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Hidden shrimp community discovery [You won't believe this!!]
« on: May 01, 2015, 10:47:25 AM »
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OK, I'm taking a very quick break in the proceedings to share this with you.
Today, I'm changing the substrate from gravel to sand in my 180 litre Juwel Rio.
In this tank I have the following:
male platies
cherry barb red chinned panchax
male guppies
1 BN plec.

Everybody is in the temporary container and looking good so far.


I got down to the last inch of water and guess what I discovered:
3 adult red cherry shrimp
5 shrimplets of varying sizes!

I'm sure there are more in there, but I've looked as closely as i can and can't find any.

The mystery is, I've never put any shrimp in that tank! It doesn't have calcium or anything.
The only thing I can think of is that they came in with the red chinned panchax, as i know the seller also has shrimp in his tank.

But, against all expectations, not only have they survived, they've bred as welll! The babies must have come along recently, as i put the red chinned panchax in about 6 weeks ago!

How about that for survival!
Anyway, I've added them to my shrimpery, so they're safe now!!

Back to changing the substrate!

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Re: You won't believe this!!
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2015, 11:26:39 AM »
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Wow  :yikes:

I wish I had been there to see your face. I bet it was a bit of a stunned moment wasn't it.
Staring and not believing your eyes.

Great find though.
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Re: You won't believe this!!
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2015, 11:28:21 AM »
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Are you sure you couldn't have accidentally transferred them from your shrimp tank, with plants, net or whatever?
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Re: You won't believe this!!
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2015, 11:31:33 AM »
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I was amazed! And Richard W, no, I use different equipment for the shrimp tank, and I haven't transferred anything..
I've found 2 more tiny shrimplets, but that's the tank empty now. It was very heavily planted, so i think they must have come in with the panchax and bred in the tank and there was just so much cover that a few survived!
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Re: Hidden shrimp community discovery [You won't believe this!!]
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2015, 12:32:56 PM »
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In the spirit of Robert's excellent advice/suggestion, I've amended this title a little.

This is such lovely news, especially after yesterday. Very pleased to hear that they are safely in the shrimpery.
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Re: Hidden shrimp community discovery [You won't believe this!!]
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2015, 12:54:06 PM »
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Thanks fcmf and Diz1 it's good to hear it's worked out!

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A Selection of Fish in my Fish Community Creator Tanks
Clown Barb (5) - Banded Rainbowfish (2) - Bolivian Ram (4) - Angelfish (1) - Checkered Barb (18) - African Red Eye (4) - Cherry Barb (6) - Neon Tetra (8) - Golden Panchax (1) -
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Re: Hidden shrimp community discovery [You won't believe this!!]
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2015, 02:08:45 PM »
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Thanks fcmf, that's a much better title.
Sorry Robert, I was so overcome with excitement at my finding that i just wrote the first thing that came into my head!
Tank's all finished now. Nice new sandy substrate and fishes are all back in and swimming about happily! :)
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Re: Hidden shrimp community discovery [You won't believe this!!]
« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2015, 07:32:41 PM »
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Out of curiosity, what was your title?
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Re: Hidden shrimp community discovery [You won't believe this!!]
« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2015, 07:56:03 PM »
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Hi Fiona, it was the phrase in brackets: 'You won't believe this!' Not the best, as Robert quite rightly pointed out !
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Re: Hidden shrimp community discovery [You won't believe this!!]
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2015, 08:56:28 PM »
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Quote from: Diz1 on May 01, 2015, 02:08:45 PM
Thanks fcmf, that's a much better title.
Sorry Robert, I was so overcome with excitement at my finding that i just wrote the first thing that came into my head!
Tank's all finished now. Nice new sandy substrate and fishes are all back in and swimming about happily! :)

No worries! Good to hear it's allgood :)
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A Selection of Fish in my Fish Community Creator Tanks
Clown Barb (5) - Banded Rainbowfish (2) - Bolivian Ram (4) - Angelfish (1) - Checkered Barb (18) - African Red Eye (4) - Cherry Barb (6) - Neon Tetra (8) - Golden Panchax (1) -
Note: The user may not necessarily own these fish, these are tanks that they may be building or researching for stocking purposes
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