Found a way to entice the rarer shrimp out from behind the Anubias, I turned off the spraybar pump and laced the top of the Catappa bark with a mix of Spirulina, Chlorella, Biozyme and Aminovita-P. The tank looks empty most of the time but after doing this the tank becomes very busy indeed. Here's a look at some of the shyest Shrimplets.
First up is this Mystery, no idea what it's supposed to be but there's pink, yellow and orange spots in there.
Here's the Classic Shadow I mentioned in the previous post, the larger CBS next to it is from the previous Generation.
Again but with some Ostracods in the shot swarming a piece of Ebi Dama Special for a sense of scale.
This would be getting boring taking pictures of the same shrimp were it not for the fact that the blue one sitting next to it is the first time it has shown its presence in the tank.
I now know that the blue won't stay this way, it's going to turn a deep black, so deep in fact it becomes a challenge to photograph. Here's one of the blue and whites from a previous posting feeding next to Geronimo (whos making quite a mess as he eats).
Here's a different one next to a CRS. If I'm not mistaken this is a Panda Shrimp?
See what I mean about the black being very deep and hard to photograph.
Even when you purposefully over expose the image!
Seems I have quite few of these.
I'm thinking this is a Shadow Panda?
Here's a closer view!
Here a few close clones of Mum, both red and black causing quite a stoor on the Cattapa bark.
Here's Mum with shrimplets from her first and second brood that bear her markings (or very close to it).
She's due to let her latest clutch go in about four or five days and I'm wondering if I can get away with leaving her in there hoping Geronimo gets to mate with her again or am I running the risk that one of her young may get in there first, the first Gen males are only two months old so I think I can get away with it for another round. The rarities from this couple have been a complete surprise and I'd like to keep it going for as long as I can to see what else may emerge, it's certainly making the photography far more interesting.
The Berried Cherry that I couldn't catch hatched her brood the other week so the tank is also full of tiny cherry Shrimplets, the Ostracod colony that's in there has also grown to a very large size due to having no predators and the pond Snails face constant eviction as they replicate worse than rabbits do in Oz, also because they eat food faster than the shrimp can and make more mess.
So here's a Pest Shot for fun!