My First Shrimp Babies At 4 Days Old

Congratulations grandma!
They are beautiful.

Well done Fishcake, I am green with envy!!

                                   Skittler

Very cute!

Thanks all!

Anne, I only spotted them by chance really. I remembered Sue saying she checked her waste water before chucking it out so I had a good look into my bucket and sure enough, there they were!!

Cod, They have a slightly red/orange tinge to them at the mo. Mum was red and Dad was either red or blue. I don't know which colour is dominant in shrimp genetics but at the mo, I'm putting my money on them being red.  It will be interesting to see if mummy blue's babies have the same tint, although how I'll tell which are hers I don't know. Maybe I should issue them all with badges!!!

FC76

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Oh no!
I didn't think! Do they need special food? I'm going away for 4 days tomorrow and I've no chance of getting anything by then!

Thank you! nUmbers are now up to 9. Seb says they hide for 3 days after being born, so I'll probably see more later. I asked him about 'baby' food and he confirmed that the shrimp cuisine is fine.

Finely ground shrimp cuisine is what I used too, after the last female died leaving me with a dozen newborns. Since I now have an uncountable number of cherry shrimps all derived from that dozen, it must do something.

That's another brilliant feature of the filter recommended by Sue. The plastic casing is fairly transparent, so you can see any renegades that might have escaped into the filter. Of course, it's only for small tanks, but I'm pretty sure there's a range to fit other sizes of tank.

I've never been 100% sure what sex my shrimps are just by looking at them. The only way I can be sure which are females is if they have a saddle or eggs. But the way you are supposed to be able to tell is by the shape of the abdomen. Males are supposed to be flatter than females as they don't have to carry eggs.