I have a 10 gallon planted tank that's been set up for a while, 78 degrees, weekly water changes, no dosing for the plants at all, very soft water, pH around 6.8. I added 15 yellow shrimp in October. I still have 15 shrimp.
I feed them Ken's vegetable sticks with Ca. I can see the saddles develop, but I've never seen a berried female, I know I have males and females. What's up with that?
I've spoken to two other people in my area - one having the same issue with yellows, and one who's noticed a decrease in the expansion of their cherry shrimp colony- but hasn't been watching it carefully, so I'm not sure if that's at all related.
So here's my question- if you are having luck, what specifically are you doing differently? Food? temp? GH/KH/PH? Or are you having similar issues? I want to keep this thread on track, so please don't stop in to just say "mine breed like crazy in tap water but I'm not sure of my tank parameters"
I feed them Ken's vegetable sticks with Ca. I can see the saddles develop, but I've never seen a berried female, I know I have males and females. What's up with that?
I've spoken to two other people in my area - one having the same issue with yellows, and one who's noticed a decrease in the expansion of their cherry shrimp colony- but hasn't been watching it carefully, so I'm not sure if that's at all related.
So here's my question- if you are having luck, what specifically are you doing differently? Food? temp? GH/KH/PH? Or are you having similar issues? I want to keep this thread on track, so please don't stop in to just say "mine breed like crazy in tap water but I'm not sure of my tank parameters"