Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Mugs Monday

 

[Ponypoor]

Pony Sunday

I give to you another brat….

Reenie has broke out of her stall.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I'm turning Pony Sunday into Shrimpie Sunday.

I really tried to get good pictures and a video of the little shrimplets. They are still just too small. They are right at a week old. I saw Momma shrimp last Sunday morning still berried. Monday afternoon she was out in the tank with no eggs. I did not spot the babies until Tuesday. The first day I counted 4. This evening I spotted 8. They have doubled in size but are still very tiny. Still not the size of guppy fry yet. I am sure there are more hiding as momma had way more then 8 eggs. I figure in another week at the rate they are growing they will be all over the tank and easier to count. Right now they are staying next to the green ball and plant and on that black wall of the tank. I've purposefully not scraped algae off that wall for the shrimp and snails.

This was the best I could do with pictures. I tried to video but they just do not show up.

I have also been super cautious with these little shrimplets. I've kept the tank light off most of the time. I know the adult shrimp and the snails will not bother them. If there is any danger of them being eaten it is by the ember tetras. I'm also feeding twice a day now so the tetra's are full. So far they do not seem to bother them.