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 #745  by velvetundergrad
 
Hi Guys just thought i'd share a pic of a greedy berried mom in my tank.

There isnt any other shrimp in the tank that can support a whole pellet on their own. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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 #746  by odin
 
Welcome to the Opae ula forum! That's a great photo of the soon to be mom! She must really enjoy the food you are providing :smile:

What are you feeding them?
 #749  by Ann
 
She's eating for many.
Ann :smile:
 #756  by velvetundergrad
 
Thank you everyone for the warm welcome.

I'm feeding them shrimp wafers by "Ocean Nutrition" and the occasional uncooked zuchinni. I used to give them spiru-max from "Ocean Free" as well but stopped as i found it would dirty the white sand bed.


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 #757  by Ann
 
I found this to be a very welcoming and informative forum. It sounds like your little shrimp are well fed. I hope to learn more about your little pets.
Ann
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 #759  by odin
 
More photos of your tank are always welcome, it must be healthy as your shrimp are reproducing!
 #793  by velvetundergrad
 
Well definitely more healthy than the "Jar Ecosystem" that my initial 5 came in! Previously i gave some of the babies away to others but discovered that they would set them up in jar ecosystems again, so i stopped. I'll update with a few more pics when i get back tonight


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 #801  by odin
 
Looking forward to them :sidesmile:
 #804  by velvetundergrad
 
Hey guys, as promised! It's a cube tank i've had running for a year plus now, got it hooked up to a mini canister filter that runs 150l/hr.

I recently added the breeder's box on the left to keep the gravid moms so they deposit the babies in there and not in the main tank where they may get sucked up into the filter. However one of the moms got so stressed she molted with her brood, so i put em back into the main tank and will scoope the babies into the box when they drop.


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