Keeping CRS - Page 2

09-10-2009, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Cichlasoma

thanks bro, currently i am feeding them twice everyday because they look hungry searching for food..

dont feed them everyday . One time in a few days

11-10-2009, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Gexrian

(2) Shrimps can only mate after the female molt. Is this true? Any bro knows the reason?

This is a good question. Would like to know if there are other circumstances which shrimps will mate besides molting.

Anybody knows about the above can help?

tanhann · 11-10-2009, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Gexrian

Anybody knows about the above can help?

From what I know is that when a female is about to moult, the male shrimps will swim in around the tank in an excitement state. Then I will see an empty shelf somewhere and the next thing I will see is a berried shrimp. In between the process, can see male body sticking to female body for a split second.

Not really sure how the male shrimps know that there is a female shrimp that is going to moult, but these are the stages that are observed everytime before a female berried. Don't think there is other way. Do u mean by other mean, like manually transferred the shrimp sperm and implant them into a female shrimp?

Hobbes09 · 12-10-2009, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Wjustin

dont feed them everyday . One time in a few days

Yea, if you feed them too much, the uneaten bits will affect water quality and u may also find unwated 'pests' like planeria worms...

ymmij · 12-10-2009, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Hobbes09

Yea, if you feed them too much, the uneaten bits will affect water quality and u may also find unwated 'pests' like planeria worms...

definitely a concern to note. sometimes it is just we hobbyists are very hand itchy and like to feed and feed....

Cichlasoma · 12-10-2009, 04:25 PM

but i only feed them the amount they can consume the same day.
will try to feed them less.
seems like members here noticed the same thing as me, female shrimps only pregnant after molting.. still dont know the reason. but i think they release some hormone to attract males before molting.

Ningning · 12-10-2009, 05:01 PM

my guess?

after molting, the shrimps are weaker and just lie there for the taking. on normal days, the shrimps will jump away when another shrimp lands on their back.

In addition to probably the hormones relased into the water when the female shrimp molt?

12-10-2009, 04:25 PM	#16
Cichlasoma Arofanatic Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 497	but i only feed them the amount they can consume the same day. will try to feed them less. seems like members here noticed the same thing as me, female shrimps only pregnant after molting.. still dont know the reason. but i think they release some hormone to attract males before molting.

12-10-2009, 05:01 PM	#17
Ningning Dragon Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 596	my guess? after molting, the shrimps are weaker and just lie there for the taking. on normal days, the shrimps will jump away when another shrimp lands on their back. In addition to probably the hormones relased into the water when the female shrimp molt?

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