Tiger shrimplet pic

Shrimp&Snails · Post by **Shrimp&Snails** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:52 am

Not the best but hey ho....a little one perched on a strand of java moss:

I have lots of newly hatched shrimplets which are a fair bit smaller than the one pictured and there's still three berried females which are due to drop anytime soon.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:56 am

Thanks for the picture of the baby tiger and great job of getting the snails in the background

The tiger shrimplets look like the RCS babies when they are young and later develop the stripes, is this what you have found your's to do? Best wishes with your next batches also!

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:59 am

Great pic! I've never kept tigers, so I can't comment further like NeonShrimp or others! lol

Shrimp&Snails · Post by **Shrimp&Snails** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:14 am

Neonshrimp wrote:Thanks for the picture of the baby tiger and great job of getting the snails in the background The tiger shrimplets look like the RCS babies when they are young and later develop the stripes, is this what you have found your's to do? Best wishes with your next batches also!

With so many mts in my tanks it's hard to take a pic where there's none in it.

I've found some of my tigers develop a reddish colour but there's also some that stay clear until the stripes come in.

Thank you both for the replies.

Post by **Mustafa** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:35 am

Congrats again!

Do you keep your tiger shrimp in just plain, hard London tap water? If they are reproducing nicely in that kind of water then that would be another data point to add in their profile here on this website. I'm kind of limited when it comes to testing species with really hard water as my tap water is just a tad bit harder than RO water, although it does come out alkaline due to the sodium hydroxide that the city adds (

).

Tiger shrimp and bee shrimp (and of course crystal reds) are very closely related and interbreed. They also come from extremely similar habitats and simiar water parameters. It would be really strange if tiger shrimp can be bred successfully in hard, alkaline water and bee shrimp cannot. But then, I've seen stranger things.

Shrimp&Snails · Post by **Shrimp&Snails** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:28 pm

Thanks Mustafa.

Yes they are kept in plain old city water, born from shrimp born in my tank. According to my test strips the PH is around 7 but test strips aren't the most accurate. I have a small piece of bogwood in the tank, moss balls and java moss....the tank has a sand substrate and the temp's kept at 23C.

I know another tiger shrimp keeper from another forum who also lives in London who's tiger's are also going crazy reproducing but our cherries aren't getting the hint.

I lost quite a few during the summer so now winter's almost here i'll be able to see if the heatwave was really to blame or my PH.

zapisto · Post by **zapisto** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:29 pm

Shrimp&Snails wrote:I lost quite a few during the summer so now winter's almost here

Well here also ..... we already get our first snow

well let come back on the subject,
felicitation , i am almost jealous

i am very surprise because my tiger dont do well at all in medium hard water.

but you when fish and shrimp will stop to surprise me i will found something else to do

what is your hardness ?

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:40 pm

My Tigers are Breeding In 7.3 .
I have 3 Berried Females and the Eggs are almost ready to Hatch.

Only time will tell if the Offspring will survive the that PH.

John