Red cherry shrimp are easy to maintain home freshwater aquarium and breed well. They will adapt to a variety of water conditions, and will thrive in the same conditions as the common aquarium fish. A few cherry shrimp can be kept in desktop aquariums of 4-8 liters (0.88 to 1.8 imp gal; 1.1 to 2.1 U.S. gal) capacity, and configuration 40 l (8.8 imp gal, 11 U.S. gal) and allow for more active shrimp colony.The spend a lot of time sitting on aquatic plants, when available, and hiding in them for protection, especially after molting. They also eat the film of algae and microorganisms that forms on plant leaves without damaging the leaf in the process. Java moss and Java fern are both excellent plants for the shrimp tank because they thrive in the same conditions as cherry shrimp offers physical benefits of plants in shrimp and offer human viewer with a visually pleasing contrast with the red bodies shrimp.
Water plants such as Ceratophyllum (hornwort), water sprite, water hyacinth, and Elodea can serve a dual purpose as a decorating accent and as a natural water filter that will remove any nitrates from cherry shrimp water.Red answer the background color and the substrate. If they are stored in the outdoor light colored substrate, they become paler, even transparent. In the dark substrate, they took their red color completely. The intensity of the color also depends on the type of food available (live foods high in protein and fat and more profitable than food debris), water pH, and temperature.
Water plants such as Ceratophyllum (hornwort), water sprite, water hyacinth, and Elodea can serve a dual purpose as a decorating accent and as a natural water filter that will remove any nitrates from cherry shrimp water.Red answer the background color and the substrate. If they are stored in the outdoor light colored substrate, they become paler, even transparent. In the dark substrate, they took their red color completely. The intensity of the color also depends on the type of food available (live foods high in protein and fat and more profitable than food debris), water pH, and temperature.