Daneland Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Hello I have red rilis.After I got them first time about ,8 months (10 rilis) they started to breed immediately after I got them,there were constantly breeding. In the summer I have lost quite a few of the due to high temperature and had to leave the tank unattended for nearly 3 weeks. Although the total population reached around 40-50 shrimps (mainly small shrimps)but they stopped breeding all together.Initially number of the eggs they could hold reduced and I cant see any berries.They have saddles and time to time saddles disappear.I used to see males circling in the tank to find females but this has stopped too.Whiel they stopped breeding I found a good deal and added 10 small tigers in to the tank.Now the total population is around 50-60 shrimps but only 3-4 of them are bigger than 2 cms.I started with an intank filter and swapped later with a simple sponge filter after I saw first berried shrimp.I have added my old intank filter to help with water parameters. Until recently I used tap water with which has GH 18 and pH 7.8 TDS 450 ( shrimps were happy with these parameters and breeding ) I wanted to improve water quality and when did a 1/3 WC last time added pure rainwater.Now TDS is 320,amonia and nitrites are 0 and nitrate is less than 5 ppm,pH is now 7.4,tank temp is 26 C Many thanks for your replies Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 How long since you changed out the water? Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daneland Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 I had not done any major change before they stopped breeding,I was using tap water all times. About 2 weeks ago I wanted to move a bit lower TDS as I thought it could be teh problem Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Mine stopped breeding for a few months too, never figured out what the problem is. Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 In winter, mine go on break from breeding. Louie and Shrimp Life 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeshrimp Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Seems like my blue pearls are doing the same thing. I was thinking it what Soothing said, their activity slows down in the winter maybe. I'm gonna keep on keeping and see how they do come spring. Soothing Shrimp, Shrimp Life, Louie and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daneland Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Thanks for your replies guys.I hope it is just seasonal problem.Lets wait and see Soothing Shrimp and Louie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daneland Posted January 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Voilá, I have a berried one now.Hope there will be more,I still dont know what exactly stopped them breeding but I guess it was less than ideal water chemistry, Louie, Wygglz and Soothing Shrimp 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimp lady Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 I see the GH and TDS is TOO high & hard for these!!! alawa shrimp wpould LOVE these readings by not Neo's for the most part. Get your number down...slowly. Even thought they were breeding from the start, they were trying to "save themselves"!!!!Like a Lemming syndrome. I have Red Rili's from Hawaii and mine breed year around, Temperature, sudden water parameter changes, and to large of tank size will stop their breeding in a heart-beat! I know this very well, I blew a heater and saw NO-one was feeding for two days straight til' I put my finger in their water then checked the T-stat and man it was cold in there (down to 64o) they acted like slow bugs. I replaced their heater to a 25w that same day and everyone was back to the normal feeding schedule within 30hrs. and only feed every other day. Check all of this and report back soon. I have mastered these Rili's and have upwards of 150+ at any given time from 8 starters 2.5 years back in an 2.8 gallon Fluval spec II. It's now time to sell some more!!!! Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 I keep neos in the range of 6-10 gh. Alphapro keeps their rilis in gh of 22 and they are breeding fine. Neos, in general, are very forgiving. I've also found my neos breed better in TDS of 300 or so. *shrugs* Different strokes for different folks. Large tanks means better water parameter stability. Many professional breeders will have tanks 20L or even larger for a starter colony of 5-10 expensive shrimp for optimal quality and breeding. They'll find each other. Daneland and Louie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 In winter, mine go on break from breeding. Funny you say that because I notice that even when temps are days of low 80s/high 70s they stop breeding here Dec to Feb . Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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