hi there i am just really new to shrimp care and breeding so kindly forgive my ignorance. I had my shrimp tank for about 2 weeks now and i have notice that my shrimps have develop some yellow saddles... how long would it take before the saddles form to eggs?
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Depends, the female has to mate with a male.
With Cherry Shrimp usually Its only about a week.
then its another 3 weeks or so for the eggs to hatch.
What type of shrimp do you have?
With Cherry Shrimp usually Its only about a week.
then its another 3 weeks or so for the eggs to hatch.
What type of shrimp do you have?
I have painted fire reds. so what does the yellow saddle mean in these shrimps? are they already fertilized eggs or it just means that they are ready for mating?
it means that they will be breeding soon.
If all goes well, you should have babies in about a month.
If all goes well, you should have babies in about a month.
With dwarf species, the mating ritual is multiple male shrimp chasing the female (swimming) around the tank. When you see that, you know that she'll be receptive to mating in ~2 hours. She will have to molt first, then the fastest/strongest/luckiest male will mate with her. Approximately ~10 hours after that she'll lay her eggs and attach them to her swimmerets. It will then take approximately 20 to 40 days for the young to hatch. This varies greatly with health and water temperature.
at what temp is ideal my water temp right now ranges from 76 to 80... i heard thats the ideal temp for shrimps?
i also dose the fluval shrimp mineral supplement to raise the GH supposedly to help with molting and growth? is that true?
As far as I've read, there have been no published truly scientific studies concerning molting and supplements. Everything I've read on the subject is anecdotal. As for iodine, it's not needed at all. Total GH is important, but it varies from species to species, much like pH.
The temperature range you list, in Fahrenheit, is fine for most species. When temperatures are warmer, say 80F and up, the shrimp's metabolism increases. The increased metabolic rate effects changes to multiple aspects of life, for the shrimp. The shrimp eat more and grow faster, they mature more quickly, and they die sooner. In essence, their whole life cycle is sped up.
I was curious about this and have done some experimentation. However, due to an inability to control variables, I couldn't definitively prove or disprove my hypothesis. I speculated that; shrimp living in a warmer environment (84F) would produce more young, given the same number of breeding adults, when compared to a control group (78F), and a group living in cooler temps (70F). I used Macrobrachium dayanum (Red Claw), and Neocaridina denticulata sinensis (Red Cherry) shrimp. Each temperature group had six breeding couples, in individual tanks. The difficulty I had was ensuring that each shrimp was the same approximate age. I ran multiple cycles, trying to get young shrimp that had just reached sexual maturity, to begin the experiment with. However, I was never satisfied that I had accomplished this.
I did find that I could keep my nursery tanks at 84F, to get the young to grow quicker. I then could move them to a cooler 78F tank for the rest of their lives, with no discernible decrease of lifespan.
The temperature range you list, in Fahrenheit, is fine for most species. When temperatures are warmer, say 80F and up, the shrimp's metabolism increases. The increased metabolic rate effects changes to multiple aspects of life, for the shrimp. The shrimp eat more and grow faster, they mature more quickly, and they die sooner. In essence, their whole life cycle is sped up.
I was curious about this and have done some experimentation. However, due to an inability to control variables, I couldn't definitively prove or disprove my hypothesis. I speculated that; shrimp living in a warmer environment (84F) would produce more young, given the same number of breeding adults, when compared to a control group (78F), and a group living in cooler temps (70F). I used Macrobrachium dayanum (Red Claw), and Neocaridina denticulata sinensis (Red Cherry) shrimp. Each temperature group had six breeding couples, in individual tanks. The difficulty I had was ensuring that each shrimp was the same approximate age. I ran multiple cycles, trying to get young shrimp that had just reached sexual maturity, to begin the experiment with. However, I was never satisfied that I had accomplished this.
I did find that I could keep my nursery tanks at 84F, to get the young to grow quicker. I then could move them to a cooler 78F tank for the rest of their lives, with no discernible decrease of lifespan.
wow thanks for this insight... informative indeed... thanks will try that out to see what happens 