hopefully green shrimp babies

Mordaki · Post by **Mordaki** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:17 am

OH MY GOD! my first ever baby shrimp i needed a magnafying glass lol i noticed it swimming and it went on the frount of the glass problem is that it could either be a green shrimp cherry or bee shrimp i dont care tho its still a baby!

smaller image with only baby

im soo chuffed hehe

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:39 am

Congrats

It will be a surprise unless you can check to see which mother hs hatched her eggs. Your tank is just full of fun games

Mordaki · Post by **Mordaki** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:47 am

hehe indeed it is i think it is a green shrimp (counted 3 so far) because i have only seen green shrimp with eggs although if it was a cherry or bee they could of hid but i will find out soon enough

shrimpbaby · Post by **shrimpbaby** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:08 pm

Very nice. I've had great luck with my green shrimp so far. They turned out to be really prolific breeders(although the babes don't grow as fast as red cherries and the like). I just moved a bunch to another tank because my original tanks is now packed.

I really like the green shrimp. They're a very attractive, hardy species(once you get your sick imports to breed for you, that is). I'm surprised that more people don't seem to have them.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:57 pm

They're a very attractive, hardy species(once you get your sick imports to breed for you, that is).

How long did it take for your imports to breed?

shrimpbaby · Post by **shrimpbaby** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:26 am

Neonshrimp wrote:
They're a very attractive, hardy species(once you get your sick imports to breed for you, that is).
How long did it take for your imports to breed?

I bought from three different sources. The first two were importers, and I lost 1/2 to 2/3 of each batch. It took about two weeks for the really sick ones to die and the remaining ones to recover. After that my females all began carrying. It was pretty interesting to see about 10-12 ovigerous females at one time.

I've had my originals around 6-9 months now and they're starting to slowly die off now. My water parameters are fine and the offspring are doing great, so I think it's just "that time" for my originals. I have no doubt that they were very weakened from all of the shipping/bad conditions they went through. Plus, who knows how old they were when I received them?

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:40 am

I've had my originals around 6-9 months now and they're starting to slowly die off now. My water parameters are fine and the offspring are doing great, so I think it's just "that time" for my originals. I have no doubt that they were very weakened from all of the shipping/bad conditions they went through. Plus, who knows how old they were when I received them?

Thanks for the information, I guess your experience is typical of imported shrimp.

Mordaki · Post by **Mordaki** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:47 am

my green shrimp came really healthy and were carrying after about one to two weeks

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:50 am

Did you buy from an importer or hobbyist?

Mordaki · Post by **Mordaki** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:52 am

Neonshrimp wrote:Did you buy from an importer or hobbyist?

imoporter in the uk lol dunno if they were bred in the uk or imported and sold on tho