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torface Shrimp Master

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So I got home from my 12 days at work again last night and my big tank was full of tiny little stripey babies :D I have no idea how my boyfriend didn't notice them.... The parents are CBS but some of the babies look like CRS? Maybe there was a crossed line somewhere or maybe they're just going to grow up to be low quality CBS...

Sorry for the rubbishy photos!

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Does anyone know how long roughly it is from when you can see eyes in the eggs to shrimplets being born? I'm getting impatient about my spide shrimp babies lol

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Squiggle Shrimp Guru

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Awesome work torface, they look very cool, I love seeing shrimplets :victorious:

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KiwiBigD Shrimp Breeder

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Those colours definitely look CRS to me, thats cool. Just means they're carrying the gene and you need to selectively breed for pure CBS,

nothing like a challenge to improve the gene pool.

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torface Shrimp Master

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I didnt realise CBS could have CRS babies! That's cool though, I will separate them out when they get a bit bigger... saves me buying CRS :D

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Heavyd Shrimp Master

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Yep they definitely can have CRS babies as well as brown babies, but who cares shrimplets are cool.

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torface Shrimp Master

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Yep I certainly don't care what they are. I'm being successful in my first attempt at keeping crystal shrimp so i'm happy :D

It's still a constant battle to keep my tank cool though. Probably should get that chiller sooner rather than later..

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Did you know you had a berried female? I must have lost that post somewhere along the way. Congratulations. I"m very jealous you have beat me with the CBS and also the Rilis!!!!

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torface Shrimp Master

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Yes i think i had 2 shrimps already berried when they arrived. So its not COMPLETELY my doing lol ... Im not sure i actually posted about it though as i wasnt 100% sure that they were berried or not!

Waistcoat, my blue girl is almost ready to pop. Pretty sure i can see the eyes, so hopefully not too long now...

I have 2 berried yellow girls too, and they've been berried longer than the blue but the eggs don't seem as ready... Weird!

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I still haven't had any luck with my yellows. I had 1 berried girl but had to move her and she didn't hold the eggs so still waiting. I have taken 2 of the boys out so I have 2 girls and 1 boy but if things don't happen I may have to put the other boys back in with them. The girls have been saddled for a couple of months. I think they are happier now because they are no longer hiding all the time.

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MrShrimp Shrimp Breeder

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The eggs takes about 4 weeks to hatch. Most of us know the feeling your having ATM . Did you do the running man dance.

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Well the yellows have been berried for at least 3 weeks. So hopefully soon i will have little yellow shrimplets :)

The blue has only been berried for 2 and a half weeks, but her shrimplets look more advanced. It could be because her tank is a few degrees warmer...

We'll see anyway.... :D

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My yellows took about 3-4 weeks & then BAM! all six girls dropped withing a week, lots of little yellow shrimplets everywhere & now the girls are saddled up again & two of them are berried again. These yellows are machines! :victorious: Can't wait to see SpiderShrimplets :encouragement:

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Hey Torface, those stripey little shrimp are so cool. Lucky you! :applause:

I really need to get stripey ones too!

Meanwhile I am waiting for my yellow cherry to "give birth" and another saddled one to fall pregnant. :)

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Congrats torface, what a great way to be welcomed back. Don't forget to feed them powdered foods...

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They've been getting bee pollen until my other stuff arrives. Hopefully that will suffice... There's a good bio film in this tank anyway I believe.

just noticed another berried CBS so I'll be getting more soon! Whoop whoop!

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