Pregnant cherry shrimp what do I do?

[JerroldTheShrimp]

cherry shrimp is pregnant and I have some endlers in the tank should I get a tank divider if I can find one small enough cuz I think setting up my ten gallon and putting her in there will stress her too much any suggestions I have a small breeder box but it’s probably too small she likes to walk around and scavenge a lot and sadly the father died from a power outage and temp change after a bad ice storm so any suggestions would be rlly appreciated

 

[Flyfisha]

Is there Something in the tank for her to hide in / under?
Any leaf litter? Moss? Wood ? cinnamon bark? Plastic take away food containers ?
I have found endlers to be pretty shrimp safe when feed regularly ( once a day) .

 

[redmare]

As long as there's plants/moss/cover, do nothing! Sit back and enjoy.

 

[SanDiegoRedneck]

I vote live plants as well. I have had shrimp with lots of guppies and the shrimp are smarter than you think. Best of luck but you should be ok.

 

[barbiespoodle]

All of the above post are spot on. I have a 10 gallon cull tank in which I added wcmm's as my first experiment with a shrimp/fish tank. The tank is heavily planted and I am now starting to see babies, both tiny and a bit larger. The tank is heavily planted so the baby shrimp have plenty of places to hide.

If your tank is not planted or the plants haven't grown enough, may I suggest putting in plastic plants for the time being so the babies have a place to hide? You can even make very cheaply, a breeding mop, look on you tube for instructions. While some fish are said to be shrimp safe, endlers being at the top of the list, any fish is going to find tiny baby shrimp a tempting treat. I have resigned myself to that fact in order to have the beauty of a fish/shrimp tank and I'm sure I lose some to the fish, but keeping enough hiding places makes sure the shrimp colony has enough survivors to keep it going.

And they will hide, they are masters at it. You may think you don't have any and then one day you notice a population explosion.

The only other thing I would like to mention is if you have a hang on back filter, you might want to cover the intake with a prefilter or even just a fine mess bag or panty hose. Not only does it make sure you don't suck up the baby shrimp but also any endler fry you might get. It's kind of a pain since you have to rinse it off often, I have prefilters on the hob filters in my community because of the live bearers, which is why I only use sponge filters in my shrimp tanks.

 

[JerroldTheShrimp]

Is there Something in the tank for her to hide in / under?
Any leaf litter? Moss? Wood ? cinnamon bark? Plastic take away food containers ?
I have found endlers to be pretty shrimp safe when feed regularly ( once a day) .

She has plenty to hide under sadly I didn’t see your guy’s replies on time and I moved her to a different tank and she dropped her eggs sorry I don’t know how I haven’t seen them

All of the above post are spot on. I have a 10 gallon cull tank in which I added wcmm's as my first experiment with a shrimp/fish tank. The tank is heavily planted and I am now starting to see babies, both tiny and a bit larger. The tank is heavily planted so the baby shrimp have plenty of places to hide.

If your tank is not planted or the plants haven't grown enough, may I suggest putting in plastic plants for the time being so the babies have a place to hide? You can even make very cheaply, a breeding mop, look on you tube for instructions. While some fish are said to be shrimp safe, endlers being at the top of the list, any fish is going to find tiny baby shrimp a tempting treat. I have resigned myself to that fact in order to have the beauty of a fish/shrimp tank and I'm sure I lose some to the fish, but keeping enough hiding places makes sure the shrimp colony has enough survivors to keep it going.

And they will hide, they are masters at it. You may think you don't have any and then one day you notice a population explosion.

The only other thing I would like to mention is if you have a hang on back filter, you might want to cover the intake with a prefilter or even just a fine mess bag or panty hose. Not only does it make sure you don't suck up the baby shrimp but also any endler fry you might get. It's kind of a pain since you have to rinse it off often, I have prefilters on the hob filters in my community because of the live bearers, which is why I only use sponge filters in my shrimp tanks.

Yeah I covered my filter I learned my lesson because I had a shrimp get caught in one but luckily I saved him thanks for the tips

As long as there's plants/moss/cover, do nothing! Sit back and enjoy.

Sadly I haven’t seen your posts until today idk how but yeah I put it in another tank and she dropped her eggs thanks for the info tho

I vote live plants as well. I have had shrimp with lots of guppies and the shrimp are smarter than you think. Best of luck but you should be ok.

Yeah I have a few live plants and a fake decoration that’s like hollow on the inside for her to hide in and the fish don’t really go in there but sadly I didn’t see your replies until today idk why I really appreciate the tips though I think I’m going to set up a ten gallon first to separate the male and female endlers because they are breeding like crazy lol but also I’ll put the males in the ten gallon and the females in the 20 because there are a LOT of females (like eight ik it’s kinda a lot) and whichever tank has like the majority of the plants and less fish I think I’m gonna get a few more shrimp since she didn’t have any babies so I hope I can get a tank stand for it and a new light soon