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Hello everyone. Thought I'd update y'all. I stetup the breeder tank and put my 3 pregnant chicks in there. One is done breeding and I've put her back in the main tank, I've counted 9 babies in there. Ironically I've seen 2 new babies in the main tank, not sure where they came from bc I thought I got all the pregnant ones out. Thanks for your help everyone

Thanks! It’s basically one at a time for pictures. I am holding my breath for the transferees, as it was several weeks before they died previously.... At what size do caradina shrimp mature for breeding?

I also forgot to add, the shrimp absolutely devoured ALL of the white film on this driftwood tree. I had a decent layer, I’m impressed. FTS:

yep, bought total of 11 Red Wine, still have all 11 upto now, It seems like pinto don't do well for me.

Shrimp have been transferred. The new bunch of Repens arrived last night, and was promptly cut and planted. I am unhappy that the size of this batch’s leaves are very large. I’m confused by that. Either way, the two tanks had a difference of only 10 TDS and .2 PH. Four hours of dripping later, and the levels were exact. They immediately wen my to town devouring all the white film on the tree, and other bits. All were alive and happy this AM. Several smaller shrimp were hiding, and I saw them in the old tank this AM. The two remaining CRS have been caught and placed into a breeder box, I will drip and transfer them this evening. I still plan to order some CBS and some more CRS. Waiting on a friends new breeding tank to finish cycling so we can combine orders to save on shipping, looks like he has about two weeks left on that. Can anyone tell me how to upload photos? No matter what I do, I keep getting hit with the ,”2.4mb limit,” error....

I usually lose a few from each batch in the first 2 weeks so I would think it just died as you only had it a few days, but keep an eye on the crabs, I doubt they are usually of any threat to the shrimps but you have a lot of the crabs? I wouldn't think the amano shrimp can reproduce with the bee shrimps? I'm also not a fan of the red 'extreme' where the whole is red so I didn't buy any of those, I am sure they had them though! Once your shrimp start breeding you will find out whether they have cross bred or are carrying mixed genes? I hope all the red wines are doing well? Simon

I only have Red Wine in my tank, my black pinto died yesterday, It was ok when I last saw it, then I saw the thai micro crab eating its head, it was still black, so i'm not sure if it died itself or killed by the crab, couldn't find the tail. I also have a amano shrimp, but i'm quite sure there is no way to mix breed with the Red Wine. I also don't like the Red Wine with has a full red body with two thin white line. My Red Wine was purchased from a seller where he keeps only black panda, Red Wine and pinto together, nothing else.

I like the original patterns and colours as well, but it will probably be hard to keep them constant in a mixed tank. I didn't mind getting some different/groovy patterns before. I expect I will get some groovy ones again as the blue steel were removed from a galaxy tank by the breeder so will likely have mixed genes I expect. The bee shrimp are much better because you will always get good colours even in a mixed tank? Simon

I like my shrimps original, no hybrid, most of my Red Wine are Red king kong/Red panda, and two shadow panda's with a tint of yellow instead of the white.

Those parameters are perfect! I think I experienced the same with the algae on plants when I restarted the caridina shrimp tank, but mine seems to have almost cleared up as well - taken months though. One of my failed attempts with tap water many years ago I had PRL and PBL and it did look much more interesting than just the one colour. They didn't live long enough (maybe 6 months) to really know what the offspring would look like though they will still be red crystal or black crystal so they should be fine together. If one colour does become more dominant then you can always get some more of the lesser coloured ones anyway in the future.. I did get red babies but no babies lived very long as it was tap water! I would try transferring just some shrimps (may be a third) over to the new tank if you are sure it is cycled and see how they go in a week before transferring the rest over? You won't want too many in the tank anyway if you will be messing about with plants/layout still and you won't loose the whole lot if something does go wrong? Maybe also put the Amanos in the new tank for now so the ones in the old tank won't be fitting with them any more for food? Simon

Very nice tank. That betta will love it.