?

[@EmmelineJM]

This looks to be a really interesting and fun hobby! What do you do with all the shrimp once you’ve bred them though? I can’t imagine the folk at my local Pets At Home store buying them from me 😅

[@EireFirst2024]

Brilliant video & information..can I keep them in a room temperature small tank ?

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

You can, although subject to your room temperature of course. I live in central England and mine live at room temp all year round 👍🏻

[@EireFirst2024]

Brilliant.. I'm in Ireland ( as you probably guessed 🤣 ) thanks for the reply, I'll let you know how I get on 🤝🤝🤝

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Yep, I did notice 😂. Would love to hear how it goes 🤞🏻

[@alfredcamia]

It’s nice to see Obi-wan discuss about shrimps 😊

[@michelleagius7352]

Hi Richard, I really enjoy your channel. I have a question about my orange neocaridina. My original shrimp are quite colourful and bright but my babies are very light orange and almost clear. Is there any chance they will darken to the parents colour? I have a few that are around 120 days and still that light transparent orange.

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

So without giving a long winded answer, you may find to keep a bright, colourful colony, you have to remove every shrimp that doesn’t meet the grade. I would have thought that after between 120 and 180 days they will be showing their final colours.

[@michelleagius7352]

That is what I thought too. I have a much larger second batch (actually 3 batches hatched days apart) of babies growing up now. I'm really hoping at least some of them colour up nicely.

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

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[@jdlambert1]

Hey Richard! Thanks for all the awesome videos, I was curious I had some blues and reds mixed and now I have brown and gray shrimp, if I add more reds and keep pulling the discolored shrimp out will the line eventually breed back to cherry red? Thanks!!

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Hi. Thanks for the feedback. In theory, yes this will work, but you could be at the start of a very long road 😞

[@janryckmans3902]

I first started with fish a half year ago. Watching some you tube to learn more about it. Came to your channel and i'm now only interested in shrimps. Last week i finally purchased some blue and yellow neo's. I keep them in separated tanks. I saw one yellow shrimp crawling true the tank for a couple of hours. Searched for it and i tought he was changing his shell. He was laying a lot on the back. Next day he/she was dead. The other one's are ok. Is it possible, in the future, post a video of some "strange" behaviour ? How to recognize certain diseases. ? Thanks !

[@vuagiaitritonghop]

Thank you for sharing, I have seen other KZbinrs talk about the importance of tannin in shrimp tanks, so can you share some of your knowledge on this issue?

[@ewakraft5770]

❓️how old gets a shrimp until it dies? How many times can a female have eggs? Thanks for the video, really interesting and good filmed!

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

18 months to 2 years is about average. Females can have 10 to 15 clutches in a lifetime. 💪🏻

[@ewakraft5770]

@@FishKeepingAnswers Wow, thanks for answering!

[@JonRusso_783]

I hate how I can't tell my dark red cherries are buried. They always, seemingly intentional, position their bodies so I can't see their spinners.

[@BGN_Aquariums]

Brilliant. Really interesting. If you buy shrimp and some are berried, will she continue with the pregnancy or will she abort?

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Thank you mate! Truth be told, I have had both happen. Being transported is stressful and can lead to shrimp aborting. However, it doesn't always happen.

[@BGN_Aquariums]

@@FishKeepingAnswers cheers buddy. I picked some up a couple of weeks back, one was berried, but not seen it for a week. I guess only time will tell. Keep up the great work 👍🏻

[@Ukisxon]

I have a question, at the moment I have black Crystal and Black pinto shrimps only in a 20l tank. What need to be the optimal parameters that they start to breed. At what point do. They feel like breeding. Thanks in advance!

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Honest answer is I don’t keep Caridina Shrimp, so I would not be the best person to ask. Check out @RWAquariums or @MarksShrimpTanks 👍🏻

[@squash8584]

I had a question in a 55 liter decently planted tank how many shrimp can comfortably live in there?

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Maybe 300 or more. 👍🏻

[@arunsasidharan1986]

Hi Richard.... My new shrimp tank is in te phase of cycling... My Neo shrimps r settled in temp holding.. Gr8 news is tat one of my female red rilli shrimp is carrying eggs.. Found it ystrd.. I am so xcited... The only probl I'm facing is mosquito larvaes... I have to physically scoop them out nd I feed it to my Neons nd Harlequins in planted aquarium... It's a headache to remove them everday... In ur exp, r there any shrimp safe fish including shrimp frys tat I can safely add to tackle tis mosquito larvae issue? U did mention abt anything being a predator..bt still..im luking for tat 1 exception...Thnx

[@EuroGupper]

I only have experience with deep red colored cherry shrimp. When they are born I can already distinguish the (lack of) coloration after 1 week. At least when we are talking about the difference between the colored and see through types. Distinguishing the quality between the colored baby shrimp however is not possible. They need to grow further for that. I oy have 2 aquariums. 1 shrimp tank and 1 Discus tank. I cull the discarded shrimp by adding them into the Discus tank. I thought they would die, but it seems that neocaridina shrimp can thrive in 28°C and avoid Discus fish with ease

[@avemflamma]

shrimp can be ridiculously hardy sometimes and ridiculously fragile others... i raised my tank temp to 86 to treat for ich for a few weeks and most of mine survived

[@g.rodriguez7445]

Crazy Observation: (Neocaradina d.) Red Cherry shrimps are born white- so are natural morphs and white ones- Blue morphs are born blue, yellow morphs are born yellow from the start- orange tend to be born whitish tinged.

