OldCanuk Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 So, 2 weeks in their new home and I discovered my first berried yellow shimp in the tank yesterday. I am getting excited )) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremoose Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Fantastic! Were they the ones in that group order from Shrimpfever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Yay! Baby shrimp are so entertaining! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCanuk Posted April 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Fantastic! Were they the ones in that group order from Shrimpfever? You betcha. They are doing well. 4 females and 18 males. Lost 3 early on but acceptable attrition I would say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Fantastic! Were they the ones in that group order from Shrimpfever? You betcha. They are doing well. 4 females and 18 males. Lost 3 early on but acceptable attrition I would say Congrats on the berried female. Wow, that's a crappy sex ratio. Did you drip acclimatize them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCanuk Posted April 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Fantastic! Were they the ones in that group order from Shrimpfever? You betcha. They are doing well. 4 females and 18 males. Lost 3 early on but acceptable attrition I would say Congrats on the berried female. Wow, that's a crappy sex ratio. Did you drip acclimatize them? Nope. Unless you call 1 turkey Baster of tank water added every 10 min for an hour, drip acclimatizing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Nope. Unless you call 1 turkey Baster of tank water added every 10 min for an hour, drip acclimatizing? Did you try and match the water parameters of the breeder? I only drip if the water parameters are fairly different. For my latest order, all I did was float the bag to get temps close and then bomb acclimatized them ie. netted them out and dropped them in. So this order I did this with Blue Pearls, CRS, Mischlings and Tibees. If you need to drip them, use a piece of airline tubing with a ball valve. Start the siphon and reduce rate to 2 drops/second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremoose Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Nope. Unless you call 1 turkey Baster of tank water added every 10 min for an hour, drip acclimatizing? Did you try and match the water parameters of the breeder? I only drip if the water parameters are fairly different. For my latest order, all I did was float the bag to get temps close and then bomb acclimatized them ie. netted them out and dropped them in. So this order I did this with Blue Pearls, CRS, Mischlings and Tibees. If you need to drip them, use a piece of airline tubing with a ball valve. Start the siphon and reduce rate to 2 drops/second. If you don't have a ball valve you can just tie a knot in the airline and tighten it until you get the desired drop per second as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCanuk Posted April 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Second berried yellow female found today. Yahooooo!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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