Mowbz
Fish Herder
Afternoon People! Ive not posted in this section before, but hope i can get some help. 
I posted this on on a thread about my new tank earlier in Freshwater, but doubt it will get the same reception as here!
For future, the tank is 4 feet long, 2 feet tall, and 18 inches front to back. I make it 250ltrs or 50gl, or what ever it is now minus the displacement of substrate, a few plants and bits of bogwood, and a 20kg "rock". Probably around 220ltrs.
The nice couple that i bought the above tank from offered me enough media from the three externals they have running to do my new one, so i went round to pick it up from them yesterday. (They're only just across town)
While i was there i was also lucky enough to get some free Cherry shrimp. She picked me out a few females and a male in the hope they would breed and i would get more in time. Having looked at them pretty closely after i put them in, it appears i have 3 females and 2 male. The larger of the three females (I appear to have fully adult female, one slightly younger, and one very young, and an adult and juvenile male). I read a large amount of info on their life-cycle and care when i got home last night, as i've never kept shrimp. "Apparently" you cant go wrong....
The "older" of the three appears (based on my reading above) to be carrying a large amount of early stage eggs, very small and yellowish.
The "middle" of the three also appears to be carrying, but only several and much larger eggs of a orange colour. I cant see any "eyes" in them, but have read not all of them show this.
The youngest female and 2 males there isnt much to say about, they're just shrimp after all!
I noticed this morning that the "middle" one appears to have "dropped" a few eggs, no idea where they are, and the "larger" one had so many i couldn't possibly tell if she too had dropped some.
They're also now in permanent hiding. It might be worth mentioning that the tank has no other inhabitants, and there wont be until next weekend when i get some FISH in this one finally!
The tank they came from was very heavily planted, so much so that it was quite hard to pick some out (beautiful tank however, with a full CO2 setup)
Should i be worried? Water was tested last night before they wet in and this morning, all zero's with 20-40ppm nitrate.
I have a 2ft upstairs i could get running an put them in if they would be better off? Im not sure if they are crapping themselves having all this water to themselves!
Ben
I posted this on on a thread about my new tank earlier in Freshwater, but doubt it will get the same reception as here!
For future, the tank is 4 feet long, 2 feet tall, and 18 inches front to back. I make it 250ltrs or 50gl, or what ever it is now minus the displacement of substrate, a few plants and bits of bogwood, and a 20kg "rock". Probably around 220ltrs.
The nice couple that i bought the above tank from offered me enough media from the three externals they have running to do my new one, so i went round to pick it up from them yesterday. (They're only just across town
)While i was there i was also lucky enough to get some free Cherry shrimp. She picked me out a few females and a male in the hope they would breed and i would get more in time. Having looked at them pretty closely after i put them in, it appears i have 3 females and 2 male. The larger of the three females (I appear to have fully adult female, one slightly younger, and one very young, and an adult and juvenile male). I read a large amount of info on their life-cycle and care when i got home last night, as i've never kept shrimp. "Apparently" you cant go wrong....
The "older" of the three appears (based on my reading above) to be carrying a large amount of early stage eggs, very small and yellowish.
The "middle" of the three also appears to be carrying, but only several and much larger eggs of a orange colour. I cant see any "eyes" in them, but have read not all of them show this.
The youngest female and 2 males there isnt much to say about, they're just shrimp after all!
I noticed this morning that the "middle" one appears to have "dropped" a few eggs, no idea where they are, and the "larger" one had so many i couldn't possibly tell if she too had dropped some.
They're also now in permanent hiding. It might be worth mentioning that the tank has no other inhabitants, and there wont be until next weekend when i get some FISH in this one finally!
The tank they came from was very heavily planted, so much so that it was quite hard to pick some out (beautiful tank however, with a full CO2 setup)
Should i be worried? Water was tested last night before they wet in and this morning, all zero's with 20-40ppm nitrate.
I have a 2ft upstairs i could get running an put them in if they would be better off? Im not sure if they are crapping themselves having all this water to themselves!
Ben
