Are these shrimp fry?

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Hi. Added 6 cherry shrimp to my new tank on Saturday, and noticed this morning these tiny white things swimming and jumping about. Are these fry? (The white 3 pronged thing in the middle of the picture)

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ps apologies for the pic quality but can’t get any closer than this.

 

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No, doesn’t look like fry. No clue what they are, without better pictures.

When you feed the shrimp, do the white things come and eat?

 

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Newly hatched cherry shrimps look like miniature adult shrimps.

 

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Thought as much, I’ll get the macro out and see if I can improve on the picture, but they are really small

 

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Theyre cyclops. The one shown is a female carrying eggs

 

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Photos i took of them under a microscope in green water

 

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Yep match what I just took, so good, bad or ugly for the tank?

 

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Harmless! Fish and fry will eat them sometimes too. I culture them in green water and use them to feed fry lol
They won't harm your shrimp either.
Just don't overfeed as then you may see a huge population of them

 

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Only got 6 shrimp in the 120l tank at moment so plenty in there for them to eat without additional food. In 4 weeks will be adding to the clean-up crew. Then a few weeks after that my existing fish will be moved into their temporary home whilst the main tank is being set-up and cycled.

cheers for the responses

 

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Ooooooohhhhhhh fancy bonsai set up in your profile pic what moss did you use?

 

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Cheers. It was given to me by the shop I got my tank from “aquarium gardens“. Think it’s mini Christmas moss. Went with the tree for my first tank as I have about 15 Bonsai trees in the garden.

 

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Raws69 said:

Cheers. It was given to me by the shop I got my tank from “aquarium gardens“. Think it’s mini Christmas moss. Went with the tree for my first tank as I have about 15 Bonsai trees in the garden.

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I'm trying to source more Christmas Moss for my tree but can't find enough. Might need to finish it with something else.