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I am jealous. I really like that yellow one. I have some that are very pale, whitish but not yellow. Also nice pics of your berried shrimp. I hardly ever see the yellow one. I took that photo a long time ago, I'm not really confident that it's still alive. I'll watch closely for it when I feed agai...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/t1/1509065_10152249486960956_1104669337_n.jpg Looks like I have a yellow one. Some days it looks more yellow than others - or maybe sometimes I'm just seeing a clear one with some yellow food in its gut. And now a few shots of the proud mama: h...

Big news - I saw my first berried female today. Very exciting! I know that they often lose their first set of eggs, but I'm very glad/relieved to see this, as it provides me some assurance that the tank is in good shape and the shrimp are healthy & comfortable. Dunno when I'll manage to get some...

Mustafa wrote:Thanks again for the update! As you found out, the only disadvantage of acrylic tanks is that they scratch easily. Too bad, because in almost every other way they are better than glass.

I thought it was glass, or I would have used a sponge scraper.

Anyhow, time for the March feeding - can't wait!!!

Little update: I've done a couple of more feedings (Jan and Feb) since the Dec feeding, and everybody still looks healthy. They don't go as nuts for the food now as they did that first time, but that's not surprising given that they only go a month between feedings now rather than 5+ months as befor...

Iwantshrimp wrote:Maybe wait a bit longer to put the shrimp in so Thant more algae can grow.?

I think you posted before reading to the end of the thread.

I think I finally understand what "saddled" means, and seem to have a few saddled females in the tank. Gotta keep reminding myself that it'll probably be months before anybody's berried. After the first feeding I'm a bit addicted. I think it made me feel a bit more connected to the little ...

You said your algae ball was thriving...do you think that it actually grew? I'm just asking because for a year or two now I have had small algae balls spontaneously appear in one of my tanks. A few turned into hundreds and I have distributed them into other tanks...and they are growing, albeit slow...

It seems like since that one feeding, they spend a bit more time looking for food on the surface of the water than they did before. They went through all of the food in about 4-5 hours, and they're back to foraging for food on the glass, the algaeball, and the rock about as much as before the feedin...

So, I did my first feeding this evening after watching a Nat Geo Wild marathon about sea creatures all day. :) This was about 5 months after they first went into the tank, and I consistently see them out getting food, so I figured it's time to add a little something to the tank. I added 3 small flak...

There's still visible film on the glass, and the algae ball is thriving, but there are shrimp out feeding almost all the time so I'm going to start giving them a few flakes of fish food now and then. The light is on a timer now, and they're acting like they're used to it. I do hope that they start b...

Another quick update. I did prune the algae ball - the shrimp all went into hiding as soon as I lifted the lid, so I don't think I needed to worry about picking up a hitch-hiker. Even so, I teased the ball apart as I removed it slowly from the tank, looking for any shrimp that may have been caught u...

Well, it's been almost 3 months now since I added the shrimp to the tank, so I guess an update is overdue. The snails, shrimp, and macro algae are all doing fine. I see the shrimp working the macro algae a bit, but mostly the film on the rock and glass. The algae ball is kind of overtaking the tank,...

For a few weeks now, I've been leaving the light off, since the tank gets quite a bit of natural, diffuse light where it is. I'm seeing more shrimp out and about, but they still mostly stick to the rear of the tank, clinging to the rock where they're hidden unless I make a point of sticking my head ...

Yesterday for a while I saw 4 of them at once, which is a record since they settled down. 3 were feeding on algae/biofilm from the lava rock. It's so porous and the film is so ubiquitous in other parts of the tank I'm pretty sure that they could live for years hidden in little shelters that I'd not ...