[@tetra3487]

Subscribed!

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Welcome 🫶🏻

[@coalcupcake4659]

Wow i have shrimps since 1 year and i really didnt knew any of that numbers, i mean pregnancy and how long till they grow... i just look into my tanks and suddenly there are tons of shrimps just like overnight it feels lol. I started with mostly only 5-6 shrimps in my betta tanks and now i have 5 huge colonys each with over 50shrimps...more shrimp empieres are are in the making :´)

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Glad to hear things are going well 💪🏻

[@gk9417]

How do you test the water for calcium hardness in water 🤷✌️🇨🇦

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

I use eSHa test strips (available in Europe). I believe the Aquarium Co-op strips are good if you’re in the USA. Alternatively, an API Master Test Kit is available more or less worldwide. 👍🏻

[@sandidsaman7723]

Any possible ways to keep cherries with a male betta in medium planted 10 gallon? one thing is that my betta leaves snails alone , even tiny pest snails, so does that mean he is kinda less aggressive? i really wanna keep shrimps in that tank cuz it looks boring

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

In reality, you won’t know until you try. Your Betta might be perfectly happy living with shrimp, or he might be a hardcore shrimp-killing machine. Just have a plan B in case!

[@opawikztv6569]

hello sir, i watched a lot of your videos and i learned a lot.. thank you for all the informative videos.. i wish i can buy RCS to you but i am from italy.. 😢

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Italy is a beautiful part of the world 🇮🇹

[@bubblegum0611]

Hey Richard, I have been loving your videos! I’m interested in buying some shrimp from you. Do you have a link to your eBay account or sale page?

[@riaanwarren562]

Hi Richard I'm wondering if my female has a saddle how long do they tank to molt and is it after the molting process of before that the male need to fertilize those eggs

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Hi. Usually around 20 to 30 days. The male will fertilise her AFTER she molts 👍🏻

[@benrichards9003]

When the shrimp are born how long do you wait to decide weather there gonna be bright red adults. Or how long do you wait before removing shrimp that are not good quality regards Ben

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Somewhere between 8 and 12 weeks I would say

[@benrichards9003]

Thanks for your quick response. Love your vids . I tried finding you on Google but nothing was looking to buy some quality shrimp . I have some but there a bit of a miss match to be honest. Some have eggs already but some are bright red and some are patchy clear and red and a few are red with what looks like a brown line down the center from head to tale . I have tried to find out what they are but not luck no matter how many pics I look at . I have kept fish for 35 years owning predator tanks tropical and Marine . Also have a 12000 gallon koi pond never . I keep loads of fish but fancied trying something different and have based my shrimp set up on your videos. My latest project is a giant grouami but finding him to be a bully even with my adult gars .cutting a long story short lol i probably have 12 bright red cherry shrimp out of the 60 I brought I paid 25 for twelve thanks Richard Regards Ben

[@benrichards9003]

Never had any water quality problems I missed that out and just put never . I am clued up on water quality and how it all works

[@rohitbatham1903]

Hi Richard I have noticed one red cherry with some green substance on her belly so I searched it on Google and I think it's green fungus and mentioned that there is no treatment for green fungus I don't know what to do can you help me with any solution if you can Richard 😓

[@EuroGupper]

The trick to feed natural protein to shrimp is keep a shrimp only tank and put in some daphnia. Keep the lights on to grow algae for the daphnia. The daphnia die and they become a calcium and protein source for your shrimp. I love experimenting with small selffeeding ecosystems (I do feed extra pellets or dead guppies from time to time or if I buy salmon slices for myself I feed them tiny bits of it or even leftover bits of Discus beef heart cubes)

[@pennywise0824]

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[@FishKeepingAnswers]

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[@LassoKid7777]

My cherry shrimp look like they have tiger stripes as opposed to the adults that are completely red is this because they're still adolescents?

[@jenniferbunker2757]

Is it normal for the female to shed and shed her eggs as well?

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

It can happen if she is stressed 😔

[@jenniferbunker2757]

@FishKeepingAnswers 😭 darn it was my first babbies

[@jenniiwyvern9476]

Bro gives me mad Steve Irwin vibes

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Is that good? 🤔

[@jenniiwyvern9476]

@@FishKeepingAnswers Yes! Most definitely a compliment. ☺️ I grew up in the highlight of Irwin! He had such a passion for wildlife.

[@sccpresident]

I've got a 10gallon tank with Platys, snails, and neocaridina shrimp. I'm a bit worried for the shrimp. The snails dogpile on their food. Platys might eat their babies

[@mr_ronitofficial5358]

Sir Can I feed them Frozen chicken heart

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Can you? Probably yes. Would I, probably not. If you do, just give them a tiny bit 👍🏻

[@neilboffey9513]

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[@Shiboshirah]

the hotter the tank the faster they breed but their life goes away faster

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

100% true!