--- In FreshwaterShrimp@yahoogroups.com, Stuart Halliday <stuart@...> wrote:
>
> I believe babyhellcat69 wrote this email section below:
>
> > I have a couple of baby shrimp questions. I saw 6 female shrimp dropping
> > their little babys. They are little white specks. How long until the
> > babies are big enough to actually see swimming around. And is there
> > anything special they need to ensure they grow up healthy? The adult
> > shrimp wont harm the babies right? I have plenty of java moss and 2
> > sponge filters in the shrimp tank.
>
> I assume you mean RCS (Neocaridina heteropoda)? :-)
> http://theaquariumwiki.com/RCS
>
> If so, the babies hatch whilst on the mother and then swim about immediately
> as they are fully developed miniature versions of the adult.
>
> > My other concern is that I have little snails in the tank too, the
> > snails wont hurt the shrimp right? (they were hitchhikers on the moss).
>
> What species of snails?
> Most are a pest as they reproduce if there is lots of spare food around.
>
> I have pond and ear snails. Once a month I dip in a slice of sweet potato
> and once they climb on-board, I whip it out. :-)
> Snails prefer dark things to crawl on and sweet potato lasts for ages under
> water.
>
> > I feed the shrimp algae pellets.
>
> I don't feed my RCS anything.
> They get food from the plants and there is plenty of natural algae on the
> gravel to go round. :-)
>
>
> They're in a 20L Walstad tank with Java fern, floating plants and 4 Galaxy
> fish (http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Galaxy ) . Not even a filter...
>
> http://mytriops.com/myfish/pict1093.jpg
> You can spot a number of my RCS and the fish.
>
>
> > Thank you so much for your help.
>
> Hope I've helped. :-)
>
>
> --
> Stuart Halliday
> http://mytriops.com/
> 200 Million years in the making...



Yes Definately. I saw some of the babies today. they are soooo cute. :-) I am
not sure what kind of snails they are small and brown. Not sure if that helps
any.

Heres a question for you.
Today I noticed worms in my cherry shrimp tank. They are orangish red in color
and a bit over an inch long. What kind of worms are they? Will they harm my
shrimps? How do I eterminate the worms without harming my shrimp? I really
really dont want to have to tear down the tank and refill it as I have a ton of
newly hatched baby shrimps in there. What can I do. I am fishing out the ones I
can find but am worried they will reproduce before I can get them all out of
there. I noticed that on the sponge filter there are some tiny little worms
also. I worry about my shrimp and absolutely HATE ALL WORMS yucky

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.