Congratulations ms!!! I am very proud for you.
Several questions:
Do you believe that you will be able to raise them to be adults and if not what percentage?
I am confident that the ones that have hatched will be successfully raised to adulthood.
Have you been able to sex the adults and if so how more fry are you anticipating within the next month?
Looks like i have 4 females and 6 male adults. I am not certain, probably will have pregnant mamas again in about 3 weeks, not sure on the total baby shrimp count as the tank is heavily planted. I assume there are about 45 babies in there.
I somehow thought that in chat you indicated that you had your tap water condition under control without RO/DI?
I feel like I do. It may not be in the stereotypical "ideal" range, but the proof is in the pudding. I do 3-4x weekly water changes on the tank and so far its working. I have a cubic yard of peat on standby if I notice that the babies are not thriving, or the mamas are not continuing to reproduce. I have consistent molts and the parents are very active and seemingly doing fantastic. No losses to date.
I believe that your CRS were purchased from a Forum member and are in the A category.
Do you anticipate the purchase of A grade from other folks (or maybe just swapping) in order to preclude inbreeding.
I would like to, however I don't think that is an issue right now. I would like to get more "fresh" blood within about 6 months time. As of right now, just building up the base stock is important.
