I AM A SHRIMP MOMMY!!!!

That's right!

I bought 4 Crystal Red Shrimp about a month ago, and noticed one of them came with eggs so I bought her her own small little tank furnished with two moss balls, a frogbit, and some anacharis. Now, after a month, and the death of the other three in the main tank... I HAVE BABIES!!!

I know what you're going to ask for, but, sorry, I cannot take pictures yet because they might be sensative to flash. LOL, actually, they are still very, very small. They are as thin as a strand of hair, and about 1/16th of an inch long.... I see 5, and I hope more survive past the crucial first week.

YAY!

Only one survivor from that batch... getting some more new ones on Thursday from the LFS to revitalize my population.

For the time being they are in a small plastic tank with no filter whatsoever... maybe the mom ate them?

In the 5.5 I have a Stingray filter (http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/14695/product.web)... I can position it so the intake is higher... or should I use a sponge filter instead... I'm trying to save money as I've already spent a lot on the CRS setup.

Oh, and for food, they been getting a small piece of flake... I guess that's not enough.



Since I'm so excited about my new tank, and I've told MG all about it... maybe I shouls share here:

5.5 gallons
10lbs piece of petrified wood
Black gravel
Black river rocks
Java Moss wall (still needs to grow)
and........
20+ MARIMO MOSS BALLS!!!
and, I'll prolly stick in my Amazon Frogbit from work because those don't seem to be growing that well there.