jumpsmasher Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Wow talk about a quick turnaround! Yesterday morning (monday) I witnessed my largest berried OEBT giving birth to her first batch of baby shimplets. Later that evening it seemed that all the males in the tank were really excited and dancing all over the tank and I thought I might have gotten another female in the tank that I wasn't aware off as all my females were berried. When I checked on them today after work the female that had the babies on Monday was already saddled so decided put her in my breeder box. I place my bluest male in with her and within the hour it looked like he "tapped" her. I checked back on them a few hours later and viola! she was berried once again! With approximately 36 hours between releasing her eggs and being berried again, she looks like she will be one fine breeding machine... :smokey: On another note, newborn shrimps are really tiny, even after watching the eggs being popped out by the mother and the sequentially unraveling of the baby shimp, they are really hard to see with naked eye. I wished i had my camera handy to film it but without a good zoom and macro lens i think it would have been pretty hard to make it out. Hung Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ram Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Congratulations - you will have a money maker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Congrats Hung, good to see more OEBTs being produced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Any news on the OEBTs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfong Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 The tank I have the white orchid sulawesi shrimp, OEBT and yellow shrimp are reproducing. I've seen baby OEBT's and baby white orchids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 The tank I have the white orchid sulawesi shrimp, OEBT and yellow shrimp are reproducing. I've seen baby OEBT's and baby white orchids. Do you mind sharing your set up and water parameters? Thanks, Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfong Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Tank: 7 gallon custom tank (bought from Kayen) Substrate: ADA soil Plants: HC, Moss and hair algae (it provides cover for the shrimplets) Primary inhabitants: Yellow Shrimp, Orange Eye Blue Tigers, White Orchid Sulawesi Other inhabitants: 2 green rasboras, ramshorn snails (the rasboras don't eat the shrimp) Lighting: 2x8w T5 fixture Filtration: Small HoB Filter with sponge over intake Water: straight Edmonton Tap Water with dechlorinated with Prime pH: 7.8 Other things: Shrimp Lab Mineral Rock in the tank. The yellow shrimp are from two sources: Canadian Aquatics and Igor Kanshyn (Aquabid) White Orchids: Canadian Aquatics & Big Al's (recently to get some genetic diversity) OEBT: Anna Holt I feed them Shirakura shrimp food (I bought a bunch a while back from Canadian Aquatics) Min 25% water change a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Thanks Ray. Does the ADA soil not lower your pH? Tank: 7 gallon custom tank (bought from Kayen) Substrate: ADA soil Plants: HC, Moss and hair algae (it provides cover for the shrimplets) Primary inhabitants: Yellow Shrimp, Orange Eye Blue Tigers, White Orchid Sulawesi Other inhabitants: 2 green rasboras, ramshorn snails (the rasboras don't eat the shrimp) Lighting: 2x8w T5 fixture Filtration: Small HoB Filter with sponge over intake Water: straight Edmonton Tap Water with dechlorinated with Prime pH: 7.8 Other things: Shrimp Lab Mineral Rock in the tank. The yellow shrimp are from two sources: Canadian Aquatics and Igor Kanshyn (Aquabid) White Orchids: Canadian Aquatics & Big Al's (recently to get some genetic diversity) OEBT: Anna Holt I feed them Shirakura shrimp food (I bought a bunch a while back from Canadian Aquatics) Min 25% water change a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfong Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Not enough to be noticeable. I did a pH test. I figure if its not broke, don't try to tinker with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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