One Egg

[NanoDave]

today i accidently saw one egg under one of the bigger crs in my tank lol


Did she drop the rest of the eggs or did she just produce one? :)

[imi_sky]

chances are most of them were dropped but hope the one thats left hatches

[NanoDave]

Thanks.. :) Hope she don't drop this last one too!! :p

[jojoecute]

Don't worry...
She will drop the last egg as yr wish..



Thanks.. :) Hope she don't drop this last one too!! :p

[NanoDave]

Don't worry...
She will drop the last egg as yr wish..

Not my wish!! :dizzy2:

[NanoDave]

Well the one egg dropped I think :undecided

I finally got the chance to go shrimp egg hunting and I can't find any. :undecided

Quite bad luck recently.. :undecided do the first few batches always drop off normally?

How many days does it take to turn from egg to shrimplet if any?

Is there any chance that dropped eggs can hatch in the substrate without being attached to female?

Sorry about so many questions..

[jojoecute]

Hi brother,
Don't be disappointed, once eggs drop will turns to shrimplets within a mins.
Try to hunt for shrimplets after a week of growing.
Most of them hidding & and not easy to locate them. As shrimplets are very tiny creatures.

[amidala]

Hi NanoDave, the dropped eggs could have hatched into shrimplets already, for all you know. :) Is your tank densely covered in moss or plants? Can try and look closely and maybe you'll see little shrimps hiding in the darkest corners!

Of course, do make sure that the rest of the tankmates are shrimp-friendly!

[NanoDave]

Hi brother,
Don't be disappointed, once eggs drop will turns to shrimplets within a mins.
Try to hunt for shrimplets after a week of growing.
Most of them hidding & and not easy to locate them. As shrimplets are very tiny creatures.

Thanks bro.. I think you are referring to the naturally dropped ones? What about the prematurely dropped ones? Do they even have a chance? :)

[NanoDave]

Hi NanoDave, the dropped eggs could have hatched into shrimplets already, for all you know. :) Is your tank densely covered in moss or plants? Can try and look closely and maybe you'll see little shrimps hiding in the darkest corners!

Of course, do make sure that the rest of the tankmates are shrimp-friendly!

Thanks amidala, I sure hope that is what happened but no.. can't find any shrimplets even with a torchlight.. :p

[jojoecute]

Wooo Premature !!!!!
That i not very sure.....

It take about 3-4 weeks give birth to shrimplets..
But my pregnant Crs seen to give birth in lesser.. say around 3 weeks day.




Thanks bro.. I think you are referring to the naturally dropped ones? What about the prematurely dropped ones? Do they even have a chance? :)

[NanoDave]

Me too, learnt a lot from everyone and also discovered a new beverage in singapore.. maybe will try it next time :D

Great news!!! When I reached home I found a new pregnant crs!!!!! :D :D :D The amazing thing is she has a whole clump of eggs, at least 20 lol lol lol The bad thing is my cam has no battery.. so now I'm quickly charging!!

Now I'm really in a dilema whether to separate her or not.. if I do it might stress her.. if I don't, donno she will drop the eggs like the other. :p

I think my shrimps are finally maturing! :drummer:


ps: it is a very low grade crs though, almost no white but its exciting all the same :D

[NanoDave]

This is a pic of the almost no white low grade cro...

See how many eggs there! :D :D

http://www.shrimpnow.com/mygallery/files/5/0/5/preg0024a.jpg

[Walter]

Hmm interesting, premature ones might hatch who knows. Since it isnt much of a difference with the female carrying right? It is still in contact with the tank water and the female is not adding any special chemicals or stuff to the eggs right? I might be wrong just pure guessing. lol:p

[silane]

NanoDave,
The color of that pregnant female does not look correct, hope will be alright soon.

[NanoDave]

NanoDave,
The color of that pregnant female does not look correct, hope will be alright soon.

Yea I'm very worried about her and anxious about the eggs.. do you think I should separate her? But if I enclose her in a plastic breeder the water inside it may not be optimal, also I think it will have less oxygen in the breeder.. the good thing is she may be less stressed by fellow shrimps (I noticed she gets away when shrimps go too near her)...

should I separate?? :stars:

[NanoDave]

Hmm interesting, premature ones might hatch who knows. Since it isnt much of a difference with the female carrying right? It is still in contact with the tank water and the female is not adding any special chemicals or stuff to the eggs right? I might be wrong just pure guessing. lol:p

Sure hope you're right :) :)

[silane]

Yea I'm very worried about her and anxious about the eggs.. do you think I should separate her? But if I enclose her in a plastic breeder the water inside it may not be optimal, also I think it will have less oxygen in the breeder.. the good thing is she may be less stressed by fellow shrimps (I noticed she gets away when shrimps go too near her)...

should I separate?? :stars:

Just leave it as it is in the tank, putting her in breeder net/box will stress her out. When she just got pregnant, she may want to find a place to hide for a few days before she comes out to roam again.

[NanoDave]

Just leave it as it is in the tank, putting her in breeder net/box will stress her out. When she just got pregnant, she may want to find a place to hide for a few days before she comes out to roam again.

But my tank don't really have hiding places for adult shrimps.. except the shrimp house that no shrimps like to enter.. :undecided

[silane]

But my tank don't really have hiding places for adult shrimps.. except the shrimp house that no shrimps like to enter.. :undecided

Don't worry about that, leave her in an enviroment/water condition that she is familar with, there is no good cause to remove her, just because she is pregnant, unless you can find her a better place that what she is in now.

