red cherry shrimp

I have come to learn that my husband is buying me a full shrimp set up for this holiday gift giving season (he's such an enabler lol) and was hoping some more seasoned shrimp keepers could give me a few pointers! I'll be most likely getting red cherry shrimp because other kinds are kinda hard...

Assuming my bettas won't eat my Red Cherry shrimp (I have a separate place for the shrimp in case they do get picked on) how many can I keep in a 5 gallon with a few MTS and my betta?

I ordered some red cherry shrimp online that were supposed to be sent to my boyfriend's house. I live in a college dorm so I didn't want them to have to go through the school's mail room and I also wasn't sure how my bettas would react to them. But... stupid me accidentally sent them to... MY...

Greetings, I'm wanting a companion for a betta that will eat algae, but not aquarium plants. I don't want snails, as they are too prone to escape and I sometimes have to leave the tank for more than twelve hours at a time. I would accept snails that will not travel above the water line. I'm...

So, I'd really like to do some RCS as a cleanup crew for the tank I'm currently still cycling but I am worried if they will be eaten. I know there have been situations where it works, and ones where it doesn't, but I don't know which is more common. Also, is there anything I can do to maximize...

Hello , Ihave a 2 gallon aquarium with red cherry shrimp, 7 of them, and I noticed that one of my plants that there are several yellow small balls attached to them. Almost look like eggs. do you know if it could be eggs from the shrimp? I also have a zebra nerite snail but I heard they can't...

hello everyone, i just recently got red cherry shrimp and iwas wanting to change my substrate from a light colored gravel to a darker more nutrient substrate so that way my plants can grow better and the color in my red cherry shrimp can be more shown. any tips on changing substrate and how...

can red cherry shrimp and a nerite snail and a betta fish be ok in a fluval spec 2 gallon aquarium. right now there is just one red cherry shrimp and a betta in the tank. but i want add a few more RCS and one nerite snail to clean the algae off the glass. would that a be a good idea or over...

I already have Red Cherry Shrimp in one of my tanks, but thought I would try an Amano Shrimp in another one of my tanks that has my "baby giant" betta, Percival, in it. I got the shrimp last weekend and he was immediately named Manny. (I dunno why/where I got that name, but it stuck.) This is...