mangisda Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 3 months ago, I bought 20 yellow neos. A month after the females started getting berried. Since then, at least 5 females are berried and a few saddled all the time. But they drop their eggs before they hatch. I have 2 other shrimp tanks. The reds are breeding constantly. The fantasy blues, which i acquired a month ago, already hatched 3 batches. I dont test for parameters. Just keeping nitrates, nitrites, and ammonia 0. Water for all 3 tanks all from 1 source. What causes them to drop their eggs? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Yellows are typically much more sensitive to params than the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Depends on what your KH, GH and TDS are. The nitrogen cycle is only part of the tank process. I hardly test for those anymore after the tank matures.monitor TDS daily though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch3fb0yrdee Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 I've kept yellows in the past and I agree with soothing. Yellows are more fickle with their parameter requirements. I found that my yellows did really well when kept in more acidic and softer water. Low ph and kH and my yellows bred like crazy. The moment I moved them to an inert substrate and starting using tap where ph and gH was much higher, I immediately noticed breeding stopped. Babies survival rate dropped. They did fine in co2 injected and ferts dosed tanks. Something about acidic and soft water... They seem to love it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddles Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 My yellow just dropped her eggs yesterday so I am no help I have had much less luck with yellows than almost anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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