Project Orange
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As expected...I lost all four Amano shrimpets. Dang! The bad part is....I knew it. I'm now wondering if I should have tried adding some salt water back to the tank to minimize the effect? I'm getting ready to get a salinity reading to see just how bad I goofed. Just goes to show you, you need to pay attention when your working with stuff like this. No sense beating myself up for it. What's done is done and I can't change it. I am going to do a water change in the zoea tank. I'll check the other tanks afterwards.
Water changes in the zoea tanks complete. It looks like I have (6) Amano zoea left. Nice hefty sized ones too. Just waiting for them to morph. I'll be feeding them a little more Spirulina and Golden Pearls this evening. Yes, I'm still kicking myself for over doing it on the shrimpets. Other Amano lady still holding eggs. I'll examine her closely tomorrow to see if I can get a feel for the anticipated hatching. I will also move another Amano lady into isolation this weekend.
Ninja zoea are now sitting at 1.018 salinity. I fed a bit more phyto this evening. Other Ninja lady is still holding her eggs. If by chance I get to work on the zoea rack this weekend, I will move another Ninja lady into isolation.
Nothing further to report on the Propinqua at this time.
Ninja zoea are now sitting at 1.018 salinity. I fed a bit more phyto this evening. Other Ninja lady is still holding her eggs. If by chance I get to work on the zoea rack this weekend, I will move another Ninja lady into isolation.
Nothing further to report on the Propinqua at this time.
hey james,
i found a baby orange shrimp
i hope it is a baby orange, as i had 6 in a floating breeder net, and I looked in yesterday, and I see a tiny faded orange thing, i think it is leftover food, and i look and it is a shrimpie
good luck with urs, idk what i did either, they are just floating in a discus tank
i found a baby orange shrimp
i hope it is a baby orange, as i had 6 in a floating breeder net, and I looked in yesterday, and I see a tiny faded orange thing, i think it is leftover food, and i look and it is a shrimpie
good luck with urs, idk what i did either, they are just floating in a discus tank
hey james,
i found a baby orange shrimp
i hope it is a baby orange,
What kind of shrimp do you have? Doesn't sound like you have Caridina cf. Propinqua as they hatch as larvae and take several weeks to morph into the shrimp form that we know. Do you have RCS maybe? There is an orange morph from this line.
No new hatchings to report. Both Ninjas and Amanos still holding eggs.
Ninja zoea are still progressing. I'm not liking how I have their tank as I'm only to view about 1/4 of it. I keep saying this but have to get the rack completed. Fair amount in there just no idear as to how many. Not sure if I mentioned it or not but with this tank, I'm using an air stone instead of the usual bubble wands I have.
Amano zoea: There are a couple that appear ready to go upstream. I still have a couple of free floaters in there. They are taking their own sweet time. I even have one zoea that is only floating on the top which I find odd. I keep thinking it has expired but everytime I take a bamboo skewer and get close to it, it zips off. Will be fishing out the shrimpets today and start the freshwater acclimation process.
Ninja zoea are still progressing. I'm not liking how I have their tank as I'm only to view about 1/4 of it. I keep saying this but have to get the rack completed.
Fair amount in there just no idear as to how many. Not sure if I mentioned it or not but with this tank, I'm using an air stone instead of the usual bubble wands I have. Amano zoea: There are a couple that appear ready to go upstream. I still have a couple of free floaters in there. They are taking their own sweet time. I even have one zoea that is only floating on the top which I find odd. I keep thinking it has expired but everytime I take a bamboo skewer and get close to it, it zips off. Will be fishing out the shrimpets today and start the freshwater acclimation process.
And the battle begins....trying to catch the few Amano shrimpets. Oh what fun! I got one at the moment. Looks like two more need to be moved. Other zoeas are finally grabbing the bottom but not ready for freshwater yet. Once they are caught, they will start migrating upstream.
Ninja zoea continue to do well. They are scheduled for a water change today. Will get to that in just a bit.
I got one at the moment. Looks like two more need to be moved. Other zoeas are finally grabbing the bottom but not ready for freshwater yet. Once they are caught, they will start migrating upstream.Ninja zoea continue to do well. They are scheduled for a water change today. Will get to that in just a bit.
Glad that you've finally begin piecing together how to get them through the entire process. How many molts does it take from the larval stage to shrimplets? A little birdie told me you might have a stiphodon project in the works?
I'm not actually sure. Being that they are so small, it's hard to tell how many molts. I have seen a couple exos in the water so it would be safe to say at least one.
As for the stiphodons, I'm not familiar with that. What type of shrimp are they?
