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Offline Miles

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Re: Peppermint Shrimp Breeding Log
« Reply #25 on: March 02, 2017, 22:22:44 »
Peppermint Shrimp day 5 with a brine shrimp.




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Re: Peppermint Shrimp Breeding Log
« Reply #26 on: March 03, 2017, 07:55:54 »
Had another hatch last night. I just threw them in with the now 6 day old larvae (hopefully I don't regret that). One thing I have learned from this so far is that having multiple breeding pairs in one tank makes for a really hard time keeping track of spawns. Of the 6 shrimp in the tank, I counted 4 of them carrying eggs last night (meaning that there are three now). This would mean that within a day or two of a hatch those same shrimp are mating again and either producing eggs or the shrimp that was the "male" is now playing the "female" role.

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Re: Peppermint Shrimp Breeding Log
« Reply #27 on: March 29, 2017, 09:51:10 »
some shrimp are still alive....

I'm going to guess that I'm going to end up with between 5 and 10 that make through metamorphosis (which will hopefully happen soon)

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Re: Peppermint Shrimp Breeding Log
« Reply #28 on: March 30, 2017, 09:24:55 »
Awesome cant wait to see the pics 

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Re: Peppermint Shrimp Breeding Log
« Reply #29 on: April 06, 2017, 12:42:55 »
Well... it appears that this attempt was a bust.

I didn't do a very good job at keeping an eye on salinity level. Usually when I have stand alone tanks, I make a line on the glass where the water level should be and then top off to that line. For some reason, I didn't do that this time and I was occasionally topping off with a fresh water drip, when it occurred to me to check. The salinity crept up to about 1.035ppm last week and I'm pretty sure it took a toll on the remaining larva. They were still alive, but didn't seem to be eating.

I'm going to make sure I do the line think next time around.

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Re: Peppermint Shrimp Breeding Log
« Reply #30 on: April 06, 2017, 18:42:38 »
it happens
good luck on the next round

 

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