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Thank you, I'm glad be here!! My parents always had a tank set up when I was growing up, and I've had tanks on and off since. Always freshwater, mostly guppies. I tried a planted tank once with some soil, but made the mistake of taking in 3 fancy goldfish for someone who couldn't keep them any longer. Within the 3 days it took me to get them to my lfs (it was a holiday weekend) they tore up all my hard work. I took the tank down and took a break from the hobby for about 2 years. That was my longest break. The tank I set up after that included my first shrimp....at the time the lfs called them "Glass Shrimp," but they were ghost shrimp. I've been hooked ever since. All my tanks are low-tech planted. My main tank is a 20 gal tall with guppies, 6 amano shrimp (one female berried & saddled) and about 4 red cherry shrimp-lets that somehow escaped the large breeder box they were hatched in. I also have a small 7.5 gal that is heavily planted that houses my cherry shrimp. I have only one dk brown female that has been reproducing. Her first brood was amazing. I placed her into the large outside breeder box about 2 days before her estimated due date, so I could keep an eye on the process, and because the little tank housed guppy fry at the time. Her babies from the moment they were hatched were all different colors. It was so amazing to watch the hatching process, and watch them develop. I put her back into the small tank after about 5 days....she molted a day after the eggs hatched, so I waited for her to strengthen up before I put her back in. A month later, I transferred all the guppy fry into the main tank, and took the day acclimating the shrimp-lets to the small tank for transfer. I had about 40 shrimp-lets hatch, and from the transfer, about the same.....I don't think any were lost. But, I did notice about 4 that ended up in the main tank somehow....I had the output from the breeder box stuffed with fine sponge, did not see any gaps....but these guys are tiny and sneaky! So, here I am. 1 Female Amano shrimp that has been berried for about 25 days, and now is filled again with developing eggs inside her. Last time she was filled with developing eggs, she was berried about a week later.....so I'm assuming her eggs will be hatching soon. I noticed her eggs are getting darker, and she's been sitting on the top of the driftwood "cleaning" her eggs most of the time with her back legs. She's also a bully when food is involved....must be hungry "I'm eating for millions" momma syndrome. The Red cherry shrimp momma was berried again about 3 weeks after her last eggs were hatched. Now that there's only RCS in the tank, I'll leave her in there to hatch. I've watched this process, and however amazing it is to see, I'm sure it's easier on her and the babies to develop without any intervention. Plus, less work for me. Haha I found this site in searching for Amano shrimp egg development. Specifically ranges on the duration of berried-to-hatch times, and internal egg development, so I know how long it'll be for her eggs to hatch, and her to be berried again. Just for knowledge. I know these babies won't survive.....and I don't have the interest or time to put into setting up the proper environment for them to survive. I'm hoping the guppies will like them, and that they will become a good nutrition source. Until the process is more successful domestically, and the research shows it's actually possible with a reasonable amount of work....I'm not going to waste my time with it. So there's my very long introduction...lol. Sorry for going on and on. But I've always been fasinated with the whole process, and I'm excited to see where this hobby takes me now that I have baby RCS growing. A few of them are green, and I'm hoping they mature in that color. I may expand and try out some selective breeding....I have lots of spare equipment to do so. But, I need to do some research on it to begin with. Thanks for reading this far!!!! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I think there are a few other factors aside from just the water temp that will determine if the shrimp survives the heat or not. Things like the water flow in the tank, even if the water is warm/hot with good water movement it has a better chance of cooling down even if it is just a degree or two. Much like in a house with only the aircon on with no air movement supplied by say ceiling fans. Turning fans on at the same time as the aircon really does help make the temperature feel more pleasant. Then there is where did that particular shrimp species/ sub species originate from? I suspect that a local glass shrimp or macro is going to do better in my tanks than if I got some from either further south or north. Northern species might handle the heat but may really suffer from cooler weather in winter. Over crowding, we all know how over crowding can be the underlaying cause of diseases and death, so add in an extended or unaccustomed high temp and I bet the shrimp wont handle it, while a less crowded tank with other wise exact same paramaters would not have any issues. Acclimatisation, I have found that with other species of fish that I intend to keep outdoors year round it is best to buy the young stock in spring and let them gradually acclimatise to the water temp as spring changes to summer and the eventual cooling as it drags on to winter. I do the opposite with fish I keep in tanks with heaters if they are a cool water fish like Borneo Suckers. I buy them in early winter and then let them grow accustomed to the gradually warming temp as summer approaches.

Hi guys, Just want to share this photo.

? a big thumbs up to all the sponsors and organisers. Well done again to the winners! Very generous of Jamie Newbreed for offering a second prize. Way to go with spreading the SKFA generosity.

The shrimp food packets are all shiny and pretty like christmas decorations, haha so cool. Once again just want to thank everyone who participated as there were only impressive entries all round and its been great to see everyones hardwork come to fruition. Aswell as a big thanks to the organisers and sponsors of this awesome comp and for all their hard work to making this such a great site. In case no one has said it today, Keep it up guys.

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