They are so very good at hiding. There are probably more that you haven’t seen yet. Side note-do you happen to be in St Paul?
I am in Saint Paul. How in the world did you figure that out...and are you?
Also. No plants from tanks w/ shrimp at least not in over a month...and even then I don’t believe they were in a shrimp tank. I did glance down into the filter compartment, although I didn’t pull out the filter, and didn’t see any. They must be hiding and I got lucky to see this brave one. As far as the tank, it wasn’t initially set up as a shrimp tank, but became one by accident and I have recently gotten it to match shrimp happiness because I learn quickly. It’s a 3 Gallon tank w/ a built in filter. It has a mix of fake plants/caves, decaying almond leaves, and some sort of random live plant the shrimp keeper gave me. Also, an assortment of snails...mostly Malaysian trumpet snails because the 2 given to me initially reproduced quickly. I will eventually return the younger ones to the shop when they are big enough to bag. There are currently 8 snowballs (1 of which is berried), 8 fire red shrimp, and 3 green babaulti...and at least one random fry. Tank parameters currently: Kh 7, GH 13, Ammonia 0ppm, Nitrate 5 ppm, Nitrite 0ppm, Ph 7.2-7.4, Temp 73.5, TDS 513. I have slowly been bringing down the water hardness over the past 2 weeks. I have another planned water change tomorrow. Recently, I’ve done 10% changes every few days (to bring down the hardness), but I typically do a 20% change weekly. I don’t travel vac, hence the snails, but just remove the water with a jar (so I can check for any shrimp or other living creatures) and drip new water back in over a matter of hours. I feed the shrimp M, W, F. I alternate between Fluval shrimp bug bites, sera natural shrimp food, and hikari shrimp cuisine. They finish the food w/in 30min to an hour.
Ultimately, for my birthday in a few months, I want to set up a 5 to 7.5 gallon tank, specifically with all the things I’ve learned in the process for shrimp perfection.
Fry by nature are very good at keeping a low profile, it's a survival thing. I've heard the babaultis are smaller than neos and grow slower, so maybe it's one of those?
p.s. I really want some of those but my normal sources for shrimp are always out...
I would be very happy if it was one of the babaultis as I am aware they are hard to find, and I lost about 3 in the process of getting the tank right in my initial shrimp ignorance. I really Iike them and would love for them to replicate...for myself, but also for others trying to find them. I wasn’t able to get a photo of it, but I do have a short video. It does seem babaulti like.
