The new thing for me has been my Caridina cantonensis tiger shrimp. One of my favorite online shrimp breeders had a sale and I could not resist. I just wanted to share some pictures of my new little beauties.
Newest Additions - my first Caridina
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Here are some of my guys.
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Iām excited to say that I now have two berried females and Iām looking forward to seeing my first batch of baby āsuper tigersā grow. These berried females stay hidden and donāt swim around much as compared to my neos. I can always find at least one of them hiding under leaf litter, a good spot to hatch out little ones too, I suppose.
I love that shrimp! I read those are more difficult to keep than neocardina- have you found that to be the case?
No, I havenāt found they are any more difficult. Some differences that I have noticed though is that they seem more aggressive than the neos. They will beat down any neo coming to share their piece of food and I ended up putting them in their own tank. It also seems that the berried females stay in hiding. Iāve only got 10 shrimp in a little 3 gallon but Iāll be darned trying to find the berried females. They hide under layers of leaf litter. That was how I got her picture, I had to lighten the exposure which is why the pic looks kind of washed out. She was hiding in the dark. I put most of the tiger caridinas in the brand new 3 gal aquarium when the tank was less than one week old. I held the tigers in my neocardina tank until I had the 3 gal tank ready. I used dirty filter floss, sprinkled Bacter AE on the inert substrate, added beneficial bacteria each day, added plants and decorations - some new, some from a mature tank, added a few ml of household ammonia after a few days, did a small water change and after a few days put the shrimp in. Everyone survived. No heater, temps around 67 in the tank. In less than 2 months I had 2 berried females and now Iām just waiting for the babies to become visible. I was thrilled as I seriously thought all I had were females. I use RO water and remineralize so that part hasnāt been challenging. This little 3 gal tank has no scuds thank goodness (but does have a few limpets), so that hasnāt caused problems. I donāt find them any more difficult than the neos, but Iām still rather new.
Do you use Bacter AE a lot? I put some in the water- more like ON the water- it doesn't like to dissolve. I think it says to put some in regularly, but to me it's a PITA, so I did it once on top, then I mixed some in water and put it in, but it seemed to litter all over everything.
I do add a tiny amount of Bacter AE to my shrimp tanks when I see berried females or new baby shrimp. I put a tiny amount in a very small solo cup, mix in some tank water, stir with my turkey baster and then pour it into my shrimp tank making sure to pour it over the plants. Within minutes, dozens of baby shrimp are grazing all over the leaves. Before I administered it this way, I would sprinkle it across the top of my aquarium and youāre right, it basically just swirls around on the surface and until it near the filter over flow it wouldnāt sink and spread around in the water. When I used to administer it that way, all the shrimp would swim to the surface and hang upside down grabbing the powder and biofilm on the waterās surface. To me it is a little extra baby āinsuranceā that theyāre getting enough food to grow.
It has been 6 weeks and I am still waiting for the babies to hatch. Iāve heard these shrimp can take 50 days to hatch. Iām sure my keeping the tank at room temp (68F) plays a role. I am anxiously awaiting.
Why are you keeping your water temperature so low?
Caridina shrimp are colder water species that prefer high 60s to low 70s as opposed to tropical fish.
I'm also doing a caridina journey and I've just hit the phase where the females are spreading the pheromones. Good luck with your tank!
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