PineSong Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 In my 10g orange sunkist shrimp tank, I've had a million babies for a few months now. Lots of little kid, big kid sizes too. But the number of full sized adult shrimp has not appeared to increase much, if at all. I bought the original shrimp in early October, so let's say it took a whole month for them to acclimate and start breeding--some of their babies should still be adult sized by now. My water is hard, they have cuttlebone and a variety of shrimp-specific foods, tank temp is 75 and water parameters are shown below. Any advice from those experienced with cherry shrimp is appreciated 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 (edited) They take quite awhile to reach larger adult sizes. The group you originally purchased may have been adults for awhile so grown larger. They will start reproducing at young adult sizes. As long as more young keep appearing and you are not finding losses I would not be concerned. Edited February 25 by Guppysnail 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted February 25 Administrators Share Posted February 25 ph looks a bit low, might want to buffer it up a bit with some crushed coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineSong Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 Thank you, @Guppysnail and @Cory. I have found no losses and only ever saw one molt, so I don't think they are dying. I will try harder to be patient. And I will see if I have any more crushed coral and if not get more. I had to buy such a large bag of it, it seems insane I could have used it all but I think that is actually the case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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