raising tiger shrimp

zapisto · Post by **zapisto** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:39 pm

i have an other question
how many year a tiger shrimp can live ?
i have a strange think in my tank , i had my tiger adult size and the breed
now most of my adult are dying but all the young are fine and grow well
any explanation ?
i have them for about a yer and was adult already.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:43 pm

Dwarf shrimp such as RCS, CRS and Tiger shrimp have an average lifespan of about one and a half years. Your shrimp may just be reaching the end of their lives.

zapisto · Post by **zapisto** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:56 pm

ho ok that can explain lot of stuff

i have about 50 bay growing well so will see

thanks

wood · Post by **wood** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:16 pm

I have some Tiger Shrimp headed my way this coming week! I am very very excited. I have been breeding RCS in my 10 gallon and am going to add the Tigers to the same tank. Hopefully they will do well. The RCS are doing very well, lots of babies, but Tigers are different.

I am also going to be building an invert rack soon. Will hold about 6-8 10g tanks. Auto flush and fill so I don't kill myself changing the water in all of the tanks. I plan on having many many species

Do not worry, once I start making the rack I will be posting a very thorough journal.

-Ryan

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:48 pm

I am also going to be building an invert rack soon. Will hold about 6-8 10g tanks. Auto flush and fill so I don't kill myself changing the water in all of the tanks. I plan on having many many species Do not worry, once I start making the rack I will be posting a very thorough journal.

-Ryan

Great news, we can follow along and learn from the beginning how to set up an invert rack

Thanks!

Shrimp&Snails · Post by **Shrimp&Snails** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:31 am

My tigers are still constantly breeding....it's nice to see all different sized shrimp nibbling on java moss or sitting on the substrate. I also keep cherries in the same tank but although I bought four more last week I think I still don't have a male.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:39 am

I understand what you are saying. Part of the appeal and responsibility of the hobbyist is to breed their shrimp! By doing this you increase your colonies and hopefully get more of them out into the hobby

wood · Post by **wood** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:00 am

Neonshrimp wrote:
I am also going to be building an invert rack soon. Will hold about 6-8 10g tanks. Auto flush and fill so I don't kill myself changing the water in all of the tanks. I plan on having many many species Do not worry, once I start making the rack I will be posting a very thorough journal.

-Ryan
Great news, we can follow along and learn from the beginning how to set up an invert rack Thanks!

I thought of doing a drip system, but I decided against it because I would like to have more control over the actual water changing. The type of system that I am going to have setup will allow me to choose which tanks I want to change, either all or individually, with the use of valves. Same goes for refill. Having a drip system is great, but this is the method that I have decided to go with.

I want to thank Milalic for posting the journal on his invert rack. He definitely helped me out by being the guinea pig

Thanks Milalic!

-Ryan

gabs · Post by **gabs** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:29 am

I have removed my Tiger shrimps to avoid hybridization with Crs. They are now being kept in a 100l aquarium together with Cherry shrimp and Red tail shrimp. Hope the latter do not hybridize with the Tiger shrimp!

The female tiger shrimp gave birth to some cute little shrimplets. Do these youngsters look like a Cross breed between crs and Tiger?

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:07 am

It is still too early to be absolutely sure. The babies in you pictures son't look like crosses (No stripes which should come later as they grow into juvie tigers).

How old are they?

zapisto · Post by **zapisto** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:51 am

hmmm
on the first pics i see red..... strange
mine dont have that.

RCSGuy · Post by **RCSGuy** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:40 pm

Not sure whether they are a cross. But those shrimplets are really cute

IF they are just born though, then you have great photographing skills

gabs · Post by **gabs** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:18 am

Thanks for your replies and your positive comments guys.

The shrimplets are still very young (less than a month old) and around 5mm in length.

This wasn't the first time that the female tiger shrimp was carrying eggs since I was able to see shrimplets that look like miniature tiger shrimps. These shrimps are now almost a cm in length.

RCSGuy · Post by **RCSGuy** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:43 pm

Cool, nice pictures gabs

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:51 pm

It is true that it takes a while for the babies to develope the striped patterns of the adult tiger shrimp. Good to see they are growing healthy for you

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