The snow is gone(yeah!!!), birds are out, grass is green, and the opae'ula are feeling frisky. Currently have three berried females and thirty larvae floating around. Go shrimp!
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Signs of spring
Moderator: Mustafa
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Awesome!
Take some pics or video!

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Woohoo! Is there evidence that shrimp in captivity still keep with the spring breeding season "schedule"? I keep seeing posts about "spring coming" due to berried shrimp. If so, that's very cool as Mustafa's shrimp haven't been in the wild, with spring triggers, in 14 years!
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I am not sure they follow cycles, being right near the equator seasons are pretty much the same. I have had berried shrimp in December. Pictures will come as soon as I find the little cable to hook the camera to the computer. It's around here somewhere... Things have changed a little since my last post. I cleaned the glass to take pictures, and this got everybody excited. So I was able to count five berried shrimp, two of them seriously packing, and three dozen larvae in various stages of development. It has been pretty much like this for a month now. I hope they are all making it, but with my two mountains of lava rocks for the babies to hide I won't get a good count for months. With so many little ones around I am hoping for color morphs!
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Woohoo! How exciting.Aennedry wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 4:21 pm I am not sure they follow cycles, being right near the equator seasons are pretty much the same. I have had berried shrimp in December. Pictures will come as soon as I find the little cable to hook the camera to the computer. It's around here somewhere... Things have changed a little since my last post. I cleaned the glass to take pictures, and this got everybody excited. So I was able to count five berried shrimp, two of them seriously packing, and three dozen larvae in various stages of development. It has been pretty much like this for a month now. I hope they are all making it, but with my two mountains of lava rocks for the babies to hide I won't get a good count for months. With so many little ones around I am hoping for color morphs!
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This is the first year I’ve noticed a spring rush. I’ve had continuous babies for the last three months. I need to go in and clean out some algae but there’s just too many floaters about.
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I'm not aware of any "cycles" at all. My shrimp have larvae all year round.