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Hi everyone, I'm awaiting the first hatching of shrimplets from my two pregnant Red Cherries; it's almost week 3 for one of them. I'm fairly new to shrimping, so this will be my first experience with this. A quick synopsis is I have one male and two females and the surprising thing is that all three...

Hey Frugalfish, that's really nice! Hawaiians sure have pretty looking eggs. Would you by any chance care to show your tank setup too? Your option, of course, not meaning to pry .

Thanks for sharing; please keep us updated on her progress and her hopefully future larvae.

-GB

Chlorophyll, so you are saying the name "Vampire Shrimp" supersedes them in actuality? :-D From your description, they do sound cute and tiny yet, due to their youth. I agree though, that some of the pictures I've seen of the adults look radical and menacing, so I think it tends to come as...

Mustafa, may I ask, is the Bamboo shrimp pictured in your varieties page a male? I see a slimmer body and a fairly wide first leg (for a Bamboo). Or are the leg comparisons only relative when sexing African Filter Shrimp? Thanks. Hi Ed, my answer to your question is no. I have Bamboo shrimp and have...

Hi Mustafa, thanks for the correction, and yes, if the ovaries went someplace, then there would be no holding place for future egg production. I was at a loss for proper wording at 3:03 AM forum time. :oops: :wink: An additional comment, Pipefish, from what I've observed is that after the female has...

Hi Frugalfish, Congrats on your pregnant Hawaiian Red! I too hope you'll get a chance to see larvae in the near future. I was fairly recently privy to the same egg dropping process (with Red Cherries though), and yes, isn't it something to have been able to observe it? About posting pics, you need t...

Hi Pipefish, I'll try to answer your second question. Typically, Red Cherries are sexually mature at about the 3 month mark. However, they can have the saddle much earlier than that. A guesstimate would be about the 1.5 - 2 month mark, though there will be some variations among shrimps, depending on...

Hey Chlorophyll, welcome home to your "gabbies." :D 4 cm! That's tiny for these guys, so they must be quite young. You said you hope they are a male and female, so I take it you'd like to try and breed them. Haven't yet heard of anyone successfully breeding any filter shrimp, though of cou...

Hi Solaris, I agree with everything mentioned already, and something that's really nice about plants, even plastic ones, or other items in the tank is that it increases surface area. That way shrimps have plenty of places to hide, forage for food etc. There are often algae and bits of food the shrim...

Hi Keder, with some females, you'll be able to tell fairly early by their bright yellow saddle. Some may develop it a little later, so occasionally, what at first seem to be males can actually turn out to be females. As they mature, females develop carapaces that hang lower over their pleopod (swimm...

Hi Javagirl, just a comment - I don't know the details of the shrimp you're getting, but just in case you were told that they/some were the hybrid ones, this is just me, but I would keep them separate from your regular Red Cherries. Also, if you breed and give some away or sell any, make sure new ow...

Hi Joshguppy, if you're referring to the area above the head, that would be the ovaries, which we sometimes call the yellow saddle (female). After mating, those would drop down to the pleopod area as eggs. There she will care for them by cleaning and aerating them until they hatch, about 3-4 weeks. ...

Hi Liquidbee, congrats on your pregnant Hawaiian red, she has impressive-looking eggs! Thanks for sharing your interesting tank set-up too.

-GB

Hi Melissa, sorry to hear of your two losses :( . Let's hope the other four make it. Like you, I started with very few - five. Two died within the first 2-3 days; a molted casing would mean a dead shrimp. I started dreading looking into the tank in the morning! But after the initial period, they set...

Hey Chlorophyll, the kiddies look great! Is that the ol' Agfa loop pic trick? ;-) If you're cataloguing all their stages, it could make for a very interesting and informative article/webpage. You certainly seem to know enough about them. Best wishes on their continued progress, Papa-san. :) -GB