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Has anyone had shrimp eggs hatch unassisted? I have found 2 shrimp lets that look to be a week old but the only adult berried girl is not due until next week at the earliest. About 2 weeks ago an old berried girl died and I managed to get a couple of eggs but they got fungus so weren't viable. She had been carrying a reasonable number of eggs so might have dropped some but they would have just sat loose in the tank. I haven't put any new plants into the tank so they can't be hitch hikers and no other breeding age shrimp are in the tank. The berried girl is still very berried and didn't get berried until after the 29th of November. I know temp affects hatching times but the tank generally sits around 22/23 and the babies are very easy to see so must be at least a week so that would mean a hatching time of about 16 days. Any thoughts?

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I guess considering my disastrous few months I should just be happy to finally have shrimplet s and berried girls. Thanks Squiggs

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