[NanoDave]

Thanks :)

By the way I bought an oxygen stone will it help if I put it in the water? It is suppose to produce oxygen bubbles but I'm not sure what the chemical reaction is and what is the impact on the tank water.. any idea? :)

[silane]

Thanks :)

By the way I bought an oxygen stone will it help if I put it in the water? It is suppose to produce oxygen bubbles but I'm not sure what the chemical reaction is and what is the impact on the tank water.. any idea? :)


I have never use that on shrimp tank. Small miniture bubble is gathered at the stone, I didn't see any big bubble, some of them claim to give out oxygen for 1 month, so the bubble will not even visible to eyes.

hhmm... quite sure there will be something added to the tank as the side product when O2 is produced.

You sounded more stressed then the newly pregnant CRS. :D :joking:

[NanoDave]

I have never use that on shrimp tank. Small miniture bubble is gathered at the stone, I didn't see any big bubble, some of them claim to give out oxygen for 1 month, so the bubble will not even visible to eyes.

hhmm... quite sure there will be something added to the tank as the side product when O2 is produced.

You sounded more stressed then the newly pregnant CRS. :D :joking:

Small bubbles is ok.. it means that the oxygen is not being wasted but absorbed as they are produced. :)

I used a penknife and shaved some powder off it and mix with some water.. dripped some pH test liquid on it and it is dark blue.. pH>7.6! :shocked: but there is only a bit of water in this test... in the tank the effect may be minimal? Do you think? :p :huh: :D :cry:

I'll be stress until at least I see shrimplets :D

[silane]

Small bubbles is ok.. it means that the oxygen is not being wasted but absorbed as they are produced. :)

I used a penknife and shaved some powder off it and mix with some water.. dripped some pH test liquid on it and it is dark blue.. pH>7.6! :shocked: but there is only a bit of water in this test... in the tank the effect may be minimal? Do you think? :p :huh: :D :cry:

I'll be stress until at least I see shrimplets :D

Base on your test, it should rise PH is long term, monitor the PH, I think should be fine.

But, I dont understand why you need a oxygen stone?

[NanoDave]

if I see the preg crs start dropping eggs I might have to separate her in a breeder as a last resort to collect the remaining eggs before they all drop into the substrate or moss.. but there is less osygen in the breeder so I was thinking when that happen I might put an oxygen stone in there.. :)

She hasn't dropped any so far, I just checked 5min ago when I got home :D

[NanoDave]

Good news! I found another pregnant crs today! But I think she didn't just get pregnant because she has only about 3 or 4 eggs... :D When I grab my camera she went into hiding ... :(

[silane]

Congrats! Time to change the title of your thread to Many Eggs. :D

[NanoDave]

Still too early to tell whether the one with many eggs will drop like the other two did.. :x or is it possible the two only produced a few eggs because it is their first time producing? Like a warm up or something? :p

By the way I just saw one crazy crs jumped on the preg loaded crs and she had to turn around to chase it away.. very dangerous activity!! :veryangry :bomb: I think shes stressed having to protect her eggs?

How? do you think I should separate? :undecided

[retardo]

Thanks bro.. I think you are referring to the naturally dropped ones? What about the prematurely dropped ones? Do they even have a chance? :)

I don't think this question was ever answered... prematurely dropped eggs=no chance of survival. The behavior of the female shrimp while it carries the eggs is conducive to their successful hatching when carried to full term. Dropped eggs tend to be a next meal for the shrimp that finds it (although I've never witnessed it).

[retardo]

By the way I just saw one crazy crs jumped on the preg loaded crs and she had to turn around to chase it away.. very dangerous activity!! :veryangry :bomb: I think shes stressed having to protect her eggs?

How? do you think I should separate? :undecided

This unfortunately is normal behavior. I don't think the issue so much is separating them from each other as it is about providing more space for them, such that they interact with each other less.

[NanoDave]

I don't think this question was ever answered... prematurely dropped eggs=no chance of survival. The behavior of the female shrimp while it carries the eggs is conducive to their successful hatching when carried to full term. Dropped eggs tend to be a next meal for the shrimp that finds it (although I've never witnessed it).

Thanks retardo, does that mean if the eggs don't get eaten they may hatch? If the female comes across an egg she dropped herself would she eat it or would she put it back where it was?

If so I might be separating the pregnant one out asap..

:bs_help:

[retardo]

The egg has virtually no chance of survival once it's been dropped. More than likely the female that dropped the egg will also eat the egg.

[NanoDave]

what a heartless mother! >( I'll crush her if I catch her doing that! >(

[retardo]

what a heartless mother! >( I'll crush her if I catch her doing that! >(

:shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

It's part of the circle of life. Better her than another shrimp, I say. She will use the nutrients from the egg to begin/continue the egg production. The more she eats, the faster a new batch will come. At least, that's how I see it.

[NanoDave]

nah.. to eat her own for nutrients is just wrong! :p

[NanoDave]

Today I discovered another pregnant shrimp! :p To my surprise the egg development looks the same as the one I spotted before, so I guess it may have developed the eggs at the same time as the other one but just had stayed out of view :)

I think from now on I won't be announcing any new sightings since it must be boring to those who always have new pregnant shrimps regulary.. :p

[Walter]

Haha congrats to you! Well you can stop announcing, and surprise us by showing your shrimplets' pictures later on. :D lol

[NanoDave]

3 weeks is a long time to wait.. hope nothing goes wrong.. :)