Gettin' Some Snowball Shrimp!!

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:00 am

I thought you were following along! LOL It's a ZooMed 501 mini canister.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:38 am

It's just that you have so many tanks and so many different types of shrimp

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:02 am

LOL You have a point.

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:51 am

I found 2 new additions today! I'm giving their tank a water change today, so I'll be looking for more. My experienced gal is still carrying a full load of eggs that are a nice yellowish color. So any day now! There's another gal that has a fullload that started carrying about a day or two ago. Hopefully, she's caught a clue by now.

There is at least one gal that's still carrying just a few eggs.

And, my first babies aren't babies any more! They're juvies! *sniff*

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:06 am

And, my first babies aren't babies any more! They're juvies! *sniff*

Awww, they just grow up so quickly

Congratulations and take good care of them.

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:05 pm

I have a bit of a problem, I was checking for more shrimplets, and I see what look like either brown or red shrimplets in my tank!

Should I seperate them into another tank to grow them out to see what they are?

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:47 pm

I'd wait until they are a little bigger, then it will be easier to get them all.

zapisto · Post by **zapisto** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:18 pm

i think it is time for me get thoose incredible snowball

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:21 pm

badflash wrote:I'd wait until they are a little bigger, then it will be easier to get them all.

I was just going to use a turkey baster and move them to the tank that's under the tank their in. I have to get into the tank tonight any way to clean it, and I know I'll forget later. But, I'll wait because I am tired.

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:22 pm

zapisto wrote:i think it is time for me get thoose incredible snowball

Okay, I know I am tired right now, but what?

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:06 pm

Wait until the new tank is really ready. There is no hurry if these are babies. Your snowballs probably bred before you got them and these will be wild or red shrimp. They could be very interesting.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:22 pm

AnneRiceBowl wrote:
zapisto wrote:i think it is time for me get thoose incredible snowball
Okay, I know I am tired right now, but what?

zapisto and I would like to start raising some incredible looking snowballs also

Your snowballs probably bred before you got them and these will be wild or red shrimp.

I think she has had these for about 3 months so I think they breed after they arrived if these are new babies. So what is the case ARB?

ToddnBecka · Post by **ToddnBecka** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:27 pm

Interesting, my wild zhangjiajiensis have also produced some red juvies. Not all though, some are mostly transparent so far. They do seem to grow quite quickly, and a third female is berried. The other two have already finished carrying, and there are 2 different sizes of young in the tank. Several of the adult females are a very solid red color, while the males are brown or transparent with some red markings. I'd say it's likely that the snowballs are producing some wild-color offspring.

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 6:42 am

Neonshrimp wrote:
AnneRiceBowl wrote:
zapisto wrote:i think it is time for me get thoose incredible snowball
Okay, I know I am tired right now, but what?
zapisto and I would like to start raising some incredible looking snowballs also

Your snowballs probably bred before you got them and these will be wild or red shrimp.
I think she has had these for about 3 months so I think they breed after they arrived if these are new babies. So what is the case ARB?

I've had these shrimp for about 3 months (wow, it's been that long already), so there's no way these are a hybrid.

I wasn't able to get into the tank last, because I was simply too tired. I do have an empty 10 gallon that's up and running I can move these shrimp into.

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 6:43 am

ToddnBecka wrote:Interesting, my wild zhangjiajiensis have also produced some red juvies. Not all though, some are mostly transparent so far. They do seem to grow quite quickly, and a third female is berried. The other two have already finished carrying, and there are 2 different sizes of young in the tank. Several of the adult females are a very solid red color, while the males are brown or transparent with some red markings. I'd say it's likely that the snowballs are producing some wild-color offspring.

Interesting! I did read your thread. Looks like we'll be swapping info!