Crossing My Fingers For Shrimp Babies

[Grimfeather]

Hey Everyone,

Ive had my tank and shrimp going for a couple months now, but every time I think I see a berried shrimp, no babies ever pop up. I need another set of eyes to tell me if I should get my hopes up this time.

 

[richiep]

Yes get your Hope's up and not long to go pretty well developed

 

[Jack B Nimble]

Are you going to use a food for babies like bacter ae ? Reason I ask is way better success rate as babies only move about an inch and can starve. I use my camera phone on micro lens to search around my tank for the babies. I just had some now I can't find them lol

 

[Grimfeather]

Are you going to use a food for babies like bacter ae ? Reason I ask is way better success rate as babies only move about an inch and can starve. I use my camera phone on micro lens to search around my tank for the babies. I just had some now I can't find them lol

I thought about that originally when I was thinking of having guppies in there, but I decided to go with Endlers Livebearers. Their mouths are a bit small, not sure if they can eat them.

 

[richiep]

Guppies will eat young shrimp

 

[tjander]

Elders will as well. IMO shrimp should be kept in a species only tank. If you must add fish only do it after the colony is well established as thriving.

 

[Ree C]

Elders will as well. IMO shrimp should be kept in a species only tank. If you must add fish only do it after the colony is well established as thriving.

I started off with RCS in with five guppies in a 36 gallon heavily planted tank. Lots of Java moss. The shrimp did really well, I added some neon tetras to help control the population. Still insane amounts of RCS. I upgraded to a 55 connected to a 30 long with a water bridge. Added some honey gourami, Rasboras, and Rmber tetras. I still make a monthly trip to my LFS with RCS for them. Just my personal experience. The only fish I see try for baby shrimp is my lone female Betta

 

[Grimfeather]

I started off with RCS in with five guppies in a 36 gallon heavily planted tank. Lots of Java moss. The shrimp did really well, I added some neon tetras to help control the population. Still insane amounts of RCS. I upgraded to a 55 connected to a 30 long with a water bridge. Added some honey gourami, Rasboras, and Rmber tetras. I still make a monthly trip to my LFS with RCS for them. Just my personal experience. The only fish I see try for baby shrimp is my lone female Betta

I guess my tanks plants need to grow out a bit more. I came in yesterday to check on them, couldnt find the pregnant shrimp and I didnt see any babies anywhere. I think my Endlers got them. The Endlers have been hanging out in the corner where I saw the pregnant shrimp, maybe looking for more snacks.

 

[tjander]

Shrimp will hide if threatened maybe they are hiding because of the fish?

 

[Grimfeather]

I had given up hope and was going to start trimming the moss. From a distance it looked like there were some discolored spots on the moss, but when I looked closer, I saw them! They didnt get eaten! Looking closely, Ive seen 5-6+ hiding deep in the folds of the moss.

 

[richiep]

Congratulations patients and time that's all was neede . Now be very careful doing water changes an cutting back on plants and make sure to look in your bucket whe doing water changes for babies

 

[Grimfeather]

Congratulations patients and time that's all was neede . Now be very careful doing water changes an cutting back on plants and make sure to look in your bucket whe doing water changes for babies

Thanks! I just hope they stay hidden long enough to outgrow the size of the Endlers mouths.

 

[richiep]

You will always loose 1or2 to fish but they look a pretty good size