Ghost shrimp babies!

I bought 6 shrimp from petsmart a week or so ago, all of which had eggs. I put 3 in a betta bowl, and 3 in a Triop tank, I have a main 3 gal shrimp tank for the non-pregnant shrimp (Only 3, I bought these before the pregnant ones). In the triop tank, 2 died, I fed them to my fish :-\ . Today, one of my ghost shrimp dropped *most of* her eggs. So, I looked around the tank and lo-and-behold! 5-6 baby ghosties, about the length of a grain of rice! She has about 8 more eggs on her, so I'm leaving her in the tank until shes let go of them all. There is plenty of stuff for them to eat, so I am pretty certain they will live. I am not going to change any water until they are big enough to easily see. Wish me luck, I still have 3 more shrimp with tonsa eggs on em!
-Brianna

 

Wow....I wish I could breed bamboo shrimps... :-\....but.... Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Thanks, she had all her babies, I must have 20! And one of my other shrimps is gonna have her babies in a few days I think.

 

How did you get them to breed?

 

Well, they were already pregnant when I got them. Apparently its not getting them pregnant that's hard, its raising the babies. I have the pregnant ones in "betta bowls". Once they have their babies I put them in a 3-gal shrimp-only tank. Another one had some of her babies today, she still has some eggs on her still.

Brianna

 

Well, they were already pregnant when I got them. Apparently its not getting them pregnant that's hard, its raising the babies. I
Brianna

Yeah, I heard that they need to be raised in brackish water. :-\

 

does it have to be brakish water?

 

Nope, the shrimp I am talking about are FW. A little salt wouldn't hurt them however.

 

Wow, that's pretty cool that you have baby ghosties. I'll bet they are so tiny still! Cool, good luck with that!

 

They have all died :'( :'(

 

Really that's a bummer. What happened? Did they all get eaten or what? Kind of ironic, but after I said that I wish my ghost shrimp would have babies, I noticed that one of mine had eggs on her, so I'll have to see when she lays them

 

They were getting bigger already, then somehow my dogs mustve knocked a bunch of food in their tank and they died from it. :'( :-\ :-X

 

Oh wow you don't hear about that often. Well hopefully one will have more eggs soon, I'm sure she will

 

My shrimp had her babies and died shortly after. I am going to try VERY hard for these to live.

 

Hopefully they will make it. Sorry to hear that the female died after giving birth to the eggs.

 

Heres the best pic I could get of the babies

 

How did you get them to breed?

they just breed with out u knowing