oh so their color changes with age? mines brown. so brown that my gf named him hersheys. hope mine grows the white line on his back too, looks real sick. one more thing, are these guys night feeders? i've had this guy for about 3+ weeks and haven't seen him eat. i know their filter feeders but haven't really seen him at it. I've only seen him come out of hiding from the plants at night and as soon as i switch the lights on he's gone. any idea why? cheers.
Mine hid for a real long time until he finally got used to cruisin the tank. Feed him the red color enhancing flakes. Crumble some up very fine. Should help. These guys will not turn red if they're scared so give it a while.
This is what wikipedia says bamboo shrimp are suposed to look like, but I just can't find em like this no matter how I look. Congrats on finding such a fine looking species.
my local fish store just started carrying these and id love to get one. do they need to be in groups or is singly fine and i know they filter feed but is there anything special i should or need to feed them? my tank has SD's, a firemouth, convict, pleco...will any of these guy try to eat a bamboo shrimp?
haha true true. yeah my tank has gone through some changes since my most recent vid. i know my oscar would most likely tear one of those apart by my oscar died about a week ago. it tried to eat a smaller pleco while i was at school and the pleco's spines got stuck really good in oscars throat. neither fish survived :( so i changed the fish around in the 75 gallon and now i have: 6 silver dollars, 6 Tiger barbs, common pleco, firemouth cichlid, blood parrot cichlid & a jewel cichlid
@BingX14 not to dog on you or anything but i recomend keeping the same species of cichlids when it comes to this species cause there are many place they can come from and if you get anymore cichlids make sure you rearrange the the tank before adding them because cichlids are very territorial and should not be kept with common tropical fish but if this works out for you, good but im just giving you a heads up
@awytkidwit2lastnames not to dog on you but Firemouth cichlids are Semi-Aggressive and relatively peaceful central american cichlids. The only time you see bad aggression is when a pair is spawning. Many people sucessfully keep firemouth cichlids with tetras and barbs. By the way, silver dollar tetras can grow 6" with some species growing larger...the max size of a firemouth is 6 inches. Silver dollars hold their own just fine even with oscars.
@BingX14 also, the jewel cichlids you're quite right, are very territorial and aggressive, and i removed him from the tank before he could have the chance to get big enough to cause problems. I completely changed my tank about 5 months ago to a Lake Malawi African cichlid tank stocked with some of the less aggressive species of Mbuna like yellow labs and aceis, and rustys along with some synodontis catfish.
oh so their color changes with age? mines brown. so brown that my gf named him hersheys. hope mine grows the white line on his back too, looks real sick. one more thing, are these guys night feeders? i've had this guy for about 3+ weeks and haven't seen him eat. i know their filter feeders but haven't really seen him at it. I've only seen him come out of hiding from the plants at night and as soon as i switch the lights on he's gone. any idea why? cheers.
invincible360 1 year ago
@invincible360
Mine hid for a real long time until he finally got used to cruisin the tank. Feed him the red color enhancing flakes. Crumble some up very fine. Should help. These guys will not turn red if they're scared so give it a while.
snotbog1 1 year ago
@snotbog1 oh alright. whats the brand of flakes that you use to feed these guys? thanks for the help.
invincible360 1 year ago
@invincible360
Tetramin is good. There are other good ones. Stay away from cheaper brands like Wardleys
snotbog1 1 year ago
This is what wikipedia says bamboo shrimp are suposed to look like, but I just can't find em like this no matter how I look. Congrats on finding such a fine looking species.
SodyPopInSpace 1 year ago
@SodyPopInSpace
Thanks. He was brown when I got him and later colored up nicely. He turns 3 years in the fall.
snotbog1 1 year ago
how old is yours?
adrianlollolz 2 years ago
2 years
snotbog1 2 years ago
are bamboo shrimp same as banana shrimps?
adrianlollolz 2 years ago
not sure, try google
snotbog1 2 years ago
my local fish store just started carrying these and id love to get one. do they need to be in groups or is singly fine and i know they filter feed but is there anything special i should or need to feed them? my tank has SD's, a firemouth, convict, pleco...will any of these guy try to eat a bamboo shrimp?
BingX14 2 years ago
These guys tend to be loners.
South American cichlids...hmmm.
Not sure. I wouldn't stick with your Oscars or your Bichirs, that's for sure.
You can try it but your fish are more aggressive than mine.
Hey, what's the worst thing that could happen? One of your fish get's a gourmet meal!!!
snotbog1 2 years ago
haha true true. yeah my tank has gone through some changes since my most recent vid. i know my oscar would most likely tear one of those apart by my oscar died about a week ago. it tried to eat a smaller pleco while i was at school and the pleco's spines got stuck really good in oscars throat. neither fish survived :( so i changed the fish around in the 75 gallon and now i have: 6 silver dollars, 6 Tiger barbs, common pleco, firemouth cichlid, blood parrot cichlid & a jewel cichlid
BingX14 2 years ago
You should be fine with that combo. Good luck.
snotbog1 2 years ago
@BingX14 not to dog on you or anything but i recomend keeping the same species of cichlids when it comes to this species cause there are many place they can come from and if you get anymore cichlids make sure you rearrange the the tank before adding them because cichlids are very territorial and should not be kept with common tropical fish but if this works out for you, good but im just giving you a heads up
awytkidwit2lastnames 1 year ago
@awytkidwit2lastnames not to dog on you but Firemouth cichlids are Semi-Aggressive and relatively peaceful central american cichlids. The only time you see bad aggression is when a pair is spawning. Many people sucessfully keep firemouth cichlids with tetras and barbs. By the way, silver dollar tetras can grow 6" with some species growing larger...the max size of a firemouth is 6 inches. Silver dollars hold their own just fine even with oscars.
BingX14 1 year ago
@BingX14 also, the jewel cichlids you're quite right, are very territorial and aggressive, and i removed him from the tank before he could have the chance to get big enough to cause problems. I completely changed my tank about 5 months ago to a Lake Malawi African cichlid tank stocked with some of the less aggressive species of Mbuna like yellow labs and aceis, and rustys along with some synodontis catfish.
BingX14 1 year ago
these videos are cool
wouldnt mind fetching myself on of those
they need a big tank
themogdog 2 years ago
They should be o.k. in a 10 gallon.
snotbog1 2 years ago