Indian Zebra Shrimp

zapisto · Post by **zapisto** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:45 am

Kenshin wrote:I cannot wait until you guys get to breed a good size colony to share with other shrimp manicas like us.

yeah like you

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:14 pm

zwergkrebszuechter
Thank You, for the information. On the Stripe / No Stripe.
I will have to take a better look, at the other Shrimp from the same shipment.

Kenshin & zapisto
With only 2 Females, It will be awhile. The waiting list , is already growing.

milalic
I have the 4 Zebras , in there own tank.
I try to keep only 1 Species per Tank.

Mustafa
Is there a Shrimp Species, that you do not like

John

zapisto · Post by **zapisto** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:17 pm

Newjohn wrote: Mustafa
Is there a Shrimp Species, that you do not like

John

i was asking myself the same question

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:56 am

Thanks to zwergkrebszuechter's information about the non-striped females, I now know that I have at least one male and two female zebra shrimp. I have the male in a seperate tank and will be moving him into the one the female zebras are in. I am greatful for the useful information I have gotten from this thread

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:02 pm

Here are 2 Photos of the F1 Young

It is hard to tell, by the photos.
These little Shrimp, do show Zebra Stripes.

And this is 1 of my 2 Females.
Her eggs have hatched in the last 24 Hours

After zwergkrebszuechter's information.
I checked in my other tank, where the remaining Shrimp from the same order are keep.
I noticed 3 Shrimp, with very very faint Zebra Markings.

John

frugalfish · Post by **frugalfish** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:08 pm

Are these zebras?

Male?

Female?

This one was mixed in with this batch of shrimp, but I think it's different than the two above.

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:14 pm

Fugalfish

The Shrimp in the first picture, Looks like the Male Zebras that I have.

The 2nd Photo ???

The 3rd Photo, Looks like what is some times sold as RainBow Shrimp.

I hope this helps
John

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:46 am

Just another Update

The Young Zebras, are growing quickly.
Here are a couple of photo's

This is the largest Shrimp, From the first Hatch.

The 2 Shrimp are also from the First Hatch.
And if you look really hard, at the back of the sponge filter.
You can see 3 Tiny Shrimp, from the 2nd Hatch.

And the 3rd Batch of Eggs are hanging on the Tails already

John

milalic · Post by **milalic** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 3:16 pm

Great progress. I see an orange cray on that sponge filter as well.

-Pedro

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:52 pm

Congratulations Newjohn, your shrimp look great

That is fast growth for being a couple of weeks old!

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:13 am

What a neat little shrimp! Can they be mixed with RCS or snowballs?

Put me on the list! LOL

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:59 am

I believe you can. I keep mine with green shrimp and they both like the harder alkyline water which is also prefered by the shrimp you mentioned. I like the stripes on the shrimp and the male is not shy at all

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:38 pm

My Zebra Shrimp are kept in the own Tank, along with 3 Crayfish.

As Neoshrimp stated, they do like the same water conditions.

I always try to keep , 1 Shrimp Species per tank.
I do not want, to take a chance on any Cross Breeding.

The Zebras are getting more comfortable in the new Home.
The are comming out of hiding , so I can see them.

The young seem to grow fast. But, the are only 4 adults, 12 young in the tank. So there is alot to eat.
If they keep breeding like this, I will have to move them to a bigger Tank.

John

shrimpbaby · Post by **shrimpbaby** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:23 am

Beautiful shrimp, Newjohn. Congratulations.

Post by **Mustafa** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:34 pm

frugalfish wrote:Are these zebras?

Yes, the first two.

Male?

Yes, either male or immature female.

Female?

Definitely a female and probably a "zebra" shrimp, too. I did have females with no stripes in my indian zebra shrimp colony (which I had for over a year but which perished during my "najas disaster" last summer). My adult males actually had barely any stripes (just some faint ones on the back) and the adult females either had stripes or were kinda brown like the shrimp in the picture. I am not sure if the striped and non-striped animals are the same species, subspecies of each other or just closely related species. Either way, they do breed together.

This one was mixed in with this batch of shrimp, but I think it's different than the two above.

Yes, it's different...not sure what it is. I was going to say it just looks like a "sick colored" green shrimp, but something is not right about the rostrum. Is it still alive? It looks like it was about to bite the dust.