True or false?

Keder · Post by **Keder** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:19 pm

If the cherries are breeding like crazy, does that mean that the conditions are right for my tigers also?

dainius_klp · Post by **dainius_klp** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:03 pm

99,99/100 %

(if you have males and females)

Success

Keder · Post by **Keder** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:47 am

Would the females produce eggs even if there was no male tigers in the tank?

IndianaSam · Post by **IndianaSam** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 12:43 pm

Keder wrote:Would the females produce eggs even if there was no male tigers in the tank?

Yes, I've had this happen before with another species of shrimp. The eggs, obviously, weren't fertile and the female lost them after a couple of days. I know for a fact that the eggs were'nt fertilized as the only shrimp in the tank was the female.

Keder · Post by **Keder** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:42 pm

Then they all must be dudes. But I have some smaller shrimp that will mature in a week or two. Hopefully one of them is a girl.

chlorophyll · Post by **chlorophyll** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 3:31 am

All Dudes??? Always a downer in life!

You know, I guess because we usually keep them in good numbers... but I haven't seen Neocaridina/Caridina carry unfertilized eggs. Not sure if they do, myself. Actually I've got 2 female green shrimp, no males, and they do not (or haven't yet) extrude eggs. Then again, maybe other conditions haven't been optimal. Also a female cherry in that tank, saddled, but never giving eggs ... two juvennile cherries with her have grown, and apear to also be females, so no males.

I know Macrobrachium shrimp have definitely been seen with unfertilized eggs.