Project Orange

And again....caviar!
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Just can't figure this out. No clue as to why every Propinqua lady eats their dang eggs! Grrrrr...so frustrating. Maybe a new infusion of some new males may help. I ran some tests on the water parms and they look pretty good. I'm almost certain that it's something minute that I just haven't picked up on as yet. Hopefully, I'll learn it soon.

The Amano lady did dump nearly all her eggs but that was to be expected. She's holding on to about 1/4 of what she had. I'm debating whether I should still attempt this small group (if they hatch) or just put her back and wait til next time?

Ninja's are still doing their thing. Changing colors multiple times a day depending on where they are in the tank. Can't wait til spring so I can get a fresh shipment in to boost their numbers. Still no berries there so must be taking some time off.
 
New recruits arrived today. Hopefully I'll get some better results with the new DNA.

While moving the new Props, woops...Caridina thambipillai, (they have been renamed), I found a berried female. I was able to easily isolate her so we'll keep an eye on her and see what happens. The new boys are a little small yet so it will be a spell before they hopefully make a difference.
 
Came home today and found (2) berried Propinqua's. Woops... I mean Thambipillai's. I don't like that name. :) Thamb's. Just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Anyway, I moved both into one isolation tank. Now, here's what I'm doing this time. I'm going to be doing daily water changes. Also, I placed a wad of moss in there and a small Java Fern. Air stone on low....but then again...maybe I should run it sparingly. Might leave that for another test.
 
Well that didn't work. I did a water change last night. Both weren't doing very well this morning when I turned the lights on. One was on her side but alive and moved when I moved her. She is still holding her eggs. The other gal was just a tad more active but she ate her eggs! I went ahead and moved them both back into their tank even though one of them is still holding eggs. Rather loose eggs than a lady.

This is just so frustrating. At wits end here and just can't figure this out. Maybe a whole new environment change for them will help. When I redo my loach tank, I'll move them over in there and see if that will trigger anything.
 
Have you seem the Props take a clutch to complete hatch in your tank? Maybe it is the stress of the move to the holding that is causing it? Are they viable eggs or have the eggs already gone south when she's eating them?

What if you used a smaller tank...say a 5 and when a hatch is witness flush the entire tank volume "to the sea". At least then you would be getting some zoa into the process.
 
tolawdjk said:
Have you seem the Props take a clutch to complete hatch in your tank? Maybe it is the stress of the move to the holding that is causing it? Are they viable eggs or have the eggs already gone south when she's eating them?

What if you used a smaller tank...say a 5 and when a hatch is witness flush the entire tank volume "to the sea". At least then you would be getting some zoa into the process.
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Sry I missed this tol...When the project first started, I was getting good hatches. Now granted that was with a different batch of shrimp. I lost nearly all of them and have since replaced. I even just received a few more males from Rachael to increase the ratio a bit. I'm really hoping that it will make a difference.

I am trying to score some 2g tanks this weekend. Starting to look iffy unfortunately but we'll see.

On a slightly positive note, I have been eyeballing a berried female. Today is day four. {knocks on simulated wood}. I'm not going to attempt to move her just yet. I want to see if I can get a couple more days in and then go for the move. Keeping my fingers crossed.
 
Still holding on to her eggs. I'm starting to feel a little better. Now I did do some scaping in the tank so will have to see if it will cause her any stress. It also seems to me that some of that gals are getting their orange back. Hmmmm. I'll have to watch this very closely. Might be able to tie this in with tank parms. While the tank sits in good numbers, it just might not be ideal for them.
 
Still holding. Most excellent! I will probably attempt to isolate her tomorrow. I did find another berried lady but it appears that her eggs are bad.
 
Alas...no more eggs. I guess the bright side would be that the lady held on to them longer this time. Such a mystery. So here's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna run a test. I'm going to move a male and two or three ladies over to another tank and see what happens.
 
i wonder if it's maybe the time of year? My shrimp have been in decline generally, and in complete Lysistrata mode when it comes to breeding, since around October. Even in an indoor/controlled/artificially lit environment I wonder if there is some sort of biological trigger they are sensing that this is "not a good time right now dear"? or somesuch.

or maybe they all just have headaches. who knows. :)
 
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