Shrimpettes!

[Jinty McGinty]

Chuffed to have seen one of my female Red Cherry's carrying a bunch of eggs. So pleased

Any advice on making sure she doesn't drop them?

And to ensure the shrimpettes survive?

 

[coldcazzie]

Any advice on making sure she doesn't drop them?

Good water conditions and no stress.

And to ensure the shrimpettes survive?

Lots of hiding places - moss is great, as are low plants (carpet plants/crypts etc) or heavy planting that they can escape into.

However, cherries are fairly robust when it comes to breeding. If you've a fair group of adults then your population will grow

 

[three-fingers]

Maybe provide some leaf-litter or something to up survival rates (more biofilm for babies to eat and hiding places), I've always found fighters to be keen hunters of small shrimp. Filter inlet looks great for protecting shrimp!

Only issue with adding leaf-litter (like Indian almond or oak leaves) is it may make the water unsuitable for your mollies (lowers pH a lot). The fighter would love water like that though, as would the rams...looking at your stocking, I think you may benefit from some fish shuffling .

Rams needing much warmer acidic water long-term, and fighters prefer it that way too. ph 5-6.5 at 28*C-30*C would be ideal for them.
Your mollies need cool-mid temps and very hard alkaline water, ideally with marine salt but as the Danios prefer cooler also slightly alkaline water I would miss that out. The endlers would be better in slightly cooler alkaline water too. The shrimp don't care, and will breed in slightly acidic water upwards to brackish, in higher temps but have shorter live-spans and breed faster..

I'm sure some will survive if you do nothing anyway as they multiply very fast!

 

[Jinty McGinty]

Any advice on making sure she doesn't drop them?

Good water conditions and no stress.

And to ensure the shrimpettes survive?

Lots of hiding places - moss is great, as are low plants (carpet plants/crypts etc) or heavy planting that they can escape into.

However, cherries are fairly robust when it comes to breeding. If you've a fair group of adults then your population will grow

Will get more moss in. Have a lot of low plants but they are separated out, can bunch them back to create one larger area though.

Maybe provide some leaf-litter or something to up survival rates (more biofilm for babies to eat and hiding places), I've always found fighters to be keen hunters of small shrimp. Filter inlet looks great for protecting shrimp!

Only issue with adding leaf-litter (like Indian almond or oak leaves) is it may make the water unsuitable for your mollies (lowers pH a lot). The fighter would love water like that though, as would the rams...looking at your stocking, I think you may benefit from some fish shuffling .

Rams needing much warmer acidic water long-term, and fighters prefer it that way too. ph 5-6.5 at 28*C-30*C would be ideal for them.
Your mollies need cool-mid temps and very hard alkaline water, ideally with marine salt but as the Danios prefer cooler also slightly alkaline water I would miss that out. The endlers would be better in slightly cooler alkaline water too. The shrimp don't care, and will breed in slightly acidic water upwards to brackish, in higher temps but have shorter live-spans and breed faster..

I'm sure some will survive if you do nothing anyway as they multiply very fast!

The stocking is over two tanks. Danios have gone to a friend. I have soft water and low ph already being Scottish like you. Bettas like Almond leaves for something too......would have to go google it.

 

[fishprotector]

Ohh is that one of the ones you got from me? If so, that did not take long did it. Good news

 

[Jinty McGinty]

Ohh is that one of the ones you got from me? If so, that did not take long did it. Good news

Yep it is indeed