Page 1 of 2

My tank

Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:10 pm
by Guybrush
Hi guys! I've been lurking around this site for a few months and finally decided take the plunge (aka I've become a shrimpaholic) and sign up.

Here are the inhabitants of my 20 gallon tank:
Red Cherry Shrimp
2 Bamboo Shrimp (Atyopsis Moluccensis)
2 African Dwarf Frogs
2 Leapord Coryadora

Here are some pictures I wanted to share with you guys:

This is my oldest female. For some reason she seems to be the only female that is dark red (and still not as solid colored as other ones I've seen).
Image

One of my males. You can see its nice long antennas.
Image

A female dropping eggs :cry:
Image

A female carrying eggs. Look closely to see eyes on the eggs.
Image

And how do shrimplets come about? No stork here!
Image

A couple of young shrimp grazing on brown algae on the front of the tank.
Image

Two shrimplets watching an older shrimp eat a crushed snail.
Image

Can't get a picture of your young shrimp? Bring them to the front of the tank :D
Image

My male Bamboo shrimp. You can just see the pregnant female perched on the other side of the rock (I'll try to get a picture of her next week when I get my camera back).
Image

Female hanging out next to one of the cories.
Image

My ADF smiles for the camera.
Image

Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:10 pm
by Neonshrimp
Hi Guybrush! Hey wow, great pictures :shock: You caught them at the right moment doing interesting things :D Please show us more when you get a chance.

Thanks!

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:07 am
by AQUASAUR
Very impressive pictures, Pal!
I like mostly this one - with the female dropping eggs…just amazing :P
I never can catch that moment… :?
Keep sharing...! :D

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:36 am
by Shrimp&Snails
Lovely pics and that frog has such a cute, goofy smile. :lol:

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:17 am
by ShrimpFan
That baby cherry on your finger is pretty dang cute :-D

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:17 pm
by Mikee
Very nice pics! some..interesting moments..lol :D

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:41 pm
by hoddit
Very nice pics......what sort of camera if I may ask?

Thanks for sharing!

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:13 pm
by Guybrush
It's the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7. Not as good as AQUASAUR's Canon, but it's cheaper (and still takes pretty nice pictures).

If you want to see eggs in the pregnant female better, click here.

How many shrimp can you count?
Image

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:06 pm
by TKD
I see 7

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:10 pm
by Neonshrimp
What type of wood is that? It looks good :D

PS: I also see 7 :wink:

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:34 pm
by Guybrush
I think there are 9. There's on tiny one on top next to the big on that's hard to recognize because of the picture quality (you can sort of see the outline against the white). The other is camouflaged really well between the two smaller ones near the bottom.

As for the wood, the LFS sold it as "driftwood" :wink:
I think it's african driftwood.

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:22 am
by zapisto
very nice shot
thanks for sharing

wood look like what they call here "mopani wood"

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:50 am
by beckypyyeung
Wow ! Wonderful pictures ! I had never seen shrimps drop eggs before I read your mail. The little guy on your finger looks so funny !! Thanks very much for sharing your happy moments with us.

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:20 pm
by AQUASAUR
Guybrush wrote:It's the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7. Not as good as AQUASAUR's Canon, but it's cheaper (and still takes pretty nice pictures).

If you want to see eggs in the pregnant female better, click here.

How many shrimp can you count?
:lol: Hey, Pal
if you wanna counting eggs...I got something for you...:idea:

Click to enlarge and see detailed!
Image

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:24 pm
by Neonshrimp
Wow, both pictures are great :shock: . The first picture was of a cherry red shrimp and the latest one is of an amano shrimp but could you tell me how far along with eggs each one is in the picture. Have the eggs hatched yet?