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So a couple of my mishling mummas, finally had some shrimplets...pretty sure I can see some CRS types, a WR, panda and....A baby steel blue!! Whoop whoop...Fingers crossed they all grow up nicely, but will post up some pics (if I can find them hiding in the subwassertang :-P ) when they get a little bigger :-)

I'm the guy who sells the Amarinus Laevis. I supply Exotic Aquatic in Carnegie and a few other places around melbourne. I'm a shrimpkeeper myself and these guys absolutely do not eat shrimplets. if they wanted to and they wanted to, and if they where somehow fast enough, they have no way to grab it.

I've been keeping these crabs, from the breeder in Vic, in this water Gh = 4 dGHKH = 7 dKHpH = 7.5 Tds = 320 And they have cleaned out a moderately infested tank of mini ramshorns and pond snails, haven't seen a snail in that tank for weeks. Found they really appreciate some driftwood with deep cracks they can really wedge into during the day. They also get a little rowdy when they don't all have something to eat but it's minor squabbles no injury has resulted. They are in with red nose and chameleons, and a few plants. They don't seem to do anything to the plants that I can tell, the red nose have been munching on them already. And there are baby chameleons running around without any apparent drop in numbers.

The following image does not sadden me in the least! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nawwww such beautiful bromance!! Yes it is Harrison! Defs second that recommendation.

I've bought crabs from this guy before (if that is you, Harrison!) and he is reputable beyond belief. Highly recommended. He's generous, genuine and super friendly. Someone I wish all people I bought from were like. I cannot recommend this man enough!

Guys, I will be the first to admit that I should have bought those Cardinals at the auction last night. My tank is not yet ready. If a guy on Gumtree raises them in tap water and @JPN07 has bred and adapted them for easier keeping here in Australia, is there anything else that interested potential keepers should know apart from adding Sulawesi shrimp salt and off we go? Do you need special rocks or substrate, or specific types of blankets of algae? Do they eat normal shrimp food? They are classified as a very hard shrimp to keep and I would just like to find out why. Do they kick the bucket for the slightest change in water parameters like small water changes? I have looked at their habitat and taken a mental note that they like to hang out on the underside of hanging rocks, but can it really be that easy? I have seen photos of setups that look like they were staged for National Geographic, and then I have seen For Sale ads where the tanks look more like swamps with a phosphate problem there is so much algae in it, but it is filled to the brim with babies. What works?

Here's a question for the brains trust. After a saddled female moults, how long is the window of time in which a successful mating can occur? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sorry guys, it is a large image and not sure what I did wrong: lets try again from a different computer. It is definitely a deformity since hatching, so he is a cull. I only have two royals, now I have a royal and royal cull...

Another oldie but a goldie - blue from black

This is my contribution quantity cause i cant match @KeenShrimp quality

What a shame it's such a nice Tiger but you are doing the right thing can't breed with him

@IHaveCrabs, you should become a subscription member and sell them here too. I think it's going to be popular if shrimp safe. ??

Yeah I was wondering the same - for example if there was as moulting shrimplet that is temporarily immobile or a weaker shrimplet. There's only one way to find out.... I'm going to be keeping a careful eye on them and report back about this.

AS per the request of the CPD guru, I've started a thread to keep you posted and myself to keep track of my Breeding efforts. i have kept CPD for a long time after getting one for free from my LFS (last one they had about 4 years ago) Over that time I've bought more than i thought i ever would, but never got a successful breeding program happening. At one point i had 40 and never saw results (although they were in a display tank and i wasn't giving breeding a real concerted effort) Now I'm back to 6 adults I've had going for a while and recently they started spawning. i only knew after spotting some fry in the tank (200L planted community tank) a frantic search for info led me to S1l3nt's thread - Here i'll update this with some more backstory and history later for now i'll add that so far i had collected 2-3 fry every few days over the course of a month until i had 18, keeping them in a cup in the water attached to the main tank as described in the thread above. then i lost few but not sure why. then a few days ago i collected 9 in one hit. so i must be at around 24/25 now. ill add some pics soon.

i remember reading this years ago on planet inverts - "There are many unknowns as to the exact science behind the mating process. It is believed that shortly after molting the female is ready to mate. The way in which the male knows that the female is ready to mate is unknown. Perhaps she releases a chemical signal or some other type of notification that only shrimp can detect. It is known though that when a female molts the males in the tank will swim around the tank in a drunken manner looking to find the ready female. When you see a bunch of shrimp swimming around in the tank against the glass make sure to sex the shrimp first. If you look closely you may notice that they are all males. If that is the case then everything is ok, they are just looking to mate." and this is from wikipedia. - Red cherry shrimp reach sexual maturity when they are around 4-6 months old. Breeding only requires a sexed pair of shrimp, stable water parameters, and a food source.[5] Eggs may be observed developing in the female's ovaries as a green or yellow triangular "saddle" marking on her back. When she is ready to lay the eggs, which occurs after moulting, she releases pheromones into the water to signal her availability to males. The male shrimp in the tank will often become agitated, swimming very actively about as they search for the source of the pheromones. After a brief mating process, during which the male deposits sperm onto the female's body, the female lays her eggs and affixes them to her swimmerettes. The eggs are not fertilized within the female; they are fertilized as they pass from the ovaries to the outside of the body. Therefore, it is certain that any shrimp carrying eggs has mated. A female carrying eggs under her abdomen is said to be "berried". and this from another site "First a female will find a comfortable hiding spot in the aquarium. Once she has become comfortable she will molt (molting is the shedding of the exoskeleton to enable growth of invertebrates). After molting the female will release a pheromone into the water indicating to the male shrimp her readiness to breed.The pheromone in the water will sometimes cause the male shrimp to swim erratically in search of the female. Once the male finds the female he will mate with her. They will mate belly-to-belly, and the male will deposit sperm. This process does not last very long, and because the female is hiding most times it is rarely observed.After the mating process has occurred the female will pass her eggs threw the sperm and deposit them in her pleopods (swimming legs) under her tail. The female shrimp will carry the eggs until they hatch, normally in 20-40 days. The female will often be observed fanning and cleaning the eggs. Once the eggs hatch, there is no longer any parental care of the young shrimp" still doesn't answer my question though :)

