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msjinkzd said:
hey be careful keeping amanos with the breeding otos as I would not put it past them to eat the oto's eggs :(

Also, just got in red-nosed. If they do well, I would like to donate some of them as well to your project for shipping costs (if you are interested)
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Good call Jinxy. I just found fry in the tank that they are in today. Counted (5) wigglers today but never saw any eggs. I'm thinking I may just move them to another non Oto tank to be on the safe side and replace them with another dwarf species.

Still haven't had any Amano's berry up yet.

On a sad note, I lost a female Propinqua after molting. Hate when this happens. Not sure what causes it. I do feed calcium enriched feeds but might not be enough.

On a good note....BERRIES! Finally! Just now found a berried female in there. I'm sooooo relieved. Pick to follow. I do need add a few more to the tank to account for the past losses. Weather is getting just right for shipping so I should be able to restock at one time.

I'm still having a whale of time to grow rotifers, so it looks like this next round will just be phyto and golden pearls. I may try to introduce some baby brine but we'll see.

Jinxy, as far as the Red Nose, I'll gladly take you up on the offer. I'm rather enjoying this project I must say. Still waiting on the Ninja's to be available as well.
 
Guess my water wasn't quite ready to use yet. I know it was a little cloudy but figured it would be good to use with Prime and carbon in the filters. Turns out it wasn't. I lost some more shrimp today. Grrrrrrrr .... makes me mad. Water tests look good as there is no NH3 or NO3 in the new water. Water was slowly dripped into the tanks as always. May have just been the amount of water. But then again ..... 20-30% water change usually shouldn't be an issue but it always is for me.

Water still a little cloudy, will hopefully be able to ride it out and do some more water changes tomorrow.
 
Chalk another one up to human error!

I just discovered that the cloudiness I was noticing was due to the filter being off. I never plugged it back in after the last water change. Unreal!

Hopefully the damage is done in that I only lost (3) shrimp; 2 females and a male. I'm down to one male now.

Dang I'm so ticked at myself.

As long as the rest of them are fine. The one berried female is still doing good so that's a small plus.

Will definately have to get a small restock for them.
 
aha. I will donate rednosed for shipping. Just shoot me another email after this weekend. Their process should be close to propinqua
 
All looks well after the flub up. Water is nice and clear. Shrimpies look good. Better yet, female is still berried. Approaching the one week mark so she will be going into isolation in a few days.

Salt tanks have been prepped and are running ready for their occupants.
 
And here's the newest project additions:

This is Caridina gracilirostris (a.k.a Red Nose or Pinocchio Shrimp)

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Special thanks to msjinkzd (Rachael) for the contribution to the efforts.

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And today we find this:

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Phase II of the project is officially under way!

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Getting ready to isolate one Amano female today. Have everything prepped and ready to go. Going to do something just a little different during this round. On another note, found (2) Amano's berried up. They are nearly two weeks apart so this could be a little interesting. I'll have to go and get a few more small tanks.

One Propinqua with a very nice saddle. Here of late, they have been dropping the eggs after a week which is not good. Water quality is good so there may be some other underlying feature that I haven't discovered just yet. So we'll see.

Still nothing as yet on the Red Nose. Actually hard to tell if there is a female in this bunch to be honest with you.

I'll post back once the Amano's is isolated and settled in.
 
Here's some shots from today's progress.

This is the first expecting mom:
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Close up of the developing eggs. As you can see, they will hatch any day now.
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Now, here is a very quick shot of the breeding setup.
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I've got more work to do on this since I am restructuring everything. Previous attempts have had the light on the side of the tanks. I will be building a frame in which the light will hang directly over top. I will have to be mindful of the temps as warm weather is approaching but think it will work out fine.

Another change is going to be in the air circulation. Past attempts had one air tube directly in the center. The new format will have two tubes cross corner from each other. This will be an added benefit for better circulation and water movement. When the frame is bent, the tubes will hang directly from the top of the frame to be able to adjust the flow better. I feel this will be a much system.

With more shrimp being added, I will have to make the frame capable of handling at least (4) tanks.

Once the larvae have hatched out, I will immediately begin flushing them downstream. This test group will be handled in both sea and brack water. Phyto will be introduced during this time as well to get it seeded and the larvae can start looking for food when they are ready.

Stay tuned for more....
 
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