Cherry Shrimp dropping eggs

yeaulman · Post by **yeaulman** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:07 pm

I have noticed over the past few weeks that whenever the female cherry shrimp start to carry the eggs, they drop them within a few days. I do 15% water change on a 10g once a week, the temp is about 78 and there are no other inhabitants other than nerite snails. I do not fertilize and I do not over feed. Can anyone tell me why my shrimp keep aborting?

Shrimp&Snails · Post by **Shrimp&Snails** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:48 am

Do you have any male shrimp?

Also it's a good idea to use the search funtion as i'm sure people have posted about this happening on many occassions.

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:12 am

Are you positive you have males?

Up your water changes to 25% per week.

yeaulman · Post by **yeaulman** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:57 am

I am positive I have males (if the males are smaller and a lot more clear). I have about 7 or 8 females and about the same males.

I will try the 25% WC and see if that helps.

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:07 pm

Color is not the only thing to use. There are pale females. have you see the mating zoom? Real males will go crazy and zoom around the tank a day or so before the eggs appear.

yeaulman · Post by **yeaulman** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:49 pm

Yup I have seen that. I just thought that they were just trying to find a way out of the tank.

YuccaPatrol · Post by **YuccaPatrol** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:35 pm

It also can't hurt to try dropping the temperature down a bit. They are very hardy and thrive at lower temps. I don't heat my cherry tanks and they reproduce like mad.

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:09 pm

YuccaPatrol wrote:It also can't hurt to try dropping the temperature down a bit. They are very hardy and thrive at lower temps. I don't heat my cherry tanks and they reproduce like mad.

True, but 78 is what I keep mine at, and they also produce like crazy.

yeaulman · Post by **yeaulman** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:51 pm

I live in a very cold part of Canada where it gets down to -44 at night. I like to keep everything stable

TKD · Post by **TKD** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:15 pm

yeaulman wrote:I live in a very cold part of Canada where it gets down to -44 at night. I like to keep everything stable

Not in your house lol

TKD