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?
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.
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.
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.