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Heya,
Long time reader of the forums as I gradually progress from rampant plant killer to moderately skilled grower of algae. As part of the long process, I have finally joined the ranks of shrimp-keeper. Started about 3 months ago with a colony of 50 Red Cherries of mixed grades in a 10 gallon, bare bottom tank with some plants in shallow pots.
The really fun part for me currently is taking pots from my main algae tank and temporarily putting them in the shrimp tank for cleaning. It is amazing to see them take a large Sword or a pot of hairgrass that is covered in BBA and completely clear it in a matter of a week.
It seems a bit interesting that my females seem to all berry up about the same time. Is that typical that a colony synchronizes breeding?
The baby shrimplets seem to do quite well on all that fresh BBA and I am looking forward to starting to put my culls into the main tank once the colony is well established.
In the meantime, I tossed up a closeup webcam on one of the pots for your viewing pleasure. Comments and suggestions welcome.
http://brolly.us (changed URL to standard port)
Cheers,
Brolly
Long time reader of the forums as I gradually progress from rampant plant killer to moderately skilled grower of algae. As part of the long process, I have finally joined the ranks of shrimp-keeper. Started about 3 months ago with a colony of 50 Red Cherries of mixed grades in a 10 gallon, bare bottom tank with some plants in shallow pots.
The really fun part for me currently is taking pots from my main algae tank and temporarily putting them in the shrimp tank for cleaning. It is amazing to see them take a large Sword or a pot of hairgrass that is covered in BBA and completely clear it in a matter of a week.
It seems a bit interesting that my females seem to all berry up about the same time. Is that typical that a colony synchronizes breeding?
The baby shrimplets seem to do quite well on all that fresh BBA and I am looking forward to starting to put my culls into the main tank once the colony is well established.
In the meantime, I tossed up a closeup webcam on one of the pots for your viewing pleasure. Comments and suggestions welcome.
http://brolly.us (changed URL to standard port)
Cheers,
Brolly