Berried RCS or just overweight? :)

[myswtsins]

I have had several RCS get saddled, turn bright red and then have swollen bellies (not really their bellies of course) but never any babies! See photo. I also never see the distantly yellow eggs either, they just get fat. Would that be them carrying unfertilized eggs?? Today I finally got a female holding yellow eggs! I couldn't get a picture of her of course. I wonder how far off babies are!!

I have had these guys almost 3 months now, it is about time I got some good eggs! I started feeding them EVERY day and I guess that did it. I did not want to be feeding them everyday because when I was doing that originally I got lots of MTS babies which was not the plan.

 

[myswtsins]

I got a picture of the one holding the bright yellow eggs. You can't really see them but the picture came out nice! When she had her butt to me and was fanning the eggs the camera would not focus!! :mad2:

 

[msjinkzd]

should be just under 3 weeks until babies Congrats!!

 

[myswtsins]

YAY! Thanks!

But what is up with the big girl with no visible eggs? (1st Photo) She is by far the biggest shrimp I have, at least 1 1/4 inchs.

 

[myswtsins]

No more eggs! :cry: She dropped them. I actually found the eggs floating today which I thought was pretty unlikely. I wonder why I am not having luck with breeding them.

Ph- 8.0
Kh- 12
Ammonia - 0
Nitrites - 0
Nitrates - 5
Filter - sponge
No ferts or additives

Other inhabitants are only MTS & apple snails (all babies except 1 adult), oh and a few sneaky ramshorns.

 

[crimsonmoon]

aw sorry to hear it

 

[H3D]

Awesome pics! What kind of camera are you using?

 

[The Zigman]

Dont sweat the loss of the eggs, there will be plenty more where those came from!

 

[inkyjenn]

are you sure you have a male? the male will be much smaller, and almost clear. the tail will be slender, not showing the "skirts" the females have. without a male, you wont have any fertile eggs. if you have a male, and the male is very small, he may not be mature enough to breed.

 

[myswtsins]

Wow I guess posting during the day yields a lot more responses! Thanks everyone.

I do have several males. I believe I have 2 females & 6 or 7 males actually. I am hoping that they are just now maturing and I will see more fertile eggs in the future. I bought them 3 mos ago & they were all a decent size but I do not know how long it takes them to mature.

These pictures were flukes! I can NEVER get good pictures of my shrimp. I took about 30 pictures to get that last one, but I think it was worth it! I just love the way the light is hitting the aunbias. I have a Kodak Z650 but I am having major problems with the focus right now, especially on close-up shots. I am dealing with Kodak right now actually and this explains that experience....:wall: