Red Cherry or Ghost Shrimp Fast Breeder/Good Feeder?

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Hello, I have a 10g just sitting around and I was thinking of breeding some shrimp in it just for fun, but also use the shrimp as snacks for my SA cichlids. Locally I only have access to ghost shrimp, but I could buy off the internet and I have heard red cherry shrimp are nice. So my question is of those two (or any other kind of shrimp you can suggest) do they breed at about the same rate, and is one or the other better to use as a feeder? Thanks! :)
 
I would use the cherry shrimps for the sole reason that they skip the floating larval stage(they're born benthic), and ghost shrimps do not, it's just easier that way. You don't have to worry as much about the filter sucking them in, and i would imagine feeding the babies would be easier. I've heard ghost shrimp take a fair bit of time to grow, not sure on that though, so cherrys most likley would get big and juicy faster (for feeders)
 
I want to do the same, heard the cherry shrimps are easier, plus they look cool, lol. But on Aquabid at least cherry shrimps aren't that cheap, compared to ghost shrimp which are .33 cents. So either pay more at the beggining or pay less but wait longer to get little baby shrimp. Nothing is perfect.:irked:
 
Cherry shrimp all the way. Easier, they look better, and breed pretty often.

I started a cherry shrimp tank about a month ago. I started with 30 shrimp and have about 40 I think. Could be more, I had two females with eggs and the eggs hatched. Babies are very tiny.
 
red cherries as feeders? those are some expensive snacks! you could raise them, sell them and make some pretty good money every few weeks. planted tank folks love these guys :)
 
cherries will drop shrimplets about once a month.. then take another 2 months to get to a size that would work as any sort of a meal..
 
better off selling the cherries and using the money for feeders.
 
yeah just breed them,then buy cheap shrimp for feeders
 
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