Gettin' Some Snowball Shrimp!!

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:38 pm

Yes Pedro, Anne and RESguy are right. I just put in the media and filled it up with water and plugged it in

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argblarg · Post by **argblarg** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:08 am

What's a good price for this filter? I am seeing around $40?

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:18 am

Hi argblarg, pm sent:)

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:02 am

Back to the snowball shrimp...

I just checked on my one berried female, and she's dropped about 1/2 of her eggs. I'm worried. Besides being unfertile, what else causes females to drop eggs?

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:12 am

Hi Anne,

Is this the first time this female has carried? If yes, theis means that she may be dropping due to being inexperienced. I have also seen first time females lose some eggs to agressive males who ripped the eggs from the females

With time the females will learn. Best wishes

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:17 am

I'm going to assume that it is. I have posted some where within this thread that I had 2 berried females that dropped all their eggs just before Christmas. The batch of shrimp that I bought contained 5 females, 1 male, and an unsexable juvie. I'm now starting to think it's male because I should have seen a hint of a saddle by now.

So, this very well COULD be the first time this particular female has been berried.

Why would an aggressive male rip eggs from her? Just aggressiveness or something else?

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:25 am

Why would an aggressive male rip eggs from her? Just aggressiveness or something else?

I would think that he might have been trying to mate with her at the time she was already berried. I have also seen some CRS males actually kill a RCS female while trying to mate/attack her after a female shrimp had just molted! That was not a nice thing to see. I think the male try to mate until sucessful and will not stop until they have aggressively tried.

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:34 am

Naughty boys! Thanks NS for the info! I'm almost tempted to strip the females of their eggs and hatch them myself, but I think that would be taking too drastic measures.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:38 am

Just a little drastic

Also, there is a natural glue that attaches the eggs to the female after dropping that makes scraping difficult and possibly dangerous

I hope your female learns to be more careful. My more experienced females avoid males who act agressive and hide when the breeding frenzy occur

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:44 am

LOL Yeah really. Hopefully my girls will catch a clue.

I'm going to do a water change on the tank today. There are a few bits of left over food, and I don't want the MTS reproducing too rapidly. I hate those snails. I think I have over 1,000 of them between all my tanks with Eco-Complete in them. I've tried nearly outlet available to get rid of them, but they just keep coming. I may have to get a goldfish (in a seperate tank, of course), and feed the snails to it. No way am I buying loaches again (not any time soon; they give me the creeps).

ToddnBecka · Post by **ToddnBecka** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:26 pm

Feeding MTS to a goldfish isn't a good idea, unless you crush the shells first. Someone on another forum posted about a large Oscar that ate MTS. Since his local veterinarian owed him some favors, he did surgery on the fish. The Oscar's intestines were badly cut from the sharp shells, and were stitched back together. All this without anesthetic... pity the poor fish.

Regarding the snowball shrimp, practice makes perfect. Young cichlid pairs are notorious for eating their first spawns, but usually figure it out sooner or later. Have patience, and let nature take its course.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:45 pm

Since his local veterinarian owed him some favors, he did surgery on the fish. The Oscar's intestines were badly cut from the sharp shells, and were stitched back together. All this without anesthetic... pity the poor fish.

Wow

, the miracle of modern pet medicine!

RCSGuy · Post by **RCSGuy** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:05 pm

Neonshrimp wrote:
Since his local veterinarian owed him some favors, he did surgery on the fish. The Oscar's intestines were badly cut from the sharp shells, and were stitched back together. All this without anesthetic... pity the poor fish.
Wow , the miracle of modern pet medicine!

Yes, I read an article recently about the advancement of medicine technology on fish .. I'll see if I can find it again.

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:26 pm

Back to the snowball shrimp...

I have recently received a hanger for the filter, well, 2 hangers...and another filter--to put on another tank.

Ihave 3 females that are carrying just a few eggs each, and I noticed one female carrying a full batch of eggs, as of the evening. The female with full swimmerets is the same female that carried all her eggs without dropping any.

The shrimpies from the batch that hatched a few weeks ago are still growing, and I had found one in the filter when I cleaned it yesterday. I have now fit a piece of mylon stocking over the intake fastened with a cable tie.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:36 pm

Sounds like the female with the full swimmerets is more experienced compared to the others.

What filter are you using for this tank?