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My old F3 berried WR sadly passed this morning, leaving a mix of BB & WR eggs. Chances of survival is extremely high, due to the maturity of the eggs. Note the eyes on each of the eggs.......pretty cool, and always intriguing to see...

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In comparison to eggs that are not quite full term, their chance of survival is dependant on how deligent and well prepared we are in looking after them. Note, they're not transparent, and perhaps only 1-2 weeks in term.

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Have attached an excellent article done by our very own Gbang on the extraction and "tumbling" of the eggs...

http://www.shrimpkeepersforum.com/forum/content.php/145-Gbang-s-guide-to-shrimp-adoption-AKA-egg-tumbling

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Sorry for the loss BB but hopefully through death comes rebirth & a couple of the new ones can replace her. :encouragement: The top pic is amazing, their little eyes looks so cool through the eggs casing :victorious:

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MrShrimp Shrimp Breeder

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Becareful don't let the fungus grow on the eggs. I didn't have enough flow on my kk eggs and it was coverd in fungus after 3 days. Couldn't save them.

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izzy Shrimp Lover

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Bummer BB. RIP to your WR.

Thanks for sharing Gbang's article. Very informative.

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KiwiBigD Shrimp Breeder

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So can I pay egg pricing? Let us know how they go mate, would be keen to see their growth

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Robert Shrimp Breeder

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generally an airstone or the outlet of a filter works well with a cherry shrimp in the same container to eat the eggs with fungus.

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So can I pay egg pricing? Let us know how they go mate' date=' would be keen to see their growth[/quote']

Will definitely post updates....expecting them to hatch any minute/hour/day now....

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Cool, so that was a maybe to the egg pricing? ;-) Looking forward to seeing these little orphans hatch and develop.

Assuming Dad did a runner eh? The bastard!

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Just a question people say put shrimp in with eggs to keep them clean yet if a berried mum dies the shrimp often home in on the eggs for a feed. So is it safe to put them in?:confused:

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Assuming Dad did a runner eh? The bastard!

Yeah, took all the furniture and jewellery, and prawned everything off ! LOL

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Thanks for the reminder......most of them hatch that night....1 KK, the rest were BB & WR, 11/13 survived...

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Ya gotta be happy about that mate, I would be! Nice

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Well done BB, can you tell us how you kept the eggs untill they hatch? Would be great to know in case one day I'll be in that situation again.

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Once the eggs are transparent like the 1st pic, as long as there's water flow/movement, and the WP are stable, hatching them isn't difficult....it's when they're 1-2 weeks old, that's when they're more sensitive etc, and % of success is very dependable upon the several elements. The link on the 1st post describes a good method. As this batch of eggs were matured (I.e. they hatched that night) I just had them in a shrimp net over my sponge filter, bubbling away....

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How could you forget to tell us about those little crackers?!

Love the little bluebolt :D well done!

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