Finally Found

[Baccus]

I dismantled one of my 4ft tanks today, partly to get all the BN fry out but also to get all the cherry shrimp out of the tank and only return the best of the best. I knew I had put some Australian Chameleon shrimp in the tank but had not seen them since their release date a month or so ago. Anyway today out of the hundreds of cherry shrimp, I finally found at least one of the chamelons and what a one to find.

So enjoy my pretty blue chameleon he/ she will probably be a totally different colour tomorrow.

 

[Better is Betta]

Ahhh! very nice Baccus Did you spot any more in the tank? You gotta show everyone the pics of the swam on cherries you fished out of your tank. I've never seen so many

 

[Baccus]

9:20 pm and I am still trying to sort them , no luck so far finding any more but I have heaps of tiny shrimplets that could be either type, they are just too small to tell. I did locate a really nice almost black local creek shrimp who is now sulking and has dropped all its colour. I will have to upload the pic of the shrimp in the container later.
The scary thing is all of those shrimp where in a tank with Black neon tetra, golden tetras, harlequin rosabora and some other one I forget the name of, 3 huge Pakastani loches, a breeding pair of bristle noses and and a swag of strebia cory's, a siamese fighter and the monster B.E. shrimp that is still cruising the tank, and the cherry still managed to breed up a storm.

Woe betide any creeks if cherry shrimp got into them although I think the macrobrachium might make quick meals of them.

 

[Baccus]

Heres a couple of pictures of the vast majority of the cherry shrimp that where living the highlife in the 4ft tank.

 

[Better is Betta]

Heres a couple of pictures of the vast majority of the cherry shrimp that where living the highlife in the 4ft tank.

That is absolutely amazing You must be the only one out there with so many cherries. I wish mine were in abundance like that. There must be something in your water I know I keep saying that but everything you have seems to breed up a storm.

 

[Baccus]

What is really scary is Is that another 2 of my tanks would have to have nearly double that number, I just wish the NQ Zebras, False Zebras and Darwin Red Nosed would develop the breeding like flies bug, then I would be really happy . I might have to see about getting some more of them to boost thier numbers as well as Australian Chameleon shrimp then I might start seeing some populations expanding.
Just give me a-hoy if you want any more cherrys, I might even be ready by then to also off load some blue cherry's. At least I am starting to get some good mutations now in my stocks, just no yellows yet.

As for the water....well we do have the second largest catchment in Australia so who knows what is in the water by the time it gets here.

 

[Better is Betta]

Can you imagine if you sold those cherries for just one dollar each you'd end up with thousands in your pocket. I'm hoping your zebras breed up and you have just as many as your cherries. Im thinking that will happen knowing how well your other aquatic life multiply.

 

[Baccus]

The thousands sounds nice but I doubt it would happen, shrimp keeping isn't huge in my area although I am teaching one of the local pet shops the joys of keeping the little dears.

 

[Baccus]

New and better pictures of my chameleon shrimp.