wicca32 Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 well here are my 6 new beauties. thanks speedie i love them. i have 2 a pair that have almost red orange on the head. they might be a pair to play with hehehe. this is my fav pair so far. i love her off set pattern and the dark mark on the head and a couple group shots SpeedieAquatics and Louie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wicca32 Posted June 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 i like the odd female she also has orange legs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pika Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 Ms. Polka-dot-belly is awesome looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 Very nice looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc4PC2 Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 Nice........! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicca32 Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 oh and i never edit the pics. im to cheap to own an edit software lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicca32 Posted June 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 so i did a good water change today. 1st one since i got them. all 3 females have been saddled since i got them. with luck..... i will have berried shrimp soon. males have been moving around a fair bit since the wc. will update when needed hehehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Hope they do better for ya than they did with me when they first came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicca32 Posted July 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 well i have seen 2 molts and spot is hiding. man can it be hard to find 6 shrimp in a 1.5 gal cube lol. i think they get in my rotala hedge and in the java fern though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Very nice orange rili, I have never seen them. They will breed "true" or throw out solid orange, etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddles Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) I had some. Very pretty. But they do not come close to breeding true. All orange, all clear, rili, polka dotted, every mishmash of orange and clear you can think of. Heavy culling needed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited July 7, 2014 by Puddles Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Puddles , Thank you . I was thinking of a tank for them but assumed I was not going to get orange rili's like wicca unless I removed some (to put it mildly ) . That seems the rule in the shrimp world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 UGGGGH you make me jealous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briscoe Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Beautiful shrimp. I've always loved orange rilis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicca32 Posted July 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 all rili are the same way it takes heavy culling to keep pretty rili pattern. i personally dont mess with it i like to see what comes out of the mix Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Traditional rili is nice, but splotched has it's charm, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicca32 Posted July 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 well i lost 1 that i know of over the weekend. not sure what one but it was half gone when i got home last night. large water change today and hope for the best. it could have been any number of reasons really since i have been go so much the last week and a half Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Sorry to hear that... its always a real bummer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 well i lost 1 that i know of over the weekend. not sure what one but it was half gone when i got home last night. large water change today and hope for the best. it could have been any number of reasons really since i have been go so much the last week and a half As said, I lost hundreds of dollars worth because they were too sensitive when I tried them. Hopefully this was just a freak isolated incident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Ive been told they require allot of culling to keep the pattern. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicca32 Posted July 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 well i am only counting 4. so means 2 are gone. not sure the issues. params are pretty spot on. i noticed a molt in the tank that was not there last night so maybe i will get lucky and have babies. i know if i can get them breeding it will surly help them last longer in my water. will keep it updated but i think "spot" was one of the ones that didnt make it ...... countryboy: im not to worried about it i have had other rili before and yes it takes alot of culling to keep nice rili pattern. right now that is the least of my worries. i need numbers before i can cull. on the upside even losing a couple its not like they were as costly as the TB that i still have all of. on a funny side not i never did have luck with cherry shrimp. other colors i had did quite well just not cherrys wonder if the orange rili will be the same way Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicca32 Posted July 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 well im starting to think it might be a bacterial issue. molts are clear but a few look a bit white or at least whiter than the others. melafix went into the tank last night but not sure it will help at this point. they may just have had a hard time in shipping due to the heat..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicca32 Posted July 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 ok ........ i didnt find a point where melafix and shrimp do not mix. i dont know how much i put in lol ... oops.... my bottle is an old bottle prob 3 years old or so. and after a water change yesterday i dumped the little that was left into the tank. a bit later the shrimp went into hiding. the froze and would not move. i did about 50% water change today after i smelled the tank. there was either more in the bottle than i thought or it was just alot stronger than i though after sitting so long. they are slowly starting to move again but i might have done more harm than good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Good luck to ya, gal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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