red claw shrimp grow out tank

[sed03f]

I seperated mommy #1, she has finally had her babies and their are little baby shrimp all over the tank, she is the only adult shrimp in there. Now she has another clutch of eggs in her belly!!!

I also have another berried female who needs to go in the grow out tank, she is going to drop this week or next. Can I put two berried females in the same tank?

Can I still put them in the tank with the babies? I have put lots and lots of rocks in there for the babies to hide, I definitely do not want to get another tank. I have an extra five gallon, is that large enough for one of the mommies?

I have my second child due in March, Im trying to make this easy, but all these tanks are starting to clutter my house!

 

[Nolapete]

They should be fine together.

Why are you separating them from the main tank? Just trying to save the baby shrimp when they are born?

 

[sed03f]

The forums I have read on Red Claws state to have grow out tanks. However I just left them in the turtle tank, and surprise, there are plenty of babies in there! lol, I have large creek rocks in there which seem to keep them safe, Im not having much luck with them in the grow out tanks, they have ugf in there, might have something to do with it, but the large creek rocks have been the most successful so far.

 

[pixl8r]

I used grow out tanks when I was breeding shrimp on a large scale (for a home setup). I had one community tank, where I would only cull the population when I noticed large numbers of adult males, I also used it as the source of adult breeding stock if I lost one from one of my breeding tanks. For my breeding setup, I had between five to ten tanks with one adult male and four adult females. I also had around 20 nursery/grow out tanks. I usually sold shrimp off when they were ~one month old. I was also selling around 1500 red claws a month. Then I had other setups for breeding different Macro species.

If you're only breeding to maintain your colony, there's really no reason to use a separate nursery, as long as the tank is safe for the young. That is, filled with tiny areas that the young can hide in.