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The dance will stop a few hours (may be 2-3 hours) after the female molted and is mated. Congraduation, you will be expecting to see a berried shrimp.
Got back today and for over 2 hours now, the shrimps are still swimming all around my tank! Up down around under. A dance like swim. Both my Aura Blues and CRS. Never really seen my shrimps done this before or I may have missed it other times they did this. Understand its probably due to a female molting or releasing her hormones? How long does this dance usually last? What should I expect after this?
I will try to upload some videos later as it seems youtube upload server is down.
The dance will stop a few hours (may be 2-3 hours) after the female molted and is mated. Congraduation, you will be expecting to see a berried shrimp.
All species male and female swim?
silane
erm is neither you will have a berried mama soon or maybe touchwood your water got problem and they are irritated.
http://youtu.be/Iuz4Qq7LXLg
Video of the dance
Looks like all swimming. Did not see any shrimp not swimming in the tank. However my tank does have alot of hiding space thoughOriginally Posted by silane
You are keeping rummy nose fish with your shrimps?
I never see this with my shrimps before sia.
still learning the hard way!!
Yupe.. they never seem to disturb my shrimps before. Thought Rummies are possibly the safest tetra to have with shrimps?
Anyway I am not really looking to breed my shrimps. Of course not looking to have them eaten up as well.
Just saw a big molt. Should my my largest female aura blue shrimp. See size of molt compared to my horned snail above it. Maybe I will have some small Aura's soon? Poor picture quality due to zoom level on my iphone
Molt.jpg
Try to see which shrimp mate with your aura blue. Usually the male will mate with the female after it shed its shell.
It is either you have only 1 or 2 females and the rest are males OR your water parameter has gone very wrong.
If females and shrimplets also swimming all around, someone may have sprayed baygon in the room!
Edit: just watched the video. Does not look like male dance. The male dance is a drunken slow swim that circles around to look for the female. The video shows them dashing around
Haha the dance is quite vigorous ah? I mean I've seen my shrimps dance like this before.. quite hardcore. Sometimes they're not so hardcore.. maybe the girl shrimp is super duper sexy and they cannot tahan anymore? hahaha!
Hmm..i have this at times too..i guess it should be normal..but females and shrimplets shouldn't be swimming like this..if they do then there is something wrong with the water..
Aspiring to be.
looks okay to me..
that will happen to my tank too if i double dose beni breeding liquid
Zack
Wa you use So much XD I prefer the natures way no chemicals.looks okay to me..
that will happen to my tank too if i double dose beni breeding liquid
This must be a super duper sexy female...like what bro ecalyte says.
Anyway..try keeping them with out fishes...even if you don't intend to breed them. Cause I don't think you wish those poor little shrimplets taken as a buffet when they just step in on earth right?
Hmm.. I don't do it often. Maybe once every 2 months? And the double dosage is done because of carelessness.. And last of all mind you, breeding liquid is all natural as well. On top of that, currently all adult females in my tank are berried
Zack
Oliver, are you aware of the rummies's full grown size? Have a lookie at one of GC's tank that's full of rummies. Drop in some food or a dead shrimp and judge for yourself whether they're the "safest tetra" (which by the way, there's no such thing!!)
So said the rummy, "Kind sir, that mama was sumptuous!! Can we have more!"
I'm back & keeping 'em fingers wet,
Ronnie Lee
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