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The plan is, since my colony is small (12) I have caught them and put them in a small quarantine tank with airstone. Here I can plainly SEE ? parasites on the shrimp as eggs hatch and also molts for immediate removal. Meanwhile this gives me a window to reboot my tank, lay down a better substrate, and make sure it’s cycled for hopefully healthy shrimp to return. No chemicals! Which most agree would have no effect on the eggs under their gill plates anyway. Wish me and the twelve, luck.

I meant low graded cherry. They too red in colour. They probably have low grade cherry in their background and I’m sure if I don’t cull it will eventually show that. The breeder is working with red rili line. This is a cull from that line. I will put them in the 8 gallon by this weekend I think. I want to make sure everything ok 1st.

Definitely looks like a high grade cherry to me. And as with Simon, I'm leaning towards Bloody Mary.

I have moved berried shrimp dozens of times successfully. The trick is to always keep them in water. Don't lift them out with a net without water. What I do is get a plastic container (clean and free of oil), use my normal net to catch the shrimp, but before lifting the net, slip the plastic container under the net and lift it all up making sure the net is still in water within the container.

Why would you say that? It's certainly not a Rilli. Looks more like a Red Cherry to me.

How long is she holding them before she 'drops' them? Are you sure she isn't just giving birth and the babies are dying? Because that's a different problem altogether.

Great "tip" !

It's difficult to ID from that photo. But if you believe it is a parasite, any parasitic medication should get rid of it. And you can treat the whole tank too at half dose for 2 week duration.

Shrimps may drop eggs if they are not fertilised or when stressed out. Assuming they are not stressed, the eggs may not be fertilised.

Curious what folks are finding commercially available for good substrates for a neocaridina tanks. I need to set up a new tank...and in the past had used SL-Aqua....but am struggling with keeping up the pH to where I want it. I know ADA was a popular one...but I can't find many sources of that....or other substrates to consider. Maybe this is yet another in the many supply chain challenges as Covid fallout. Again, I want something for neocaridina tanks...buffering around ph7.0 give or take would be great. Ability for planted tank preferred. I did notice Caribsea has some products. Anything you could recommend that you have had good experience with?

I love the pisces & Oliver Knott line of substrates. There's something for everyone, they look and work great, and they're reasonably priced.

It seems like she drops them. There are several smaller and assuming younger males in the tank. I currently have 9 in a 10 gal tank. Lost 1 due to stress in the move.

Yes the white dots. Either scutariella japonica eggs, or Fluke? I salt dipped a few shrimp for scutariella a couple weeks ago, and removed 3 molts. The tank is planted and I may have missed a molt or two. The dots are under the shell, and I can see similar dots on another that has colored down. Others may also have it but because they are still Blue Dream color I can’t see through the shell.