I got Babies Now with photo

Yay!!!! the 20 gallon planted shrimp tank has baby cherry shrimp as of today (well today is the first I have seen them). 1/8 inch long and I can count three if I look real hard on a small piece of driftwood which means probably 10 or more babies total.

Too small for me to get a decent photo of.

Dave

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

Thank you. It seems that putting the panty hose over the sponge filter where my reverse flow undergravel filtration draws in the water works to keep the shrimplets out of the powerhead impellers or getting stuck in the foam.

Dave

Congratz! Pics?

Congratz!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you. As many berried female shrimp I have now I will be having babies for a while.

The batch I posted about is right around 1/4 inch in length and a new batch is 1/8 inch in length. They aren't colored out yet, but will start to color out between 1/2 and 3/4 inch in length.

Dave

When they get big enough post some pics for us!

oh I will. Unfortunately due to their coloration and size it will be when they hit the 1/2 inch mark.

Dave

A photo as requested

Baby Cherry Shrimp


These are shrimp I discovered in the tank two weeks ago and they are now between 1/4 and 3/8ths of an inch in length; but I have some now that are 1/16 -1/8th inch long as I have a new bunch of babies.

Dave

They look almost glittery gold color. Awesome!

They are translucent and just starting to get the red spots. I had to tweek the photo a tad so that you could make out the shrimplets easier. I tweeked the sharpness, white balance, exposure, and color balance by adding some cyan.

Dave

they blend in so well it was like an ispy lol.

Those are or were about 1/4 inch long, I have some that are just over 1/16th of an inch long..... Tank is full of shrimplets and berried females.


Dave