My own pregnant female Cardinal shrimp...

[Xema]

Hey guy I am really surprised, I got 3 cardinal females with eggs...:D

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b263/Aquatika/Fauna%20Aquatica/Shrimps/carspcardenal0125042008800.jpg

[telinar]

Cool! That's great! What size tank do you keep them in?

[khanh]

:2thumbsup
Very encouraging!

[Emily]

wow thats awesome! good luck!

[Alesfra]

Congratulations, Xema!

Well done.

[gr81]

Xema: what are your current water parameters?

[Xema]

I am keeping then together spongicola, you can see all parameter and other date here. (http://www.shrimpnow.com/forums/showthread.php/my-c-spogicola-2480.html)

Thanks for your comments.

[wood]

These became pregnant in captivity?

[Xema]

Yeah, I am keeping them for 2 month

[wood]

Yeah, I am keeping them for 2 month

Spectacular!! That is great news!!

[Cpark188]

What a great news to rejoice for you and your 3 cardinal females which carrys eggs. Be patience and monitor it also keep us inform of the shrimplets. Cheers.

[aligi66]

Hi Xema,
don't worry.... if you can wait 15-18 days (27° C), you can see the shrimplets. I am also keeping them from 3 month and now many shrimplets are present in the tank.

[Xema]

Nice pictures!!!...

A friend of mine is breeding them perfectly... So I am not worried about... My main worry is spongicola, six days after leaving the eggs and any sign of shrimplets...

[aligi66]

Thanks!!

I have the same problems with the C. cf spongicola... for two times they leave the eggs but I don't found any shrimplets.

[wood]

wonderful photos aligi66 !!

[khanh]

aligi66:

Nice pictures! Could you tell us what is your water parametres?
Thanks!

[aligi66]

aligi66:

Nice pictures! Could you tell us what is your water parametres?
Thanks!

Thanks!

Water parametres are pH 8.4, 280 microsiemens, 26-27° C e nitrate 0 mg/l. The tanks is 25 litres and I change 25% every week.

[Brasilia]

Hi Xema,

can you share any new information about breeding the Cardinals or the cf. spongicola shrimps?

Regards

Frederic

[Xema]

Water parametres are pH 8.4, 280 microsiemens

Can you tell us how you keep that high pH with that low EC?
I only can keep 300 microSiemens at 7,8 pH.


Hi Xema,

can you share any new information about breeding the Cardinals or the cf. spongicola shrimps?

Regards

Frederic

I am not doing anything special, only keeping a clean water, with pH 7,8 and low EC.

I posted a new video (http://aquatika.bitacoras.com/archivos/2008/05/27/little-cardenal).

[Alesfra]

Beautiful video and Cardinal shrimplets, Xema.

Congratulations.

[Brasilia]

Hi Xema,

thanks for sharing! Nice video!:D

I hope that in near future many people will be able to breed enough Sulawesi shrimp to share with other hobbyist. And there are so many nice species from Sulawesi...

Regards

Frederic

[Ricardo Nunes]

Hi Xema,
Nice video!
Congratulations for the beautiful shrimps that you have there.Go showing the evolutions

bye

[wood]

xema- update on your pregnant?

[Xema]

xema- update on your pregnant?

mmm ... the tank is full of shrimplets. I will post pictures.

[Alesfra]

Xema, I'm looking forward for seeing that photos.

[rwong2k]

mmm ... the tank is full of shrimplets. I will post pictures.

oh very nice, hope you can share some of your secrets soon
i have a bunch of babies from wild pregnant females growing in my tank now, hopefully they will mature and start breeding for me

[aligi66]

[QUOTE=Xema;27058]Can you tell us how you keep that high pH with that low EC?
I only can keep 300 microSiemens at 7,8 pH.

Hi Xema,
sorry for the late reply but I was in Germany.

My tap water have a high pH, so I change 30-40% every weeks. For mantaining a high pH I use, also, some active coal in the filter system that I change every 10 days. It adsorbe organics acids producs from the metabolism of the shrimps and snail.

Also I have many shrimplets in the tanks... the old ones are 10mm longer.