Fishmosy's zebra shrimp biotope tank

[fishmosy]

Upgraded the circulation in the tank because I wasn't happy with how little the water was being moved around by the air stone. Used an Aquaclear 30.

Black outlet pipe in the foam.

[fishmosy]

Short vid of the shrimp. Much more active once the water flow increased.

http://youtu.be/iARVrVBYLVk

[fishmosy]

Best of all spotted a berried female. Whoot Whoot. Sorry bad pic as only had wifes Iphone but its there right in the middle! Looks like a good batch too.

[matblack]

Cute little fellas. congrats on the berried girl

[Heavyd]

That's a job well done right there. You must be very happy after the long setup time to finally see a berried girl.

[fishmosy]

That's a job well done right there. You must be very happy after the long setup time to finally see a berried girl.

Thanks guys, yeah 4 months of set-up and still a little bit to do, but its only been 4 weeks since they went in, so I'm pretty chuffed with that.

[northboy]

Good one mate, its good to see some going to produces away from FNQ and the long set up time was my fault cause I am a slacko

Bob

[fishmosy]

It was a good thing, meant the tank was completely cycled before the shrimp went in.

[Squiggle]

Absolutely stunning Ben, it's great to see all your hard work paying off. That berried girl is awesome, well done! :victorious:

[wayne6442]

Hi Ben, Nice to see that both our Zebra girls have given up being shy and getting down to work. Now the waiting period comes,

Good luck mate!

[fishmosy]

Yeah, you too Wayne, gotta admit I was pretty jealous when you posted the pic of your berried female the other day.

[fishmosy]

Some more pics. Feeding frenzy and a better pic of the berried female.

[shrimpstan]

Very nice mate!! U must be cheering!! :) congrats!! Your setup looks awesome :encouragement:

[Baccus]

So pretty and they look happy and healthy, best on continued luck with these little treasures.

[fishmosy]

Added some more leaves to the tank today, these guys just demolish leaves like anything. Biggest tip I can give anyone wanting to keep these is to make sure you keep leaves in with them (thanks Northboy for this tip). The zebs were all over them when they went in. Also dropped in a bit of thread algae. They initially poked around in it but didn't eat it like I've seen cherries and longirostris do.

They will eat IAL fairly rapidly but as this is a biotope tank I'm using native leaves. They seem to prefer the eucalypts/gum tree leaves out of the ones I've tested so far. I only feed leaves from a nearby creek that are browned and submerged, after carefully checking for hitchhikers.

[Squiggle]

Looking stunning dude & that berried girl looks amazing :encouragement:

[fishmosy]

So I either have another berried female or the original female still hasn't dropped yet. Inclined to think it is a new berried female as this one has white stripes and the other didn't.

Don't know if the juveniles are surviving, whether they have hatched, whether I just can't see them. Kinda frustrating to be so close to breeding them but yet so far.

'New' female

'Original' female

[ineke]

At least they are getting berried Fishmosy thats a great start and the little blighters are very good at hiding. I know I have at least 18 babies( not natives) in one tank I rarely see more than 6 in a day and yet as the markings are different I know they aren't always the same six. Good luck with your breeding program:encouragement:

[Squiggle]

Awesome stuff Ben, definitely a great start. Now we've just got to see your pics of the shrimplets & a vid of you doing the happy dance, hahaha :victorious:

[northboy]

Ben roll the leaves over and look for the young there

You get to see Zebs in the wild on Sunday with your own eyes and there has been no rain so its looken GOOD, unlike when poor Wayne was up.

Bob

[wayne6442]

Hi Ben, Your babies can't be far away, mine look to be a couple of days old, and I would have missed them tonight but the light was just right at the time.

Mate you will have a great time up with Bob He and Linda are great people and will look after you well, take plenty of pictures

Wayne

[northboy]

When are you coming back Wayne, you can not get 2 crap weather visits

Bob

[wayne6442]

Not sure Bob The boss is going back to Malaysia for November, December that leaves me home alone with my little dog ,I cant take her on the train but we MIGHT? be able to drive up, have to do some hard thinking about it.Cheers

When are you coming back Wayne, you can not get 2 crap weather visitsBob

[northboy]

As you well know, this house is ruled by 4 legged people, so 1 more wont hurt and there is room in your room for her.

Bob

[ineke]

I can't understand people who let their dogs rule their lives:barbershop_quartet_