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I have 3 shrimp holding eggs.
How long on average do cherry shrimp hold their eggs for before they hatch?

thanks

I thought some of you might be interested to know that today I noticed my first egg holding shrimp!
Im so excited about it so I quickly baby proofed the filter in their tank so no babies can get sucked up it.

Lets hope all goes well.

I transferd the shrimp from my 7 gallon into my 10 gallon tank. The ten shrimp that where in there all seemed happy so i decided to buy 5 more cherrys and an ammano shimrp. The largest of the 15 cherrys is still only small, about 1.5 cm and the new ones I got are very small, about 0.75cm but it shou...

I have not posted on this forum for a lang time due to long lasting computer problems and other issues but i have come back on.... finally. I just thought you guys would like to know that i have decided to convert my 10 gallon tank that had fish in into another shrimp tank and take my shrimp from th...

The water stats are
ammonia - 0
nitrite - 0
ph - 7.8
nitrate - 20
The other shrimp are all acting fine and feeding.
It was a new shrimp so is it likely to be stress ?

I have a cherry that has keeled over, it just lays on its side then will eventually does a little swim, i think the shrimp is dieing. Any ideas as to whats wrong with it and will it survive?

Ok guys, thanks for all the advice. I will think about it and let you know what i do. I will most likely swap it with some from my fish tank because the black would suit that tank as it is full of slate and the natural gravel from there will go with the soon to be shrimp tank.

Im not sure as the bag it came in didnt have a label on it, just a sticker saying 'aquarium gravel'. The gravel is small and black in colour too if that helps with anything. It was in a clear plastic packet, like what most gravels are sold in so i asume it was put in the bags in a factory or somethi...

I bought the gravel in a seeled bag and not something that i collected.

When i was cleaning the glass in my soon to be cherry shrimp tank, the magnetic algea scrubber fell off and landed on the gravel. When i lifted up the cleaner, some of the gravel was stuck to eat so i picked it off thinking it was just attached because of the rough texture but i checked it by moving...

And i nearly forgot, i have also seen bamboo shrimp aswell.

Yes you may ask :) I havnt really seen alot, in shops i have only ever seen algea shrimp untill i asked at my local fish shop to get in some cherrys. However on ebay from UK sellers i have seen cherry shrimp, algea shrimp, tiger shrimp and bumblebee shrimp, so really there isnt alot from what i have...

They arnt all .5, that was the smallest, they are slowly growing and the biggest one that went through his first molt today is about 1 cm now, and like mustafas article about buying young shrimp, i am going to be able to keep them longer.
Oh and i also bought 1 amano shrimp yesterday

As of today i am the proud owner of 6 baby cherry shrimp, after asking my lfs to get some in they did and i went to buy some today for £2 each. I can tell they are babies because they are only 0.5 cm long and dont have full colour yet which is good becuase i get to keep them longer.

Oh great, now i will need a new plan... i really want cherrys in the tank where the guppys are but the only other posibility would be to put guppys in the tank with my redclaw cray but divide it so they cant get to him and he cant get to them if you know what i mean. I will try sort something out, t...