How To Make Your Crystal Red Shrimp Live in Hard Water

How To Make Your Crystal Red Shrimp Live in Hard Water

Every aquatic organism has favorable water conditions and making all of these parameters match up when you put together a tank can be incredibly challenging. Whether your plants or other fish prefer hard water, finding a happy balance between everyone’s preferences requires testing and compromise. That’s especially true when keeping crystal red shrimp, which prefer … Read more

How To Keep Crystal Red Shrimp Alive (9 Tips)

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Crystal red shrimp (CRS), also known as the red bee shrimp are a favorite among shrimp keepers for their beautiful bright red and white pigments. They also double up as the best choice for shrimp lovers because they’re easy to keep alive. However, they are sensitive animals and require great care to stay alive. Here … Read more

Do Crystal Red Shrimp Eat Dead Shrimp?

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Whenever you house multiple shrimp in a tank, you’re bound to lose a shrimp or two. So, when one of your Crystal Red Shrimps tank mates passes away, you may wonder, will his friends eat him?  Crystal Red Shrimp eat dead shrimp if you leave them in the tank together. Like all shrimp, Crystal Red … Read more

Do Cherry Red Shrimp Eat Fish Eggs?

Suppose you want to have Cherry Red shrimp in your tank but are unsure how they’ll behave. Note that these shrimp are amazing scavengers—they eat algae, fungus, and rotted plants, keeping the tank clean. But will Cherry Red shrimp eat fish eggs? Cherry Red shrimp don’t eat fish eggs. They’ll eat the detritus and algae … Read more