Ghost Shrimp with Eggs
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I have baby shrimp!!!!!!!!They look like fully formed, just tiny, shrimp which means that they are the completely freshwater variety according to my research.
I have counted 4 so far. They are about 3mm, they are very clear and hard to see unless you are really looking. You can mostly just see the eyes. I will post some pictures of the newborn shrimp soon if anyone is interested.
It took 27 days from the time I first noticed the eggs till I found them this morning.
I removed the mother, the babies are in the homemade breeding net/playpen. I made it out of pantyhose and bamboo skewers, the pantyhose have smaller holes then regular breeding nets.
Nope, mine are in a 5 gallon with the filter it came with and a heater. I have had them for a few months. Are you feeding them?
As an update, my babies are getting bigger, I have at least 4 that have survived so far and the mom is pregnant again, but, I don't have room for any more shrimp so I am just going to let nature take its course this time and leave the mom in the main tank.
As an update, my babies are getting bigger, I have at least 4 that have survived so far and the mom is pregnant again, but, I don't have room for any more shrimp so I am just going to let nature take its course this time and leave the mom in the main tank.
Aww, how neat! I just started breeding red cherry shrimp. I was really disappointed, it appeared that my mommy shrimp "dropped" her eggs to the bottom of the bare bottom tank, where they turned yellow (they were green). I'm assuming they died? I don't see any baby shrimp, but perhaps I'll take a second look.