Birth to Berry - timeframes

[Foxpuppet]

i was just pondering on questions regarding the average lifespans of shrimp. for this example i have chosen Caridina cantonensis sp. "Red" If the average lifespan of a CRS is say 1.5 years (some report up to 2) For a Typical female:

how many times could she theoretically spawn?

At what age do they reach reproductive maturity or how long for a freshly born female shrimplet to reach the level of being berried herself?

i read an article from 2010 that said a Tiger had reached this in 41 days... but it seemed too quick to me.

What's been your personal experience aussie breeders?

[Heavyd]

I have found with my yellow cherries at a temperature of around 25 degrees, that it took shrimplets 6-7 weeks until the first sign of the saddle would appear. It would usually take another 2.5-3 weeks until they were berried.

[KiwiBigD]

With CRS as I understand its generally around the 10 - 14 weeks with an average of 12 depending on temperature and conditions.

I'd be completely happy with that. After that though I think you can expect a female to berry roughly every 6 weeks allowing her

time to come back into condition again, plus of course high protein foods to help her as well.

My Cherries I'd say around the same but my temperatures are kept around the 22 - 24c mark as well, I don't up them to 27c

which seems to be common with some breeders who are going for numbers. This does of course shorten their life span dramatically

and I'd rather have longer living shrimp to be honest.

[Robert]

Id say 12-16 weeks till first time berried @23 degrees. 41 days, youd be laughing through 10 generations per year!