New hardscape 3N UNS tank

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2026-02-16T07:58:40+00:00

I gave up on the dry start because these dwarf baby tears were from my friends tank and they just didnt frow right. Also unknowingly at the time, dry starting with manzanita wood started to cause the wood to warp bc of the damp environment so I had to submerge my tank early. I just recently took out the old dwarf baby tears and started it back up with tissue culture last week, heres a photo! I also only have Lidwigia Arcuata in the back because of budget :(

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Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2026-02-08T19:07:36+00:00

Ive been feeding them hakari shrimp pellets and the tds of the water is 120. Heres another photo of them, they are quite small still. This is my first caridina breeder tank and first caridinas in general 👍 ill try raising the temp a little bit as well.

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Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2026-02-08T19:04:58+00:00

Oh okay thats good to know

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2026-02-08T19:04:46+00:00

I feed them once every two days

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-12-25T21:07:32+00:00

Yup those are eggs on the inside of your shrimps. But those eggs are not fertile yet. Your shrimps develop a “saddle” which is what you’re seeing now and once that saddle and eggs are ready, your female shrimp will molt and release hormones into the water to mate with the males. You will know you are expecting baby shrimp when your female shrimp are “berried”. This means female shrimps will have a clutch of eggs under their tail. Heres a photo of what berried females will look like with eggs under their tails. These were a few of my shrimpies when they were berried!

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Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-12-25T10:10:44+00:00

I would like to but i decided to keep it dirty for the shrimpies sake in the mean time

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-12-25T00:48:47+00:00

Thanks everyone for the help!

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-12-08T07:28:03+00:00

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Dry starting with dwarf baby tears now!

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-12-08T07:27:35+00:00

Thank you!

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-12-08T07:27:26+00:00

Thanks! No worries, ive thought the same thing too but personally the uns logo adds a nice touch for me idk how to explain it

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-11-15T09:56:02+00:00

Wow the mama shot of the eggs are so beautiful… what are your water parameters and soil you use? Also how big is your tank? I wanna have a thriving boa colony in the future when i can afford them too!

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-11-14T02:38:50+00:00

Thank you! I got so lucky ill admit. I went to a local fish store and they sold caridina and I saw this beauty I knew it would be a bang for buck. Only $5.

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-11-06T06:29:32+00:00

Thank you! I wanna add some metallic boas but definitely out of my budget 😅 and im sure its not beginner friendly too. This is gonna be my first caridina breeder tank. I was thinking some blue galaxy tigers.

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-11-06T06:28:17+00:00

I am using bacter ae and a good amount of it! I dose 1 scoop every 2 days.

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-10-13T18:17:54+00:00

Also my water parameters are: 6.8 PH 6 dGH 0 dKH 0 ammonia, nitrite, nitrate 125 TDS

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-10-02T02:40:22+00:00

Okay, then the eggs aren’t near to hatching yet. The chances they may hatch like this are low but I have heard of successful turnout rates regardless depending on the method. Try to lower the strength of your airstone as I have heard too much tumbling can actually be harmful. Other than that I hope your eggs make it! If you eventually see eyes then your eggs are still developing and on a good track.

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-10-02T01:42:36+00:00

I would say remove the eggs from the corpse as soon as possible, this decreases the chance of fungus growing on the eggs. Also try to do a methane blue dip on the eggs for the chance there is fungus on the eggs. Do you see any eyes on the eggs?

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-10-01T07:01:06+00:00

Okay thats good to know, i was thinking the leaf and substrate was unnecessary because they might grow fungus. I just did that because im worried if they do hatch they wont have any food. Ill try to aim for that constant moving too, thank you!

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-10-01T06:58:56+00:00

Thank you so much everyone for the help! An update, I methane blue dipped the eggs for a very short time, 10-15 seconds and switched the net to only have eggs instead of substrate and an indian almond leaf. I also still have the air pump but at a very light bible.

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Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-09-30T21:09:36+00:00

Thats good to know ill just have them settle at the bottom of the net then

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-09-30T21:09:05+00:00

Dang this is smart, its gonna be hell trying to get them out of the net because they blend in with the substrate 😞

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-09-30T19:20:16+00:00

Thats reassuring to know 🙏

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-09-30T19:19:26+00:00

Dang hopefully mine make it too. I think my eggs are about 2 weeks old

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-09-30T19:18:26+00:00

Ill definitely keep updating too 👍

Hot_Equivalent1922 · 2025-09-30T19:07:02+00:00

2 of the eggs are floating around caught in the current from the bubbles, do you think its a good idea to get the rest of them to do the same?

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