My Crystal Red Shrimp Tank

[Liam]

CRS babies are super cute, good pics of the shrimplets they are hard to see nevermind photograph.

 

[Shrimper]

CRS babies are super cute, good pics of the shrimplets they are hard to see nevermind photograph.

Thanks, they are so hard to spot... I've gone cross eyed from stareing at the tank all day

 

[Shrimper]

She is a baby making machine... she is pregnant again already! I think I might have 8 males and 1 female as none of the others have carried any eggs yet.

I've been searching the tank today and have found 6 babies, i'm sure there are more in there hiding from me.

 

[fishyfeet]

She is a baby making machine... she is pregnant again already! I think I might have 8 males and 1 female as none of the others have carried any eggs yet.

I've been searching the tank today and have found 6 babies, i'm sure there are more in there hiding from me.

Ive quite a few female amano shrimps and lots of tiny shrimplets, like you say they are impossible to photograph, im not sure how many babies are in there, saw about five females with more eggs, ive added some cherry shrimps today so will be interested to see how they do. di

 

[Shrimper]

Ive quite a few female amano shrimps and lots of tiny shrimplets, like you say they are impossible to photograph, im not sure how many babies are in there, saw about five females with more eggs, ive added some cherry shrimps today so will be interested to see how they do. di

I'm sure there are more shrimplets hiding in the plants, it has got quite over grown since my first pic but i don't want to trim the plants in case i remove any babies.

I thought Anamo's needed brackish water for the babies to survive? My Anamo have eggs most of the time, but i never see any babies in their tank. I've got my fingers crossed for you.

 

[bbbls108]

hi shrimper,congratulations on your babies they are awesome,well done. i am trying to sneak another tank in. i want a shrimp tank too.

 

[matchstickgeezer]

Congrats Shrimper... I am almost 100% certain you will have more than 6 babies...

Is thsi the first time they have carried eggs?? If so you are doing well to get any babies as usually it takes 2 or 3 attempts for the mother to get used to things.

Ps. I have a load of cherry red shrimp and tiger shrimp at present.. could you tell me where you got the CRS from?

Thanks

 

[Shrimper]

Congrats Shrimper... I am almost 100% certain you will have more than 6 babies...

Is thsi the first time they have carried eggs?? If so you are doing well to get any babies as usually it takes 2 or 3 attempts for the mother to get used to things.

Ps. I have a load of cherry red shrimp and tiger shrimp at present.. could you tell me where you got the CRS from?

Thanks

Yep this is the first time she has carried any eggs so i'm glad they were born. There are definately more than six, I have managed to spot 10 today. I'm sure there will be a few more too, as i haven't checked inside the coconut shell or behind the bog wood very well.

I got lucky one day and found my CRS in a LFS, I've not seen any in there since though.

 

[Shrimper]

The shrimplets are growing quite fast and i've made a couple of changes to the tank so i thought i would post some new pictures.

I've fitted a black backing to the tank, it was really cheap... Its a black bin bag! I've also moved the filter to one of the sides so its not so obvious now and moved the decor slightly.

Here are some of the shrimplets a week ago

Here they are today, they are much bigger and a lot less shy. So far I've managed to count 14 in one sitting. Its my new favorite game: how many shrimplets can you spot

 

[Shrimper]

Doh I posted the wrong tank shot! The one above is how it looked last weekend... this week I have re-done the moss tied to the wood and it looks like this now:

 

[three-fingers]

Loving the tank, congrats on the babies!

Inspiration for when I have a shrimp tank.

 

[iSnail]

Tank's looking great Shrimper

Love the baby CRS, they are so so cute How do you keep your moss so green? I'm so jealous

 

[flyhawk]

nice shrimp, how do they taste!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[~T~]

Looking great, I have been trying to get CRS for months now. Btw have you ever used dried oak leaves in your tank? I have them in my shrimp tank (CRS, BB, Malaya, Tiger)and they love picking at them them and it helps keep the PH stable.

Please let me know when you have any for sale.

 

[Shrimper]

Tank's looking great Shrimper

Love the baby CRS, they are so so cute How do you keep your moss so green? I'm so jealous

I don't know why its so green... possibily algae Seriously i don't add any ferts and only have low light so i'm not doing anything special.

~T~ when i have some for sale i will be posting on here, i've had so many people ask already i don't think i would be welcome here any more if i sold them elsewhere!