I recently got some "golden yellow shrimp" from aquabid.
I got 13 in total and spread them out with 5 my 10 community and 8 in my 2.5 gallon. The ones in the 10 gallon are in a DIY "breeder box" made from pantyhose and a juice bottle. The bottle is filled with moss and the bottom is cut off and covered in pantyhose. The 10 gallon is slightly overstocked at the moment.
For the first few weeks the shrimp have been doing fine but 1 1/2 weeks ago one shrimp in the breeder box died (the only one that was completely gold ) and since then either 1 or 2 has died. Now I have 2 problems.
The shrimp in the 2.5 are doing great but like I said the ones in the 10 are dying. I don't know if its the fertilizers, overstocked, stress, or what I fear, disease.
They seem pretty healthy but I don't want to risk infecting the 2.5 which seems to be doing great. Basically I am freaking out because these are my first shrimp but I decided to get the nicer, more expensive yellows. Should I move them all into the 2.5 or just cross my fingers?
Problem #2 is that the shrimp are showing 3 different colors it seems:
#1 golden shell (mostly clear but bright, thick yellow layer forming on shell- seller told me these are the "golden shrimp" - at the moment just developing golden shell)
#2 yellow (yellow translucent- very yellow to slightly yellow - some are slightly yellow and starting to grow yellow shell)
#3 clear/ reddish (1-2 showing this... it started clear but is getting darker)
I am going to separate the completely clear or strange colored shrimp but should it be ok to breed the yellow with the golden shell? Will that just produce yellow shrimp that grow a golden shell?
Any help is appreciated
I got 13 in total and spread them out with 5 my 10 community and 8 in my 2.5 gallon. The ones in the 10 gallon are in a DIY "breeder box" made from pantyhose and a juice bottle. The bottle is filled with moss and the bottom is cut off and covered in pantyhose. The 10 gallon is slightly overstocked at the moment.
For the first few weeks the shrimp have been doing fine but 1 1/2 weeks ago one shrimp in the breeder box died (the only one that was completely gold ) and since then either 1 or 2 has died. Now I have 2 problems.
The shrimp in the 2.5 are doing great but like I said the ones in the 10 are dying. I don't know if its the fertilizers, overstocked, stress, or what I fear, disease.
They seem pretty healthy but I don't want to risk infecting the 2.5 which seems to be doing great. Basically I am freaking out because these are my first shrimp but I decided to get the nicer, more expensive yellows. Should I move them all into the 2.5 or just cross my fingers?
Problem #2 is that the shrimp are showing 3 different colors it seems:
#1 golden shell (mostly clear but bright, thick yellow layer forming on shell- seller told me these are the "golden shrimp" - at the moment just developing golden shell)
#2 yellow (yellow translucent- very yellow to slightly yellow - some are slightly yellow and starting to grow yellow shell)
#3 clear/ reddish (1-2 showing this... it started clear but is getting darker)
I am going to separate the completely clear or strange colored shrimp but should it be ok to breed the yellow with the golden shell? Will that just produce yellow shrimp that grow a golden shell?
Any help is appreciated