Basic knowledge of raising crystal shrimp

Jun 16,2024
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1. Raising crystal shrimp has requirements on water quality, such as water temperature, PH value, KH value, GH value, NO3 and NO2 concentration all need to be balanced.

2. Equipment must be prepared to raise crystal shrimp: coolers, heating rods, water elves, lamps, barrel filters, bottom filters and other equipment, as well as grass mud and sunken wood.

3. Crystal shrimps can take kelp and cooked spinach as their staple food and feed them once or twice a week. The food of crystal shrimp must be nutritionally complete.

4. The breeding temperature of crystal shrimp is controlled between 22 and 24 degrees Celsius.

5. Raising crystal shrimp can provide montmorillonite, strange powder and other auxiliary materials that are effective in whitening and redness.

6. Change the water once a week, and the amount should be about 20% of the aquarium volume.

7. Arrange more aquatic plants in the breeding box to create an environment suitable for the survival and reproduction of crystal shrimp, thereby improving the environmental adaptability of crystal shrimp.

Distinguishing male crystal shrimp and female crystal shrimp:

1. The abdomen of female shrimp will be wider and rounder than that of male shrimp.

2. The antennae of female shrimps are much shorter than those of male shrimps.

3. The back of the female shrimp is rounder and the sides will be a little swollen.

4. Observe the back of the head of the mature female shrimp. Under the light, there will be a dark shadow, which is the ovary of the female shrimp.

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