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17-11-2011, 04:23 PM | #1 |
Dragon
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Why are my shrimps all male?
Hi guys, i realised that almost all the shrimps in my tank are male except for one female Any idea what is happening? I dont specially cull away the female shrimps, so why did this happen?
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17-11-2011, 04:28 PM | #2 |
Dragon
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Arse luck?
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17-11-2011, 04:30 PM | #3 |
Dragon
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But there are around 40 males to 1 female Its like too extreme already
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17-11-2011, 04:30 PM | #4 |
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Get more female then.
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17-11-2011, 04:32 PM | #5 |
Dragon
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Where did you buy them from?
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17-11-2011, 04:38 PM | #6 |
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Those are yellow shrimps and i have been keeping them for about a year. I bought them from c328 long time ago and also supplemented with some more from green chapter. I will get more female, but i would also like to know the cause of the problem. Is it due to inbreeding perhaps?
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17-11-2011, 04:49 PM | #7 |
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If they are self bred then I think refer to post #2.
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17-11-2011, 05:45 PM | #8 | |
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Why not intro another batch from some other places? |
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17-11-2011, 06:24 PM | #9 |
Dragon
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ok, i guess most yellow shrimps come from the same source anyway.
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17-11-2011, 06:49 PM | #10 |
Dragon
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Pick individually if you can. That way you can be more certain of females.
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