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Gday SKFers Iv got a GB female that hatched her shrimplets 2 days ago and i can see them everywhere and she was hiding while hatching then today i see a fresh moult and when i see her she is half berried (compared to the first lot of eggs) so just wanted to get your opinion on whether its a problem with them not hatching or whether she has berried up literally the next day or if this is this even possible?

 

Cheers guys any advice is appreciated 

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Hi mate, it's entirely possible for her to moult and berry up immediately after dropping a batch. Perhaps it's not ideal but I'm sure she'll cope. Not much you can do to stop it anyway. 

Sometimes the release of shrimplets is staggered over a few days and this can apparently result from a parasitic infestation on the eggs. That's obviously not the case here though. 

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Thanks for the reply kiz. Yeah i didn't think it would be great for her but like you say what can i do

Ok now you got me worried lol nah im pretty certain with the amount of shrimplets cruising around she has hatched them all. She seems happy although I'll keep an eye on her

Thanks again

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Don't be worried. I added the last part for the benefit of others who might be having that trouble. Hardly a benefit with no treatment options suggested though...  It's not relevant to you, at least not right now. 

Have fun with the little ones. 

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It can also depend on the breeding - if she has any mischlings genes or mated with a TB some colours will hatch 2 or 3 days later - the eggs are generally much darker though.

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On 9/4/2015 at 3:04 PM, ineke said:

It can also depend on the breeding - if she has any mischlings genes or mated with a TB some colours will hatch 2 or 3 days later - the eggs are generally much darker though.

I know this is old... but...

So I have what I think is supposed to be a low quality Red Bolt (pinkish white body, some clear areas, head is reddish) female who I think has hatched some of her eggs, but not all.  She's got about half left and at least 1/3 of what's left look like they could be a dark shrimp (KK, Panda?).  It's been at least 4 hours since I saw the first batch of babies and they seem fine - pink/reddish tinge on all the ones I could see (which is admittedly not many because it's a densely packed breeding box (mosses mostly)).  Should I worry or just hope that it'll be a staggered hatching because they're a mixed batch?  Is there anything I can do to ensure the rest hatch??

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There isn't really anything you can do. Just let nature take its course! As mentioned sometimes they can hatch over several days.

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An update, for those bored enough to read it!

Mrs. Pink Bolt (she's not very red ?) got impatient and molted this morning with about 8 eggs left on her old swimmerets.  I fetched out the molt, removed the eggs, and placed them in a strainer near the output of the filter.  Of the eggs I found, 3 were sorta hatched, but dead (sadly, 2 were bluish).  Many hours later, as I was about to turn out the lights for the night, I checked and the 3rd bluish egg had hatched!  RAWR!!!  Mrs. Pink Bolt is already berried again... 

And I TRIED to take pics of the babies... but I lack the nifty do-das, so you mostly see a slight, pale bulge on the side of a piece of moss.

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