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Which type of shrimp, other than cherries, are the easiest to keep at room temperature? If you have a suggestion, could you also add where you think I might be able to find them.
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This is a discussion on toughest shrimp? within the Crustaceans/Inverts/Mollusks forums, part of the Species category; Hello shrimp experts! Which type of shrimp, other than cherries, are the easiest to keep at room temperature? If you ...
- 10-13-2010 #1
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not an expert, by any means; these have worked form me at room temperature: yellow (a neocaridina heteropoda colour variety same as red cherry), blue pearl, wild neocaridina heteropoda, amanos and ghost shrimp (one of my faves).
wsl has wild types neocaridia as well as red cherry, mykiss has yellow and amano and I've got blue pearl. Haven't seen ghosts anywhere I shop for awhile.
since you said 'tough' I've left out the crystal reds, bee etc. I have no experience with tigers, so I'll leave that to others.__________________
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Amanos and Malawa Shrimp(maybe at higher temps)
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Yeah, as ursus sapien has said, cherry variants and ghost shrimp can definitely survive at room temperature (I'm saying this from personal experience), although I haven't seen any ghost shrimp in stores for a long while either. Amanos are probably feasible as well, but I haven't tried keeping them at room temperature personally, so I'm not 100% sure.
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Petsmart usually have ghost shrimps for 99 cents or something. I see them there every time I go.
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Agreed, that's where I got mine. They're more of a feeder type shrimp but based on price they're a good starter.
Originally Posted by InfraredDream 
I prefer amanos, but I didn't keep them at room temperature, I'm sure you could acclimatize them though.
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i would say amanos...these critters will eat almost anything and they are not shy about it...
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Definitely Amanos. Wild type cherries are also pretty much bomb-proof as well. Both fare well with many fertz, Metricide (Flourish Excel), CO2, medications (not copper based). Hopefully this helps.
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Are the ghost shrimps easy to breed?
I am still waiting for my cherries to start breeding, but they are not
And I want babies
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