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The fourth female released larvae today--I count 15 or so. I have about 42 or 43 larvae floating head down now. I have not seen the female with the single egg for a week or so. Maybe she dropped it for good?
The total for the 4 females is 70 or so. Wow.

One 10 gallon tank, running for 2 years, with about 90 shrimp, mostly young. No filter or aeration. Hermit crab gravel and crushed shells for substrate which has grown a ton of algae. One macroalga clump. Fake corals for decoration with a few shells from a local saltwater aquarium dealer. Illuminati...

The third female released her larvae today--I was a little low on my estimate as she produced 14. That's 55 for the first 3 females :shock:. I haven't seen the fourth for a few days, or the fifth which had just the one egg. I've noticed some of the females get a little shy a week or two before dropp...

The 28 larvae are now benthic. The second berried female started releasing her larvae today, about 8. The third berried female (8 or 9 eggs) looks like she'll release in a day or two. The fourth looks to be a week off, or so (this will be her 3rd clutch--10-ish eggs). The fifth, carrying just the on...

The larvae were visible this morning in a nice pattern. I counted several times--28. The eggs of the other 4 berried females are still a month or so away from hatching, so they all came from the one large female it would seem.

Here is a pic of most (maybe all?) of the larvae. I count 25 in this photo. I've counted the group several times, ending up with between 23 and 27.

On another note, the first female to berry this time around (April) has dropped 16 larvae over the last 4 days, with 6 more to go. She is the biggest shrimp of the group, and this is her second time breeding. Just counted the larvae now that they are all free of the female. They are difficult to cou...

The shrimp in question was perched in the front corner of the tank with one egg. I came back a little later, a few minutes, and noticed an egg sitting on the substrate. The egg was clearly visible (red on green algae), right in the front of the tank. I want to say the shrimp was still in the corner ...

The first female to berry is now dropping larvae--7 so far, but it looks like 8-10 more eventually. Some struggle more to squirm free of the swimerettes than others. I can't tell if the female actively tries to hold them in or not. The fifth berried shrimp has had some interesting behavior. She only...

It is indeed raining--a fifth berried female showed up this morning.

Make that 4 berried females, another showed up this afternoon. The males are 'excited' winter is over, it seems. I don't think these 4 will make 100 larvae, but maybe 25-30. That'll be fun to see.

I noticed a third berried shrimp this morning. The eggs on the female I noticed in March should hatch any day, but it's fun to have three carrying at the same time.

Pic of the newly berried female.

A second berried female showed up this morning. She appears to be carrying about 5-6 eggs. We've kept the house a little cooler this year. I wonder if the cooler temperatures (65-70) will increase incubation time.

Yes, but it may not be all dead. There are some areas with good green color. The shrimp seem to graze the whole bottom.