susitna-flower

OK so I'll let my ignorance show again....... : When the CR shrimp lay their eggs, what do they do? How long does it take for them to "hatch", are the babies as small and vulnerable as baby brine shrimp? To be successful at all should they be in a tank all by themselves?

Chief_waterchanger

Enough hiding places and plants should be sufficient, as long as nothing is eating the adult shrimp the babies should be fine. The female carries the eggs on her body. She carries them on the outside of the underside of her tail, held in place by the small swimmer legs. We literally do NOTHING to help our cherry shrimp in a 55g with BN pleco, corys, baby angels, a male betta, aside from providing hiding places. The hiding places we've provided are a large piece of driftwood with java moss and various small plants attached, and a piece of PVC pipe that the plecos and cories play in.

susitna-flower

Thanks, this one female is carrying a huge bunch of eggs. I am ever optomistic! Seems like when I forget about something it does better than if I fuss.....My other 55 gal has 5 ghost shrimp and they are in with several larger fish, they are huge, and healthy and doing quite well with no special care at all. I am just so stricken with the CRS, I don't want to loose them.....