The Cherry Red Shrimp arrived today!!!
They're currently acclimating and look to be in excellant health. They were packaged really well with lots of insulation, breather bags, and a large clump of moss (probably java). They're definately juviniles, so they should adjust to their new home fairly easily. Soooo small and active. Totally adorable. Seems like I've been planning this tank forever, and now the shrimp are finally here!
*goes back to staring at the shrimp darting about their acclimation container*
EDIT - 1 Hour Update
Well the shrimp have been acclimated and are now busy foraging in my tank. I was so surprised that they didn't all go instantly hiding in the plants. Instead over half are in the foreground on the gravel or driftwood picking at bits of this and that. Even though they are quite young several are a very nice red, which speaks volumes about how well packaged they were for shipment.
I tried to count them while transferring them to the tank, but lost count. I'm sure that I have at minimum a dozen, but suspect that there were even more as there were several that were especially small and I didn't see immediately. I was able to coax most onto the brine shrimp net, but had to use a turkey baster to get the last three that didn't think the net looked like such a grand idea.
Such happy, healthy shrimp!
*goes back to gazing and the new shrimp exploring their new home*
They're currently acclimating and look to be in excellant health. They were packaged really well with lots of insulation, breather bags, and a large clump of moss (probably java). They're definately juviniles, so they should adjust to their new home fairly easily. Soooo small and active. Totally adorable. Seems like I've been planning this tank forever, and now the shrimp are finally here!
*goes back to staring at the shrimp darting about their acclimation container*
EDIT - 1 Hour Update
Well the shrimp have been acclimated and are now busy foraging in my tank. I was so surprised that they didn't all go instantly hiding in the plants. Instead over half are in the foreground on the gravel or driftwood picking at bits of this and that. Even though they are quite young several are a very nice red, which speaks volumes about how well packaged they were for shipment.
I tried to count them while transferring them to the tank, but lost count. I'm sure that I have at minimum a dozen, but suspect that there were even more as there were several that were especially small and I didn't see immediately. I was able to coax most onto the brine shrimp net, but had to use a turkey baster to get the last three that didn't think the net looked like such a grand idea.
Such happy, healthy shrimp!
*goes back to gazing and the new shrimp exploring their new home*