tiger pregnant! a few questions.

wheezo · Post by **wheezo** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:15 pm

my tigers finally got pregnant, i was wondering where they went, then I did some remodeling and found two with eggs. one is orange with stripes.. like a real tiger. the other is clear with stripes, like usual.

is it normal to see orangish tiger with stripes? do they get like that when they breed?

anyhoo... i have them with malayan shrimps that are slightly larger than them, will anything eat the baby tigers?

also, the eggs are a greenish grayish color, does that mean they'll hatch soon?

when they just get eggs it should be yellow right?

because i added a few bees into the tank the day before i found the tigers with eggs... don't think they mixed do you? btw, the bees died the next day and only one survived which i moved to my cherry breeding tank.

thanx.

Pconnieae · Post by **Pconnieae** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:44 pm

wheezo wrote:my tigers finally got pregnant, i was wondering where they went, then I did some remodeling and found two with eggs. one is orange with stripes.. like a real tiger. the other is clear with stripes, like usual.

Pregnant females often hide.

is it normal to see orangish tiger with stripes? do they get like that when they breed?

I don't know.

anyhoo... i have them with malayan shrimps that are slightly larger than them, will anything eat the baby tigers?

I don't think so.

also, the eggs are a greenish grayish color, does that mean they'll hatch soon?

The females will carry their eggs 3 or 4 weeks. Do you know how long they have been pregnant?

when they just get eggs it should be yellow right?

It depends on the species. Bee shrimps have greenish eggs at the beginning and then they become beige or grey. If you can look very close, you can see the babies' eyes when the eggs soon hatch.

because i added a few bees into the tank the day before i found the tigers with eggs... don't think they mixed do you? btw, the bees died the next day and only one survived which i moved to my cherry breeding tank.

Bee shrimps and tiger shrimps belong to the Caridina serrata species complex so crossbreeding is possible.
How did you acclimatize the bee shrimps to the new tank? I usually use a drip system when I introduce new shrimps into my tanks.

wheezo · Post by **wheezo** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 4:04 pm

i do not know how long they have been pregnant, but they have been hiding for awhile. i usually see 3 swimming around, and figured that's all i had.

i used drip method for the bees, but i guess the shipping had stressed them out. i have one survivor... one expensive bee right there =P

the bees were only added for about 1-1.5 days... im assuming they were stressed/ getting used to the environment... i don't think they'll try to breed right away right??

wheezo · Post by **wheezo** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:42 pm

ok, she now has 1/3 as many eggs as she had yesterday. the eggs are dark, did she release them or did the eggs hatch? hmm...

fugly · Post by **fugly** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 2:19 pm

wheezo wrote:ok, she now has 1/3 as many eggs as she had yesterday. the eggs are dark, did she release them or did the eggs hatch? hmm...

how long have you had the tigers? if you've only seen them pregnant for a very short time <3-4 weeks, more than likely the eggs were dropped.

i'd scrutinize your tank and see if you can find any babies around. look especially around mosses and/or riccia if it's in there.

wheezo · Post by **wheezo** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:28 pm

i have both, moss and riccia in there but i haven't really seen anything, was looking all day. how small are they? i had these shrimps for a few months already. this was the first time, i saw them with eggs but then again, these were hiding most of the time. now that i took out the fishes, they come out more often.

fugly · Post by **fugly** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 8:33 am

hatchlings are 2-3mm in length. it's hard to say whether there was a hatch of any kind. i personally believe that the hatch may not have happened (due to the black eggs). eggs should become lighter in color as they age until they hatch. further, you should be able to distinguish the eyes of to-be hatchlings before any kind of release from the mother.

wheezo · Post by **wheezo** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 2:32 pm

so the eggs start off yellow and gets lighter as they progress?

wheezo · Post by **wheezo** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:16 pm

the eggs weren't black, they were darkish brown.
what does that mean?

fugly · Post by **fugly** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:11 am

honestly, i can't i say i know what the brown eggs mean. i haven't seen it before on tigers.

Post by **Mustafa** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 3:26 am

Tiger shrimp normally have brownish eggs as you can see here:

http://www.petshrimp.com/tigershrimp.html

And no...eggs don't hatch after a day or two...it takes 3-4 weeks, so your tigers just dropped some of the eggs.

wheezo · Post by **wheezo** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:34 pm

oh im not sure when it laid eggs. the shrimp dissappeared from my tank a few weeks ago, and i considered them dead. then i decided to take out my fishes and cut some plants. that's when i found them with eggs.

fugly · Post by **fugly** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:29 am

the eggs that i've seen on my tiger were a little more orange. mine tend to hide a lot as well, so i don't know exactly when the eggs got fertilized. the eggs are now gone, and i don't see any baby shrimp. i think mine may have lost the eggs.

wheezo · Post by **wheezo** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:07 pm

well one of my pregnant tigers died, the other one is still carrying a few eggs but dropped most of them.

wheezo · Post by **wheezo** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:23 pm

now the other shrimp died... =(
i shouldn't have moved the fishes. .. *sigh*

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