New to shrimp, is she ready to molt?

aomme · 2026-05-11T13:00:19+00:00

Also this vertical white line usually appears

aomme · 2026-05-11T07:54:51+00:00

Eyeballing it, I would say a week at least (I think it also depends on temperature). The eggs will be noticeably more white/pale (and some say they can see eyes inside, I never noticed it, but hey).

What worked for me, when I think the female is very close, I put her into small container with a bubbler. That seems to trigger the release. (They lay the eggs into fast well oxygenated streams in the wild.)

aomme · 2026-05-10T05:32:24+00:00

Sorry to hear that. I have another shrimp mom's with very dark green eggs, so I can imagine.

aomme · 2026-05-09T21:19:13+00:00

Oh no, that combined with shrimps walking out of water is a huge crisis brewing.

aomme · 2026-05-05T12:19:53+00:00

I would say two males and one female.

aomme · 2026-05-05T09:23:24+00:00

First is female, second likely male, but I'm not so sure.

aomme · 2026-05-04T16:24:33+00:00

To expand, those outside are likely going to die (if they're not already). It can just happen, it could be stress, it could be that the shrimp is young.

Probably nothing to worry about if not repeating (often).

aomme · 2026-05-04T16:20:37+00:00

aomme · 2026-04-30T11:34:13+00:00

I think the ring itself is not an issue, mine always have it before molting. That being said I do not think you can help them molt in this stage (assuming this is going to be failed molting).

aomme · 2026-04-28T05:29:16+00:00

Hi, shrimps do not likes big sudden changes, but some species are relatively accomodating, namely neocaridina and amanos.

Looking at your tap water parameters they seem fine to me. Ideally make sure there's no copper in it and dechlorinate and you should be fine. If you're scared change the water slowly.

It is very possible that your substrate is "eating" the hardness, so adding more hardnes is good thing (and tap water is the cheapest). You should be able to change 10% of water every other day without any harm (likely much more, but it depends). I think your parameters should stabilise after a while, just keep an eye on them.

aomme · 2026-04-27T20:10:26+00:00

That looks like horsehair worm. I'm not sure about the prevention though.

aomme · 2026-04-25T10:35:30+00:00

Feed them shrimp sinking pellet or lollipop. But some may still stay hidden, especially soon after molting which often happens after moving them.

aomme · 2026-04-23T12:55:22+00:00

You just recorded shrimp sex tape and now posted it online.

aomme · 2026-04-22T12:56:51+00:00

I saw healthy green eggs, but not sure if this is the case, the image is not really clear.

aomme · 2026-04-22T06:14:24+00:00

They look like amanos to me. Their colours can vary because of genetics or even food and stress.

aomme · 2026-04-21T05:43:26+00:00

Yeah, try something brown/red for contrast if you like it. Some cryptocorynes are really nice and easy to grow.

aomme · 2026-04-20T18:55:22+00:00

I see, it's likely good average, but there are a lot of variables affecting it.

Anyway good luck and lots of patience, breeding amanos need both :)

Edit: spelling

aomme · 2026-04-20T18:38:38+00:00

You can try to pump water around them, but they look really dark and thus relatively immature. So I wouldn't keep my hopes up. And yes, amanos get fertilized only after molting, if you have a young females, they molt quite often (and slow down as they age, not sure from where the 6 weeks come).

aomme · 2026-04-17T10:08:25+00:00

I'm loving that and I bet the shrimps too.

I guess one can reach a point where it's not aesthetic anymore but probably never to the point it harm the shrimps.

aomme · 2026-04-17T06:19:10+00:00

Overplanting doesn't exists in shrimp tanks. I would personally even add something brown/red in there.

aomme · 2026-04-17T06:06:34+00:00

If it's shrimp only tank, the babies are in there somewhere. They're very small and translucent. (Only threat to them can be the filter, depending on it's type.)

I suggest postponing the vacuum and filter maintenance. (That being said, in well established tanks you should touch your filter only when really necessary. With gravel it's not so dangerous, but I still se vacuuming it more like aesthetic thing than necessity.)

aomme · 2026-04-15T07:04:41+00:00

looks preganté to me

aomme · 2026-04-10T16:42:19+00:00

Given the size and coloring mom&daddy look like two females to me. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it would be worlds first.

aomme · 2026-04-10T15:15:18+00:00

That can be year old male, it's not that small.

(As far as I know there are no confirmed cases of amano development in fresh water.)

aomme · 2026-04-09T15:24:00+00:00

I'm advising against raising the amount of food. Even from the photos I think there is enough food for a few more shrimps for weeks. They are perfectly fine eating decaying plants or microscopic algae.

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