Jon's 5.5 gal shrimp tank

**SomethingIsFishy** · 03-14-2013, 03:57 AM

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Three of the four adults attacking an algae wafer.I believe the one that is berried is one that just had babies!

I wish I had a better camera... maybe some day... I gotta pay off some jewelry first...

**Gogi** · 03-14-2013, 04:36 AM

gotta love them shrimps. Its hard to tell if its berried from the pic, but the eggs are usually easy to see. Congrats

**SomethingIsFishy** · 03-14-2013, 04:42 AM

Yeah my camera has a hard time focusing up close. Cheap point-and-shoot. She's definitely berried!

**KevinVA** · 03-14-2013, 04:49 AM

Haha, they're all over the place and so tiny. Congrats, man, this is very cool.

**SomethingIsFishy** · 03-14-2013, 04:58 AM

Thanks!

They really are everywhere!! I have been able to count over 40 so far!! And there are more "in the oven"!!

The juvies love to gather on the back wall of the tank and on the anubias. So cool to see the anubias covered in tiny shrimp. Stinks that my camera won't focus on them...

**KevinVA** · 03-14-2013, 05:03 AM

I hear ya. Even with a DSLR it's difficult to focus on anything small. You definitely need a nice zoom lens to get anything out of it.

**SomethingIsFishy** · 03-16-2013, 02:43 AM

I now have 2 berried females again. I may have to convince the landlord to let me set up my 55 gal as a shrimp tank if they keep breeding like this... especially once the juvies start pumping out babies...

Seriously though... I am getting married this summer and will be moving. Hopefully we can find an apartment that will allow a 55 so the shrimp can have the 20 long...