Upgrading My Shrimp Tank

[Mamashack]

Saddled means they are a maturing female and have eggs behind their head. Once they are fertilised the eggs drop to the undercarriage and are then described as "berried"
The white pearl shrimp in my avatar is berried and they are nicknamed snowball shrimp as the eggs look like tiny snowballs.

 

[Zikofski]

aah thnx for clearing that up too mamshack always confusing when people talk about saddled and berried i thought it was the same thing just different wording hows the eggs looking i just researched they carry the eggs for around 30 days

 

[Mamashack]

I understand it's 25-35 days depending on the temp - unfortunately both my berried ones have lost their eggs tho I've been told it's not unusual for 1st- and even 2nd-timers so I'm not too upset. Got my fingers crossed that they will be berried again soon.
Have transferred the "new" white pearls from the QT after 3 weeks and so far so good. Have spotted 4 saddled females and 2 empty females (the ones that lost the eggs) Have been told that when they moult next they should saddle again.

 

[Zikofski]

awesome i have been doing some more research and i have come across this site (unsure if its okay to post on here but il do it anyway mod will remove if its bad ) but i hope not as its an awesome piece of information for any person looking into breeding shrimp, u may have already seen it but this has certainly helped me a little bit 
 
http/www.planetinverts.com/shrimp_reproduction.html
 
some great pictures on there that will help clear up a few things ALSO this link shows a few myths that both you and me have questioned
 
http/www.planetinverts.com/myths.html
 
hope these help if you have not seen them before

 

[Mamashack]

I use Planet Invert a lot - it's great and he speaks from experience which is always useful to know.
I also follow Fancy Shrimp on Youtube and Facebook. Some really helpful videos.
I'm a member of The Shrimp Spot too.

 

[Mamashack]

Look what I've got!! I was wrong about her losing all her eggs!

4mm long at the moment and clearly loving the guava leaf which must seem like a mountain!

 

[Zikofski]

Haha that is awesome you must be doing something right at least congrats I bought 10 more cherry shimp for my veggie filter today finaly got round to cleaning that up I hoep I have the same results as you with breeding

 

[Mamashack]

I'm just so pleased that even one made it. She looked like she was still carrying a couple of eggs but I daren't hope that they'd make it.
Maybe be another hiding in there tho have only seen one at a time so could be the same one.

 

[Mamashack]

Here's another pic - he/she is getting quite adventurous now and swimming about the tank.
Enjoying a bit of moss!

 

[Mamashack]

New berried white pearl:

 
 
 
One of my 3 new berried orange sakura shrimp (in the 30L)

 

[Zikofski]

Aah that is awesome so glad everything is going well for you did u only get one new white pearl? Being born? I think that's the term for shrimp haha

 

[Mamashack]

Thanks, Zik! I've seen 2 white pearl shrimplets, but I think that may be all there is as she only seemed to carry a couple of eggs to the end. I'll be pleasantly surprised if there are more, but I doubt it.

 

[Dandyman3]

Amazing. Looks exciting