One of the members shrimp was heavily berried - near term (hopefully we will see that pic here). Which made me think of my experiences and many others I have seen who set up brand new shrimp tanks and how long they wait to get a good amount of breeding.
Questions on that note... please chime in about the kinds of shrimp you have, and more, below are some questions to help get you thinking about this.
Was your tank brand new / cleaned up used, or already running where there had been a Betta or other fish in the tank so it was a mature tank? How long had it been cycled?
Were the shrimp mixed ages, pee wee, juvi, adolescent, young adult, adult?
How long before they had saddles, and after seeing saddles, were they berried or did you see them with saddles again later before actually getting eggs.
How long has it taken for them to start producing eggs, babies?
type of cleaning schedule also how much cleaning you do (scrub the glass on all sides each week, occassionally never, vac weekly / ever,
I keep seeing shrimp take about 3-6 months to start producing in a newly set up tank. Which makes me think that they need the biofilm to get extra things nutritionally to succeed, that food only cannot supply.
Questions on that note... please chime in about the kinds of shrimp you have, and more, below are some questions to help get you thinking about this.
Was your tank brand new / cleaned up used, or already running where there had been a Betta or other fish in the tank so it was a mature tank? How long had it been cycled?
Were the shrimp mixed ages, pee wee, juvi, adolescent, young adult, adult?
How long before they had saddles, and after seeing saddles, were they berried or did you see them with saddles again later before actually getting eggs.
How long has it taken for them to start producing eggs, babies?
type of cleaning schedule also how much cleaning you do (scrub the glass on all sides each week, occassionally never, vac weekly / ever,
I keep seeing shrimp take about 3-6 months to start producing in a newly set up tank. Which makes me think that they need the biofilm to get extra things nutritionally to succeed, that food only cannot supply.