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Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:11 pm
by The Fisherman
Hi, I got pictures!

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What the tank looks like now.

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

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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.

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

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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)

Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:31 pm
by Neonshrimp
Thank you for the pictures and introducing us to the members of your tanks :-D . Please let us know how it goes.

Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:28 pm
by The Fisherman
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)

Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:29 pm
by Newjohn
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

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:50 pm
by The Fisherman
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)

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:10 pm
by Neonshrimp
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 :D .

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:48 am
by The Fisherman
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 :-D

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

-John

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:11 pm
by Neonshrimp
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 :wink:

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:58 pm
by The Fisherman
All is still going great, although no cherries have hatched yet.

Here are some Caridina Multidentata pictures:

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

-John

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 1:31 pm
by Neonshrimp
Great looking amanos :-D How long have the cherries been carrying eggs?

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:44 pm
by The Fisherman
Neonshrimp wrote:Great looking amanos :-D 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

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:55 pm
by Neonshrimp
:o 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 :-D

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 3:07 pm
by The Fisherman
I'll definitely post pics :-)

I found a dead ghost in there today :(

-John

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 3:16 pm
by Newjohn
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

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 7:45 pm
by The Fisherman
I spotted 3 little shrimplets tonight, each about 1/8" long :-D

-John