Thanks for the kind words! I think he is coming good. Spot is still there but doesn't look as bad as it did. Ended up treating the whole tank with the anti biotic as a precaution.

Thanks @Disciple sorry and thanks for the redirection. I've gone away from UGF due to continued maintenance overkill removing them from my fish tanks as I slowly change setups.

Life is like a box of chocolates.

Congratulations. It's so exciting getting shrimplets. The hybrids are even more exciting because you never know what you might get. Good luck with raising them, look forward to seeing those pictures.

My heart goes out to you @KeenShrimp that's a real shame. Hopefully there's some chance that the issue is actually something caused by injury or disease and could rectify itself? The picture seems to be really tiny to me by the way.. I'd like to see a higher res version if you can sometime please. love n peace will

I've created a Freshwater Crabs subforum and moved posts including this one to it. Seems like we may be on the verge of sparking some great interest.

Great to have you on here Harrison! Will be great to hear more about these!

I know it's Sunday, but I am getting up at the crack of dawn tomorrow. This will be a Blue Monday indeed. My gorgeous Royal OEBT has a deformity: the gill cover does not cover all the way down and as per Breeders n Keepers recommendation, I will have to cast him out to live his life in my little cull tank as I can not ethically breed with him ???

Thank goodness for the spare bits box?? Noted the gravel cleaner with the eheim tubing and extension I have so many bits and pieces that fit together and then some.

Had no choice, it only comes with one length of tube with the pump side rubber installed on both ends. Would have preferred if they had 2 seperate tubes.

Still trying to find a nice peice of drift wood I like so then I can tie the moss down to it. There u go :) bit of a mess atm waiting for HM to grow more over time it will come up cleaner

Any pictures available mitch? Keen to see

I asked the breeder and he says they're not fast/agile enough to capture a shrimplet even if they wanted to eat one. Yay!

Lol yeah it was the filter at tank height. Was trying to work out why it wasn't priming etc... for 30mins. Read the manual twice and then the old light bulb went off. But by then I had already cut the pipes so didn't have the length to move down and had to improvise by bringing a filing cabinet out lol

Nice work, make sure you start a journal thread for us to get tank envy

Hi Damien, going rate is $18-20 for regular Blondes at the moment. You can always post a Wanting to Buy ad on SKF? I am sure someone can offer blondes to you at that price?

I believe Exotic Aquatic in Carnegie, VIC had some small crabs for sale a month ago, they've got a video up on their Facebook page. Not sure if they are the same as above though?

Great looking little guys. @Gbang, could you start breeding these guys stat into bright colouring? ? now there is a challenge! I am just concerned about shrimplets: if these crabs eat baby snails, surely they would go for newly hatched shrimplets? At 2cm total size ( on Gumtree) the pincers are large enough for this. Who can chip in with some experience with crabs? Are the native chameleon shrimp just as fragile as for example TB shrimplets?

I have used these strainers and screwed on a tap fitting (normal nylex,pope etc) the part that goes on the tap to snap on the hose, and connect by fitting plastic tube over the end of the fitting, where the oring is or was, then slip the hose into the intake tube of the filter snugly, no glueing required. I have purchased some gift bags (for lollies etc used at parties) from lincraft prob avail at spotlight as well removed the ribbon, cut to size and wrapped around the strainer. Cable tie in place or even use an elsastic band for temporary measures. Have not lost any shrimplets with this system. Also use sponge filter as well cut down to size.

I had a reputable breeder here in Victoria ask me about a month ago if I would be interesting in getting crabs?! I was initially confused. Lol Looks like there may be a source of collection soon for them @waffle. I will advise what I find out. They do look like interesting characters (images from Google)

I'm going to get a couple to take some macro photo's off. I'll keep with my bloody mary/tang tigers and see how they go together

@KeenShrimp kindly sent me some to try out and they are definitely the favourite among my (spoilt, fussy, and probably overfed) shrimp so far. The tang tigers grab them and swim into dark corners to feast alone, whereas DAS, neos, and paratya like to share happily. My shrimp are actually most keen on the yellow ones!

Only 2 tanks atm! Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk

Filtration: sponge filters Broodstock food: Artemia, grindal worms and flake. Fry feed: paramecium, vinegar eels, dry feed (sera micron) Artemia Egg collection: Pyrex dish with plastic lid from Coles, cut top of lid out and put in 2 mm plastic mesh. Xmas moss sits on top. Fish spawn in moss every few days and eggs sink into Pyrex dish where adults can't get to them. Check with a torch daily to see eggs. Pull out whole dish count eggs out using pipette and transfer directly to 10L tank. Eggs hatch in 3 days, fry feed in another 3. Too easy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Try to keep temp of broodstock around 23-24. Stop spawning at 25! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk