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Nexus6 wrote:Theres just so many of them, and i dont even feed my opaes at all..

If there's more demand than supply (of food/algae), the population will likely plummet. Just give it time especially if your tank is big.

Nexus6 wrote:Ive got 4 berried shrimp and one is giving birth, i now see 4-5 larvae swimming about. This is so darn interesting! I love these little guys.

Awesome!
Mine not doing so well haha!

Would love to see some photos of them

Wow they all look so red! Nice! How many are there?

Look what I found today! The only one that made it, out of the expected 40+ haha!

Oh well, at least there's one Hope he/she grows healthy and make it to the juvenile stage.
Today marks as Day 1. 13 more days to go

Observations for today: I've been observing this particular shrimp for quite some time now and I affectionately called him Quasimodo. He seem to have a growth that makes him look like the hunchback. Photo taken some time ago: image.jpeg Photo taken moments ago: image.jpeg Looks like some kind of gro...

Unfortunately... No positive updates haha No floating larvas means it's not a successful breed. 1st mom dropped all her eggs. 2nd mom dropped 98% of her eggs to date. I wonder what's wrong :\ First-time moms? If water conditions are right, will there be eggs laid in the first place? Or it doesn't ma...

Observations for today! image.jpg The photo is slightly blur, darn these critters can't sit still. :| Anyway I noticed what looks like eggs? :shock: hey did you ever get to the bottom of this photo, i noticed this on one of mine today and it reminded me of your photo. http://www.opaeula.co.uk/image...

Mech wrote: I know it's just 'a shrimp' but I hate loosing living things.

Me too Mech.. Hate loosing a shrimp and even the eggs.

Wow. Nice close up. I have looked at those lenses in the past but never bought one. For there price and based upon your pics i should pull the trigger and get them. Ken Yup it's pretty good to me! :D Just a heads up, the macro lens, the subject must be at least within 1cm from the lens for the phot...

Yeah.. First-time mom thing perhaps? ;|

Haha I'm not using any fancy camera.. Just my iPhone and a rather cheap lens attachment I bought online! Check out Aliexpress for deals.
There's macro, wide and fish-eye lens

Bad news.. My first berried shrimp dropped almost all of her eggs. Now there's 2 left
Of the two I noticed that one has developed eyes
Hopefully these 2 make it... Berried #2 still holding on to her eggs it seems.

jonesinfershrimp wrote:from what i've read its a type of mucus-like substance. but im no scientist!

It's either the eggs are sticky or their swimmerets haha!

Mech wrote:thats great news, whats your secret? candles, dimmed lights and some Barry white music ?

Barry White music might cause a serious population explosion

No secrets Mech.. Just Mustafa's good ol' Method

It's official! Another berried shrimp!

Another shrimp with stretched out swimerettes!
Female about to be berried soon? Will update later!