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So after about a month of looking for red cherry shrimp (or similarly colorful freshwater shrimp) I finally found some! I got them at a petco near me whose tanks usually look clean and I don't think I've ever seen dead fish in their tanks, but once I take my guppies home, they've always died within 3-4 days. So not a good track record. However, I took the leap and bought 5 RCS at $5 a pop. I asked the girl to make sure I got at least one female but left the remaining ratio up to her discretion. I came home and while acclimating it seems I have two females and three males, though it seems they are small enough that it is a tad difficult to determine. Anyway. Last night before bed, I found one of the males had died. So today I went back to receive my refund and replace him. Turns out they only had two left, a female and a male, and I just couldn't leave one of them there all alone so I took both home. I've decided on building up a colony in the ten gallon I'm currently using to quarantine them and then place a few in my brothers tank and try one or two with my betta.
I've realized I don't quite have enough live plants to make them comfortable so I'll have to work on that. But otherwise they seem happy and healthy.
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I've realized I don't quite have enough live plants to make them comfortable so I'll have to work on that. But otherwise they seem happy and healthy.
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