Themaniac19

I have no idea what my hardness is. Could I just dose chitin or do shrimp use a different polysaccharide for their exoskeleton?

Just one more questions. I've been reading a lot about TDS, pH and GH. Do they actually matter? I know that fish couldn't care less.

That's a lot more shrimp than I thought! I guess I'm used to animals where certain food produce an increase of a visual trait. How tolerant are these guys to copper and whatnot? I'm thinking of doing a planted tank with them but I'm certain that the ferts wouldn't mix well with these guys. Thanks for the replies!

Well to rephrase it, what is a good food that will provide ample nutrients and enough beta carotene to create high quality pigmentation? So what would be the maximum I could keep in a 10gal after they all start breeding? Would 30 be fine?

So I'm planning on picking up a few of these guys to breed. My questions are will 21c be fine for them, and how do I trigger breeding? Also, what's the best food for them and how many would be fine in a 10gal?