I have about 12 assorted neocaridina. Some cherries, a few red rilis, 2 or 3 jades, and some RCS culls I bought from a breeder. The only time I've had a berried shrimp in my tank was when I bought one already berried at the LFS. Lately I've been watching my red rili shrimp--she had a nice big yellow saddle. I could even see the eggs in her back. Today the saddle is gone but she is not berried. This has been the story for months now with my shrimp. They show a saddle and I think great, she'll be berried soon, but no shrimp in my tank has ever been berried. I have plenty of females and males. What am I doing wrong? A dozen or so years ago I had a 29g with shrimp and some nano fish and my shrimp had babies all the time. I was living in NJ at the time on town water which was probably ideal for the shrimp because I didn't do anything to adjust water parameters other than the usual dechlorinator. Now I live in New York state and have well water which has a Ph of 7.4, dH and kH both around 10-15. TDS is around 300-350.
I recently ordered a breeding formula shrimp food but it hasn't arrived yet. Hoping that will help? I have also heard of Salty Shrimp but won't that raise hardness and TDS even more?
I also seem to have more shrimp deaths than I would like. A few mornings every month I find a dead one. The other day I even found one of my Amanos dead, which had been one of my longest living inhabitants (got a pair of them in early December). The babies that were born to the cherry shrimp that was bought berried were doing great and nearing juvenile size and then one day I couldn't find them anymore. I'm beginning to wonder if my fish are inhibiting the shrimp from breeding or if they are attacking them at night?. I have 11 Galaxy Rasboras (CPD), 2 lampeye killies, and one male guppy. This tank is 9.7 gallon, heavily planted, liquid ferts (dosed sparingly) and CO2, been running for almost a year. My water parameters really don't fluctuate very much and I do a 10% water change weekly. Can anyone offer advice?
I recently ordered a breeding formula shrimp food but it hasn't arrived yet. Hoping that will help? I have also heard of Salty Shrimp but won't that raise hardness and TDS even more?
I also seem to have more shrimp deaths than I would like. A few mornings every month I find a dead one. The other day I even found one of my Amanos dead, which had been one of my longest living inhabitants (got a pair of them in early December). The babies that were born to the cherry shrimp that was bought berried were doing great and nearing juvenile size and then one day I couldn't find them anymore. I'm beginning to wonder if my fish are inhibiting the shrimp from breeding or if they are attacking them at night?. I have 11 Galaxy Rasboras (CPD), 2 lampeye killies, and one male guppy. This tank is 9.7 gallon, heavily planted, liquid ferts (dosed sparingly) and CO2, been running for almost a year. My water parameters really don't fluctuate very much and I do a 10% water change weekly. Can anyone offer advice?