My First Shrimp-only Tank Journal

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:11 pm

Hi, I got pictures!

What the tank looks like now.

Here is the tank that has the dwarf puffer, 2 ghosts, and 2 amanos in it. This is an experimiental tank...

Shinobi, says hi to a ghost. He almost pecked at it in this pic, usually he just looks at the shrimp. He started pecking at a couple ghosts today, so i'm a little nervous. He ignores the 2 amanos though. I'll see how it goes.

Best pic I could get of a "super red-ish" Cherrie.

An Amano, which is in with the cherries and ghosts. (I have 3 total amanos, 7 ghosts, and a huge amount of cherries)

-John (AKA: The Puffer Ninja)

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:31 pm

Thank you for the pictures and introducing us to the members of your tanks

. Please let us know how it goes.

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:28 pm

Everything continues to go well, and I have also isolated a egg bearing super red into a breeding trap. I'll remove her after the eggs hatch.

The Amanos are doing well, the dwarf puffer leaves them alone.

I'll get more pictures too!

-John (AKA: The Puffer Ninja)

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:29 pm

It is good to hear, that every thing is going well with the new tank.

How big is the puffer ?

I hope he does not get the taste for Inverts.

John

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:50 pm

The puffer is about 1/2 " long. I only have the 2 amanos and ghosts in with him. So far its going fine, he just ignores the shrimp. If I see any agression though, the shrimp will get moved. They are doing a fantastic job of cleaning.

-John (AKA: The Puffer Ninja)

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:10 pm

It sounds like Shinobi is well behaved and content with conditions as is. Keep doing what it is you are doing and let's hope it stays this way

.

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:48 am

All still gos well with both tanks.

I moved the Amano back from the 10g into the 6g, so there is 3 Amanos in the 6g. I haven't seen the 2 ghosts in a while, in the 6g. Last time I did see them, they didn't look so good (A little white). I don't think they made it

The Amanos and cherries are doing great though. One thing I notice about the Amanos, is that they seem to be very social, and like to stay in groups.
I think i've got a male and female as well. The first thing they did after first going into the 6g was mate, at least thats what it looked like.

Shinobi just ignores them

Oh, i'm getting a refugium for my saltwater tank soon, and i'm going to put saltwater shrimp in there

-John

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:11 pm

Good news about your tanks, sorry to hear about the 2 ghost shrimp but that is most likely due to stress caused by conditions prior to you getting them. I think amanos are hyperactive and yes social, they always are the first to eat! Hope things go well with the salt water tank, post pictures when ready

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:58 pm

All is still going great, although no cherries have hatched yet.

Here are some Caridina Multidentata pictures:

I'm happy with how they turned out. They are pretty good for my camera.

-John

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 1:31 pm

Great looking amanos

How long have the cherries been carrying eggs?

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:44 pm

Neonshrimp wrote:Great looking amanos How long have the cherries been carrying eggs?

Thanks

Well, they were carrying eggs when I got them, which was maybe 2 weeks ago? I don't know before that.

-John

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:55 pm

Okay so any day now since the eggs hatch about 3-4 weeks after being carried! Be sure to take pictures of your babies and post them up for us

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 3:07 pm

I'll definitely post pics

I found a dead ghost in there today

-John

Newjohn · Post by **Newjohn** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 3:16 pm

The Fisherman

I would buy 20 at a time, and I would be lucky to have 5 survive.
Not very good odds.

Your eggs should be hatching any time.
Most of your Females were carring eggs for about a week, before you received them.

If all goes well, you will soon be over run with little Shrimp.

Good luck
And keep us updated
The other John

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 7:45 pm

I spotted 3 little shrimplets tonight, each about 1/8" long

-John