Research

Recently I wrote a blog post called Redder Red Cherry Shrimp . The post focused on what affects the coloring of Red Cherry Shrimp. There was a comment left on that post that included some information that I forgot to mention: Continue Reading

Day 1 - 8/22/08
 
Today I observed a berried Amano Shrimp.  The berried female is about average size for the females in my aquarium.  Her eggs are extremely small, almost see threw with a slight tan tint.
 

Berried Female Amano Shrimp

 
 
After first observation I started to prepare an isolation aquarium for her.  I selected an old 2-gallon [...]

It has been almost 2 months since I received this species of shrimp from a member of one of the forums I participate in. After quite a bit of observation and a few comments from knowledgeable shrimp keepers I believe they are Malaya Shrimp (Caridina sp.).

Caridina Species

I am not 100% positive of this identification because [...]

I have found another berried female in my soft water aquarium! That makes a total of 3 females that are now berried!

Berried Tiger Shrimp

This female is the smallest of the 3, but it looks like she is carrying close to the same amount of eggs as the other females.

Berried Tiger Shrimp

There are still no berried [...]

First Results
I set up this experiment on June 20th and I have my first results.

Berried Tiger Shrimp 1

My first female Tiger Shrimp have become berried! There are two berried females in the soft water aquarium.

Berried Tiger Shrimp 2

The aquarium parameters are as follows:
Temp:  74.8
pH:       6.4
TDS:     112 ppm
These shrimp appear to be growing just a little [...]

I have decided some of the parameters I am going to use for this experiment.
For the Soft Water aquarium I am going to keep the aquarium as close 60ppm TDS as I can and I am going to keep the Hard Water aquarium at around 300ppm.
My tap water comes out of the faucet at a [...]

This is the first update of my Soft Water Shrimp in Hard Water experiment. This experiment is intended to see what a difference keeping soft water shrimp in hard water for long term will make on their growth and breeding.Here is the plan for this experiment. I will continue the experiment for 3 generations of [...]

There has been a lot of debate lately among Dwarf Shrimp hobbyist about weather or not some of the “soft water” shrimp can be kept in hard water.  Well, I have plenty of experience with hard water as I live in the Orlando area of Florida and my water is basically liquid rock.  It has [...]

It has been 3 days since the young blue pearl shrimp hatched (Merry Christmas to Me!) and today I have observed breeding behavior in the aquarium again.  All the males in the aquarium are swimming erratically threw the water column, and I found a recent molt of female that just dropped her first generation of [...]

Posted: 25 Dec 2007 01:51 PM CST
After carrying eggs for 20 days exactly, the first baby shrimp have been observed.  61 Days after the Blue Pearl Shrimp (Neocaridina cf. zhangjiajiensis) were born the second generation was born.  Here is a recap of the aquarium these shrimp were raised in and the maintenance procedures.
 

2.5 Gallon AGA [...]