Newbie Needs Help (American Glass)
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:32 pm
Okay my setup:
I have a maybe 1/2-1 gallon container with 4 adult American Glass Shrimp and 1 juvenile in it. This is temporary, I will likely turn a currently unused 10gal into a shrimp tank but other options are possible, all larger. I read about the food-not-left-in-overnight thing and did a quick 40-50% water change, the shrimp are acclimating now. The adults were in a 2.5 gal with my betta and got about 3-5 pellets a day. The betta shared the meal though the shrimp were VERY fast. Now they are eating on the algae and detritus (I think) that is on the plants. I plan on dropping in about 1/3 or 1/4 of a Hikari Bottom Feeder Wafer every other day until I can figure out what is better for them.
The Shrimp:
I have 2 bluish adults, male maybe, I really can't tell, Figaro and Bingo. 2 berried females, one brownish red and the other clear. And then Junior Bug, the little juvi. They were sold as feeders. Bingo has been with me for a few months, Figaro around 1 week, the other 3 I got yesterday. The coloring is new on all. The blue has developed over a week or so. They were all clear at first.
My biggest problem is the females. I have gotten 2 females to drop eggs in a separate PetC@ betta container and them and all of the babies died overnight. However, they dropped the eggs a few hours after getting out of the feeder tank so that might have something to do with it? With one of the females showing eyes on her pale green eggs, I want to get this sorted out so she won't die. Our current theory is it's something in the eggs, like a toxin, the causes them to die? I would go with starve to death except I don't think mom would die to with that. I really need this resolved please.
*Also, is Hikari Shrimp Cuisine a good diet for them? I'm not quite sure if it would be okay, it says it has copper for blood regeneration and is for herbivorous shrimp mainly.*
Any other tips would be greatly appreciated but please don't ask me to spend a ton of money. I am between 10 and 18 and get 10 dollars a week. Not the best paycheck for fishies.
I have a maybe 1/2-1 gallon container with 4 adult American Glass Shrimp and 1 juvenile in it. This is temporary, I will likely turn a currently unused 10gal into a shrimp tank but other options are possible, all larger. I read about the food-not-left-in-overnight thing and did a quick 40-50% water change, the shrimp are acclimating now. The adults were in a 2.5 gal with my betta and got about 3-5 pellets a day. The betta shared the meal though the shrimp were VERY fast. Now they are eating on the algae and detritus (I think) that is on the plants. I plan on dropping in about 1/3 or 1/4 of a Hikari Bottom Feeder Wafer every other day until I can figure out what is better for them.
The Shrimp:
I have 2 bluish adults, male maybe, I really can't tell, Figaro and Bingo. 2 berried females, one brownish red and the other clear. And then Junior Bug, the little juvi. They were sold as feeders. Bingo has been with me for a few months, Figaro around 1 week, the other 3 I got yesterday. The coloring is new on all. The blue has developed over a week or so. They were all clear at first.
My biggest problem is the females. I have gotten 2 females to drop eggs in a separate PetC@ betta container and them and all of the babies died overnight. However, they dropped the eggs a few hours after getting out of the feeder tank so that might have something to do with it? With one of the females showing eyes on her pale green eggs, I want to get this sorted out so she won't die. Our current theory is it's something in the eggs, like a toxin, the causes them to die? I would go with starve to death except I don't think mom would die to with that. I really need this resolved please.
*Also, is Hikari Shrimp Cuisine a good diet for them? I'm not quite sure if it would be okay, it says it has copper for blood regeneration and is for herbivorous shrimp mainly.*
Any other tips would be greatly appreciated but please don't ask me to spend a ton of money. I am between 10 and 18 and get 10 dollars a week. Not the best paycheck for fishies.