A horrible holiday disaster
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- badflash
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Life goes on. Today I found 3 berried females, all three the midnight blue ones. No more water change issues with recircing the water & conditioner for 10 minutes before use. My cherry shrimp are making a comeback too.
My green shrimp took it on the chin though, so I'll have to try again to get more.
My green shrimp took it on the chin though, so I'll have to try again to get more.
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- badflash
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I'm still playing phone tag and have yet to have a real conversation with them. They are using max choramine and maybe a bit higher than allowed. Previously they used chlorine. The breakdown of chloramine takes time, it isn't instant like the bottle says. If you add conditioner to your tank, then add tap water, you are at risk. I added to the bucket, then added to the tank and that wasn't good enough. I've given it a full ten minutes now and that seems to work.FISH WORLD ERIE wrote:Glad to hear you are back at it with no problems. Did you ever contact your water company to see what happened?
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My 1st set of offspring is now berried up. I can't believe they could be ready so fast. One of the females had babies on her belly when I moved here back in the big tank after Thanksgiving, but I had assumed they all died. These were the only babies that these could have grown from. That would put the reproductive age of these at just over 2 months. I can't believe that can be possible.
If that is the case, these can be at least as productive as Red Cherry Shrimp. What I need to do now is work on the survival rate of the juvies in the grow-out tanks. I'm adding more leaf litter and flower pot caves.
I'm still getting 20-30 babies a week out of the 40 gallon breeder, but less than half of those seem to make it to 1/2". Just an observation, but they seem to do best in an older tank, not just one that is properly cycled. That seems to be what ended up happening in my 10 gallon where they suddenly started breeding after 6 months. My 40 gallon has been running for over a year without being broken down.
If that is the case, these can be at least as productive as Red Cherry Shrimp. What I need to do now is work on the survival rate of the juvies in the grow-out tanks. I'm adding more leaf litter and flower pot caves.
I'm still getting 20-30 babies a week out of the 40 gallon breeder, but less than half of those seem to make it to 1/2". Just an observation, but they seem to do best in an older tank, not just one that is properly cycled. That seems to be what ended up happening in my 10 gallon where they suddenly started breeding after 6 months. My 40 gallon has been running for over a year without being broken down.
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