how to breed red cherry shrimps?

**eprouve** · 12th Dec 2002, 17:41

Ok, now 2 of the egg carrying females are no longer carrying their eggs this morning. I presume they were laid last night after lights out cos they were still carrying their eggs last night. I don't see any fries in the holdng tank either. Or are the eggs supposed to &quot;hatch&quot; later? If so, the eggs were probably laid in the riccia... darn!

Waiting to see what happens in 8 weeks. I've gotten a fan so thw water is consistently about 25 deg C.

The other 2 still carrying eggs.

**stormhawk** · 12th Dec 2002, 18:46

u'll see tiny little things jigging about in the water like minute wrigglers. i suppose those are the shrimp fry cos i had alot of those buggers in the water when my malayans released their fry.

**M0rph3us** · 12th Dec 2002, 20:09

i just noticed my red cherry and one of them has eggs under her belly too!!!

**eprouve** · 14th Dec 2002, 14:48

I see the fries! About 20-30 of them... so hard to see... they are about 2mm little shrimps. yay! Thankfull I have them in a breeding net... cos when I tried to test water by transferring one of them into the main tank, it didn't last 2 seconds... was eaten by one of my cardinals.

**M0rph3us** · 14th Dec 2002, 16:01

hm... mine is in a tank where there are bee shimp, wood shrimp and ottos leh.. will it do?? if not im going to transfer them away..
and also.. i only got 2 cherry shrimps.. 1 of them with eggs.. will it spawn too?

**M0rph3us** · 14th Dec 2002, 18:41

holy ****!!!!!!!!!!! I SEE 1 FRY ALERADY!!!! ITS REALLY SMALL AND TRANSPARENT@!!!!!
HOW NOW!!! shld i take out the bee shrimp, wood shrimp, ottos to another tank or leave them together with the spawning cherry?!?!?!?! the shrimps still has some eggs at her belly.. i think giving birth soon to mroe fries... NEED ADVISE URGENTLY!!!!
hahaha so happy and excitied now...[

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**eprouve** · 14th Dec 2002, 21:23

I also don't know... seeing how it goes lor... you got no fish, so I don't think they'll eat the fries.

**M0rph3us** · 14th Dec 2002, 21:24

i separtated the ottos and shrimps liao.. now left cherry shrimps in the tank.. hope it works... [

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**route** · 14th Dec 2002, 21:48

i hope they survive then i'll have free supplies of cherry shrimps from u.

**stormhawk** · 14th Dec 2002, 22:03

the otos won't eat the baby shrimp. neither will the other shrimps with the exception of the wood shrimp cos they're filter feeders. i think u'll need alot of moss cover or thick vegetation to ensure that at least some will survive. i think the fry will settle down at some areas of the tank and will feed on the algae that's growing. try growing a patch of green algae and get loads of moss to provide hiding places. perhaps u guys should ask the resident hei-bee king MECH for tips.

**Irn-Bru** · 14th Dec 2002, 22:18

stormhawk, how does one grow just a patch of algae under controlled conditions?

**stormhawk** · 14th Dec 2002, 22:27

u could try using just a pebble in a tank placed under sunlight. just to get that particular pebble coated with algae. though i read somewhere that shrimp fry actually feed on the algal coat.

**Irn-Bru** · 14th Dec 2002, 22:51

woah... great idea!

thanks

**stormhawk** · 14th Dec 2002, 23:26

no probs. that'll just make the algae grow on just that particular pebble. should work. though the container will be algae-fied. haha

**M0rph3us** · 15th Dec 2002, 00:12

hmmmmm good idea man... gotta find a pebble liao.. how long will it take for algae to grow?

**stormhawk** · 15th Dec 2002, 00:38

gee, i don't know. with good sunlight, some water from the tank, and some fish food, i think algae will infest the container in no time. try using those clear plastic tanks.

**kenny** · 15th Dec 2002, 01:44

helllo ~

my cherry shrimps also bred in my tank with bee shrimps and around 10 exclamation mark rasboras.

in the beginning i also sort of worry that the rasboras will eat the babies. but now i see a few of the tiny baby cherry walk all over the tank and the fish dun bother them, i just let them be.

i didn't purposely add any algae for them to eat coz they eat the tetrabits i used to feed the fish, my tank has quite alot of moss too though...

i believe the cherries are quite productive so u dun worry lah[

] i can see eggs filling up in the gut area of the females now already, even though they just released their fries 1-2 weeks ago....

my females are bigger and redder ie more beautiful than the males, which are lighter in colour.. are urs like that too ??

good luck !!