fire shrimp eggs...

[courtanee]

So one of my large females finally has eggs! My concern is they seem to be... hanging?... rather low. Compared to videos and pictures, most of the time they are held closer to the body. I will try to get a picture but I don't want to disturb her. Any ideas what this could possibly be? Water params are normal temp is about 75 f in the morning 77 in the afternoon(our heaters come on).

 

[MsNeoShrimp]

Where it egg sits is hard to judge but as long as they look clean, she fans them often and no weird mold growing on it, chances are they are doing just fine. As soon as you see little eyes on them then they are growing just fine

 

[courtanee]

That's a relief! These are my first eggs to arrive, pretty exciting! I've attached the best picture I could get :/ not great quality. thank you!

 

[Coursair]

Young/new Shrimp moms often lose eggs. Don't freak. Mine went from 30 to like 3 but later clutches were much bigger and she held on tighter.

 

[courtanee]

She's mature, got some adult ones from a breeder. She's got a lot! And seems to be holding them all very well