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Just thought I'd share a few pics of out latest additions; ninja shrimp and croaking gourami fry.

We got the shrimp two weeks ago and within 2 days of having them in the tank two of the shrimp were carrying eggs

1. shrimp tank
2. female with eggs
3. smaller shrimp

The gourami fry appeared without too much warning in our 180 gallon community tank yesterday afternoon.
By the time we noticed that the parents had made a little bubble nest under some floating leaves and were acting all territorial, the fry were already free swimming (although still hanging in the nest from time to time).

The father is doing a fantastic impression of a much bigger fish, chasing off anything that gets too close, including the much larger angel fish and platinum gourami.

We have moved about 30 of the fry to a spearate tank to see if we can successfully raise a few. Those that are left in the big tank are likely to become a tasty treat for the rest of the fish as soon as the fry get a bit bigger and start to venture away from the nest.

4. nest
5. dad with nest
6. fry_1
7. fry_2
8. fry_3
9. fry in bubble nest - pic added 22 may


Edit - 22 May: The shrimp eggs have hatched!! ... 14 days after we first noticed the eggs

Picture linked below shows the tiny white specks of baby shrimp sitting on the filter. (For a size reference the filter is about 1 x 1.5 inches.)

10. baby shrimp

BTW... how do you refer to baby shrimp?
fish have fry, cats have kittens, dogs have puppies, swans have signets, shrimp have ???

G_T



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cool troppo! love the pics good job


33 gallon 7 neon tetras-5 platys-3 bleeding heart tetras-2 corys-1 rainbow shark-2 L83 gibby plecos

Congrats troppo!

Nice pics!

awsome pics troppo love em!

Troppo , well done mate . The Gourami fry look sensational . Hope you can grow some to adults .
Good Luck
Garry

Baby shrimps!!!!

Listen! Do you smell that?

Nice pics of some truly tiny creatures there, and congratulations on becoming new adoptive father of hundreds!