It finally Happened !

[Baccus]

I was getting a tad fed up with not seeing any signs of breeding happening with my Barney Springs Shrimp, so this evening I decided to net some out and move them over to my much warmer NT shrimp tank which also houses some spotted blue eyes. I knew the shrimp liked hanging out in a large clump of java fern, so it was a simple job to make a lucky dip around the hanging roots of the plant. I caught about 10 and was happy to go a head and move them......until I took a closer look and discovered a very heavily berried female. So after some quick photos I put her and her companions back into their java fern home with my corydoras, Borneo Suckers and Threadfin Rainbows. I am hoping now they have finally turned a corner and will start producing more offspring to the point where I can actually spread them through fellow shrimp lovers tanks.

[Squiggle]

Very cool news, congrats! Fingers crossed they all survive. :victorious:

[Baccus]

Thanks, I really hope that this means that I will start seeing more berried females and even some young getting about in the tank in the near future.

[Squiggle]

It's definitely looking good for that to happen, it seems that in the last few months that natives are becoming less of a mystery thanks to the success of people like yourself, Bob, Ben & Wayne. I'm sure their popularity will increase dramatically as people start to see them becoming easier to both breed & keep. :victorious:

[Baccus]

I think my success has been more a fluke than good planning but thanks for the compliement. But then my Blackmore shrimp have been doing surprisingly well, and I did see a berried Darwin Red nose the other day in the tank as well. Now to just get my riffle shrimp large enough to start doing their thing. I have quite a few people interested in them, but my little boys are showing no signs of being in any hurry to grow up and become girls.

[ineke]

Well done you! Great to see you having some success at an unknown quantity really. Hope the others follow suit for you.:encouragement:

[northboy]

Well done Girl, now to see the new colours start to turn in a generation or two. Keep us up to speed.

I will have to spread a few more around and people can really get them going.

Bob

[newbreed]

Brilliant News Baccus!! Well done!!

[fishmosy]

Hey congrats great work. Don't think many will survive though in with the fish you have listed, even if there is massive amounts of cover.

[Baccus]

I did some more work on my tank today and decided to do a more dedicated search and catch of my Barney Springs shrimp. I found one female berried (could be the same one as last time or a different one), and plenty of females saddled. The interesting thing I find about putting all of the shrimp together in a temp holding net is that the males then seem to be able to find the females and start mating. Any way just wanted to show a couple of new pics of them as they left the holding net and made their way back into their various hidey holes in the 4ft tank.