This tiny little guy was posing on a leaf of guppy grass. So tiny!
Even younger and smaller shrimp! These are abut as long as the head of a straight pin's head is in diameter! The bigger baby green jade in the pic is only bout 3/16th of an inch long, so the new baby in comparison in the pic. Can you see them?
Last edited by matherfish; 11-18-2022 at 05:13 PM.
My latest acquires are these green rili. Not what I expected but after a few days and they settle down, maybe their color will show better. I really expected the body to be transparent but I guess it is blue. It is not easy to find this variety.
We left for Christmas vacation with our family and the weekend of Christmas had temps of a low of -5, so of course I worried about the shrimp getting too cold. Fortunately the two little space heaters I had in the building kept it warm enough and the electricity did not go off while we were gone, so the shrimp survived! Two days before we left we had our transformer blew three times so we were without electricity three times over night so that had me even more concerned when we left.
Last edited by matherfish; 01-04-2023 at 02:28 AM.
A group of shrimp kept together that breed is referred to as a colony. Here is a pic of some of my colony of Neocaridina green jade shrimp.
Shrimp will breed better when kept in the mid 70s temp range but I can't keep mine that warm because of the axolotl tanks, which have to stay below 70*, I try to keep the tanks in the 60's during these cold winter weeks. The lower temps keep the shrimp from breeding as much but the lower temps also allow the shrimp to live longer. My shrimp have slowed down with the lower winter months, but i expect them to pick up when the days start getting warmer. In the meantime, I just enjoy their constant movement and cleaning.
Last edited by matherfish; 02-04-2023 at 05:01 PM.
My baby Golden Back yellow shrimp are really starting to grow to where they are more easily seen. At this size they are getting close to being breeding size. They are breeding size at 1/2 inch, generally.
Last edited by matherfish; 02-17-2023 at 08:39 PM.
I bought some red onyx shrimp last night that are a fairly new neocaridina variety of shrimp now I need to set up a tank for them. I will post a picture when they get here in a few days.
The Red Onyx came in and look great. They look a lot like the Black Rose, but you can see the deep red when you see them at certain angles. The pic with multiple shrimp is the Red Onyx, and the single shrimp is the Black Rose.
Last edited by matherfish; 03-11-2023 at 01:53 PM.
These guys are really cute, but they remind me of the jelly fish that I remember seeing on the beach in Florida some summers. These are called Blue Jelly shrimp. Love the translucent color!
The most popular shrimps are the Fire Red and the Blue Dream shrimp, perhaps because of their availability and vivid color in the tank. Here is a pair of Fire Reds.
Yes, they are good looking. The green with a golden back stripe is cool. Just wondering if they will stay that way, get darker green or revert to yellow.
Last edited by matherfish; 06-14-2023 at 03:10 PM.