Wingin' It Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 So I was making my rounds last night before bed...checking on who's carrying, who's laid eggs, checking on existing fry...and I come to the Shrimp tank! I have a big female who's berried! Yay! I usually have really bad luck with shrimp, but these ones are thriving and obviously they're gettin' it on! SWEET! So...When are these eggs going to hatch? Anyone know? :smokey: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cgy_Betta_Guy Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 cool.... but .... where are the pictures? :well: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted February 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 lol...i suck bad at shrimp pics :smokey: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Congrats! Can you tell us about your tank? what you did to get them to breed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceturf Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Congrats! Can you tell us about your tank? what you did to get them to breed? Yes, do tell; did you turn on some soft music or do these shrimp prefer some good rock tunes to get in the mood? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted February 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 hahaha...I think they enjoy watching the Olympics! That's the only thing I can think of! :smokey: They're in a 10 gallon lightly planted tank...standard aquarium lighting, driftwood and temp is at about 74F. I had some guppy fry in the tank, but have since decided that for now i'd take out all but 3 of the fry. Feeding them the occasional algae wafer, some fry food and sometimes flake food. Go figure! But i'm happy that they're so happy!! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Whats your water conditions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted February 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 hummm...water conditions...actually, I have no idea. I'm kinda like fishclubgirl in that I just 'eyeball' it. It's a VERY established tank though, and the last things to die in there were the pest snails that the assassins eat. Just for you though, i'll dig out my test kits and test the water. Ph: 7.0 Nitrate (NO3): 5 (maybe 4) Nitrite (NO2): 0.1 Ammonia (NH3): 0.6 I'm not in the know about all these numbers, but as long as it's working, i'm happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceturf Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 cool that its working for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EowynJane Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 How old is your test kit? Those results don't look accurate if it is a very established tank, you shouldn't have any ammonia or nitrItes. Did you do a big water change just before you tested it? Congrats BTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted March 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Not sure how old the test kit is, I got them last year some time...but I almost never use them. I also don't do very many water changes to the tank, though I did one after I did that test 'cause I didn't think I was supposed to have nitrates, and then the rest is jibberish to me. All I know is the plants grow well in there and the shrimp seem happy...lol Hopefully i'll have shrimplets in a few weeks...probably not, but stranger things have happened...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Dawg Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Do shrimp qualify for the BAP program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted March 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 have to ask fleshgear i suppose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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