orange shrimp enquiry..

[tianyun07]

hi guys, may i know whats the water parameter suitable for orange shrimps??
the ph, kh and gh.
and izzit possible to mix yellow shrimps and orange shrimps together?
tks

Originally Posted by tianyun07

hi guys, may i know whats the water parameter suitable for orange shrimps??
the ph, kh and gh.
and izzit possible to mix yellow shrimps and orange shrimps together?
tks

Will xbreed if i recall

Actually the following shrimp are have tendency of xbreeding

Snowball,Yellow,FR,Orange,Neon green,Black,Brown,Cherry...... Chance of new colour hmmm like 1% chances of wild shrimp 99% i let my old tank xbreed majority all wild cherry

[tianyun07]

Originally Posted by avex30

Will xbreed if i recall

Actually the following shrimp are have tendency of xbreeding

Snowball,Yellow,FR,Orange,Neon green,Black,Brown,Cherry...... Chance of new colour hmmm like 1% chances of wild shrimp 99% i let my old tank xbreed majority all wild cherry

wooo tts a lot of species...
but how abt the water parameter? wad ph,kh & gh is suitable for orange shrimp?

Perhaps u can post a pic if the orange shrimp?

From what I understand, I'm not sure if you are referring to this, there is an orange shrimp of the cardinal species, that can breed in brackish water only.
It's a bee shrimp and won't cross breed with cherries.
You can try to google orange shrimp and see if that's the shrimp you are referring to.

You can also confirm with the LFS before you buy.

[tianyun07]

Originally Posted by jamiex09

Perhaps u can post a pic if the orange shrimp?

From what I understand, I'm not sure if you are referring to this, there is an orange shrimp of the cardinal species, that can breed in brackish water only.
It's a bee shrimp and won't cross breed with cherries.
You can try to google orange shrimp and see if that's the shrimp you are referring to.

You can also confirm with the LFS before you buy.

i think its a Neocaridina sp.. its cheap, 10 for 8dolars from c328..
heres a link to the pic http://www.theshrimpfarm.com/posts/orange-shrimp/
i noe i ought to do my researchs b4 buying anything but well tis is jus another act of impulse case.. blame it on my itchy hands.

Snowball, blue pearl, Yellow ,Fire Red ,Orange ,Neon green ,Black ,Brown ,Cherry are the same species under Neocardinal. just that they came from wild cherries, and selective breeding until they gets the colour now.

[midniteguy]

Hmmm, from what I know in the past, orange shrimp don't breed in freshwater, unlike the others.
But I might be wrong as I am new to shrimps. (:

[tianyun07]

ok.. but guys actually i m not reali concern abt breeding at tis point of time. more on trying to find out whether i can mix these orange into my yellow shrimp tank cos i m afraid the water parameter for these 2 species is different.

[magpie]

Originally Posted by tianyun07

ok.. but guys actually i m not reali concern abt breeding at tis point of time. more on trying to find out whether i can mix these orange into my yellow shrimp tank cos i m afraid the water parameter for these 2 species is different.

Water parameter is the same for these 2 species.

[lucas_1957]

Hi, orange shrimp will not interbreed with yellow shrimp.

Orange shrimp is from the genus Caridina, its scientific name is caridina propinqua. Furthermore, the eggs of orange shrimp hatch into zoea that require brackish water tofull-strength saltwater to survive.

On the other hand, yellow shrimp is from the genus Neocaridina, its scientific name is neocaridina geteropoda. The eggs of yellow shrimp hatch into fully-developed shrimplets that will surive in freshwater.

Hence, these differences mean that they will not interbreed.