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Cherry shrimp plus babies

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My lone female cherry shrimp gave birth on Jan 25th. So these babies are 3 1/2 days old. I don't have a good camera or macro lens so these aren't very good but I thought they were neat.

I named this one "Louis"
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Each of the following pictures has at least 3 babies in it, although most of them out of focus.
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I ran upstairs to get my camera the day they were hatched because I had a good picture of a less than 1 day old one next to a big CRS but it was gone when I got back. Maybe next time.
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Post by RCSGuy »

Wow, congratulations!!! And thanks for sharing those pictures with us :)
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Post by ToddnBecka »

I named this one "Louis"
Provided you could actually keep track of which one you named, if it turns out to be a female you'll have to change it to Louise. :lol:
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Congratulations :-D ! One named and twenty more to go :lol:

Thanks.
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Post by TurtleBoyPW5 »

Congrats, I just got some a week ago too! But I couldnt get a picture of them at all. Nice pics! :wink:
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Post by badflash »

It only takes 1 pregnant female to start a colony. Looks like you are of to a great start! best of luck with them.
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Post by AnneRiceBowl »

Congrats, arg! Is this a RCS left over from when you first setup the tank for CRS?
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Post by argblarg »

Yep, when I set up the tank initially I pulled one male and female from my community tank. The rest of the population was destroyed by my Yoyo loaches once they decided that shrimp were tasty.
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Cool 8)
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The rest of the population was destroyed by my Yoyo loaches once they decided that shrimp were tasty.
Thanks for sharing this information. Just another reason to have a shrimp only tank :!:
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Post by argblarg »

I thought they might eat some, but they actively hunted for them once they got a taste. They were in there to get rid of a massive snail party, which they eventually did. Two months without worrying about it and one day no more shrimp and lots of fat loaches.
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Post by leto3113 »

Congratulations on the babies! In my experience loaches are smart, fast, and always on the lookout for food. I have a trio of dwarf loaches(Sidthmunki-sorry if that's spelled wrong) and even at their small size they dominate my tank and terrorized some poor cory cats that I had to relocate.

That's cute that you named the little guy! :D
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Post by TurtleBoyPW5 »

Came back to my dorm late and I have new shrimplets too! I counted about 15 but several were from a week ago.
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Congratulations all, it's a hatching party :-D :!:

Keep looking maybe you will find more hiding all over the tank :D .
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TurtleBoyPW5 wrote:Came back to my dorm late and I have new shrimplets too! I counted about 15 but several were from a week ago.
Congrats man! lol Hatching season during winter? :lol:
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