Red Cherry Shrimpie with eggs!

[aardvark1]

Looks like I'm gonna be a "Grand-dad"!

Bought some Red Cherry Shrimp from John N.; received last Friday. Noticed tow of them had saddles. Well, one of them must have been making whoopee with one of the males; eggs have appeared!

Must be doing something right! This is the same tank that has two Brig snail egg clutches (pics posted last Saturday)

Tanks gonna be busy soon!

 

[mtiller]

cool! i always wanted to some cherry shrimp. how much did you pay for them? how was the shipping success? who'd you buy from again?

 

[aardvark1]

Got 'em from John N. on this board (page 2 of the classified forum)

Beviking on the same forum also has some for sale.

Mine cost me $20 for the 10, received in 2 days, all alive.

Got some more coming from Beviking; gonna open up a shrimp ranch!

:dance2:

 

[mtiller]

oh ok thx! i may order soon, it'll be a while though i dont' have any free tanks.

 

[kkifer]

So, Art, do you have babies yet? I remembered this post because I got my order of shrimp on the same day you did, so I ran to see if any of mine were carrying eggs. Not then, but two days later two females had eggs.

Today I spotted two TINY shrimp sitting on a root. Had to use a magnifier glass to be sure. So, let's see, that was 26 days gestation.

Hope there are more hiding.

 

[aardvark1]

Yep-

Got little bitty shrimpies!

How many I'm not sure; have only spotted 3 at one time. They are so small -and with my cateracts and already bad eyes-could be missing them hiding in the java moss.

Had two with eggs (and have hatched, I think) and noticed a molted skin last night so should have another egg bearer soon.

Meanwhile, the two Brig snails in the same tanlk have gone crazy. 5 clutches have hatched, fresh clutch 2 days ago!

Snails and Shrimpies everywhere!

Must be something in the water!

 

[CaitxSith]

wow... i wish i had some shrimp... but i really dunno how many to buy or their care. and i only see 1 in the lfs... ghost shrimp?

 

[aardvark1]

Cait-

www.petshrimp.com for advice.

I got mine from gentlemen here on this board (John N. and Beviking).

Neat little critters!

 

[John N.]

That's great that the shrimp are doing well for ya! I'm happy they are thriving in their new home. That's pretty quick too, I remember sending them off to you only about a month ago, and now they're reproducing for you! Wow!

Congrats on the new baby shrimp!

-John N.

 

[ReignsAngel]

aardvark1, nice shrimp picture. Way to go Grand-dad!

John N., I have a few ghost shrimp. I was thinking about getting a different kind of shrimp. Would the majority of them do fine together or do they tend to be territorial?