I finally spotted one of the littler blue jelly babies perfectly posing right next to my biggest crystal red for scale, but this video demonstrates one of the many reasons that it’s hard to capture just how baby these baby shrimp are.
i.e. the extremely nosy emerald eye rasbora squad, who have arrived at the conclusion that my presence near the tank = food, and if for some reason I am not immediately giving them food, it is simply because I couldn’t see them before and they had best get my attention. (I literally fed them less than fifteen minutes before I tried to take this video.)
So, I know I haven’t been active on here lately, but I just wanted to share that I am officially joining the aquarist club!! I’m starting slow, and my tank has been fully cycled over the past month, so now I get to add some life! I went with “Orange Bee Shrimp” (Neocaridina davidii, they’re a colour morph of the popular Red Cherry Shrimp) and they are SO cute. Picked ‘em since they’re orange and match my blackwater-style tank. And hopefully will blend in with the tank so when I eventually get a fish, the shrimp will be able to hide. They’re so cute, and one of 'em is carrying eggs, so hopefully I get some babby shrimplets soon, if they’re happy.
The tank is a 10 gallon, btw! Lots of room for these two lil shrimpies to have fun! I’m also testing the water, ofc, so I’m making sure everything is as safe as possible for them. Also, manually acclimated them to my tank over like 3 hours lol. I love spoiling my pets. #aquarium #aquariumsofinstagram #shrimp #plantedtank #orangebeeshrimp #neocaridina #blackwater #mopaniwood #cryptocoryne #alternanthera https://www.instagram.com/p/CehTyJRPXxB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
[ID: four pictures of blue ink wash paintings of neocaridina shrimp from my shrimp tank. The first page has gestural and minimalistic studies of swimming shrimp inspired by Qi Baishi’s shrimp art. The other three are more detailed studies of single shrimp standing still. The last one is of a shrimp carrying eggs, rendered in scratchy blue biro with a splashy ink wash overlaid. End ID]
This is my bumblebee goby tank(40x40cm base 45cm tall, 19Gal). It also houses about a million yellow neocaridina and good number of dwarf golden rabbit snails. The gobies really don’t seem to bother the shrimp. They’ve all been living together for about 6 months now.
This is my bumblebee goby tank(40x40cm base 45cm tall, 19Gal). It also houses about a million yellow neocaridina and good number of dwarf golden rabbit snails. The gobies really don’t seem to bother the shrimp. They’ve all been living together for about 6 months now.
