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I have eggs !

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 4:21 pm
by Aloha919
I just wanted to share my ghost shrimp is full of eggs ....
This is my heavily planted tank with ramshorn snails and ghost shrimp...

And believe it or not, I found another berried shrimp in my betta tank. My betta tank is an aquaponic herb garden. I have isolated mommy shrimp in the tank, she has her own private little condo hopefully the babies will make it :D
Once my Betta tanks mommy shrimp's eggs move down her legs I'll isolate her too..

I'm open to any ideas and/or advice seeing how I've never done this before ...
Thanks

Re: I have eggs !

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 12:44 am
by Stalker
What king of ghost shrimp is it?

Re: I have eggs !

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 1:24 pm
by Aloha919
I don't know when I bought them from the pet store they were just named ghost or feeder shrimp ... I have another question the eggs are black, everyplace I've looked online shows eggs that are green and then once they're ready to hatch they are clear ... what's going on with my shrimp?

Re: I have eggs !

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:03 pm
by Mustafa
Those are just Neocaridina davidi...i.e. the wild variety of the red cherry shrimp. They catch them from the rivers in Hawaii and sell them as "ghost shrimp."

And the eggs on your shrimp in the picture look green to me. I don't see anything wrong there.

Re: I have eggs !

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 8:19 pm
by Aloha919
So, my babies have survived they are doing great, but now I have about four berried shrimp in the main tank...I have added lots more anacharis for them to hide since my mommy's are at different stages in their pregnancies if you can call them that ..So I decided not to take them out well, I've left them alone and the babies are thriving .....they've been hiding and doing just fine :D
I managed to get a couple shots
They are somewhat easy to watch in person, but hard to capture on film.

When my original babies are large enough I'll take them out of the isolation tank and put them back in the main one I'm afraid to move them now they're so small

Re: I have eggs !

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 11:10 am
by Mustafa
Awesome! It's always exciting to discover babies. :)

Re: I have eggs !

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:45 pm
by PedWood
Exciting stuff!