Your specs are right on. It takes a long time for them to breed sometimes. Mine didn’t breed for like five or six months. I started with eight last October and now I have more than 500.
You can check [this](https://aquariumbreeder.com/breeding-and-life-cycle-of-red-cherry-shrimp/) , but just as everyone said, just let them be, and in no time there will be lots of shrimplets. Also remember, female neos , if they are saddled, will breed just after molting, older shrimps, ussually the bigger ones, molt less, and sometimes they don’t breed at all.
This is not scientific by any means (at least that I know) but when I had my first shrimp tank I was super upset my shrimp weren’t breeding. I got one berried female from the LFS and all of a sudden ALL my females were berried.
I thought it was coincidence but on the next tank we set up the same thing happened.
It can’t hurt anything except your wallet by a few bucks. 🤷🏼♀️
I had the same issue for a long time, was very frustrated. Now I have like 300 shrimp and tons of pregnant mamas. Just takes a little patience and a lot of plants.
I dont see any males in the picture so that might be a problem, they are smaller and thinner than females. Also protein rich food helped me to get my shrimps breed more
If they’re not dying you’re probably ok. You can raise your water temp by 1-2 degrees it’ll speed up breeding but they won’t live as long. What’s your GH/KH? These are important.
I hear it takes a while for them to get comfortable enough. I have 3 babies but only because the fish store accidentally caught them along with my shrimp
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Your specs are right on. It takes a long time for them to breed sometimes. Mine didn’t breed for like five or six months. I started with eight last October and now I have more than 500.
Just hang in there and before you know it you will have a new momma every week or so.
You can check [this](https://aquariumbreeder.com/breeding-and-life-cycle-of-red-cherry-shrimp/) , but just as everyone said, just let them be, and in no time there will be lots of shrimplets. Also remember, female neos , if they are saddled, will breed just after molting, older shrimps, ussually the bigger ones, molt less, and sometimes they don’t breed at all.
This is not scientific by any means (at least that I know) but when I had my first shrimp tank I was super upset my shrimp weren’t breeding. I got one berried female from the LFS and all of a sudden ALL my females were berried.
I thought it was coincidence but on the next tank we set up the same thing happened.
It can’t hurt anything except your wallet by a few bucks. 🤷🏼♀️
Here’s my opinion. They look quite large, did you get them as adults, are they past their prime breeding age?
In that group you’ve got 1 male, the rest have saddles and are definitely female. He may just be a lazy bastard
Having lots of moss helps greatly with breeding.
I had the same issue for a long time, was very frustrated. Now I have like 300 shrimp and tons of pregnant mamas. Just takes a little patience and a lot of plants.
Shrimp can be finicky at first.
Bought 20 shrimp (10 from one LFS, 10 from another). Cycled my tank but didn’t know about aging it, just thought you fed them like fish.
11 died over the course of a few weeks. Very stressed out. But eventually the population stabilized.
About a month after the last one died, Momma #1 berried. Was very excited and watching every day. Quickly realized that others were berried too.
Now I literally have 80+ baby shrimp in my tank at various stages of development.
I dont see any males in the picture so that might be a problem, they are smaller and thinner than females. Also protein rich food helped me to get my shrimps breed more
If they’re not dying you’re probably ok. You can raise your water temp by 1-2 degrees it’ll speed up breeding but they won’t live as long. What’s your GH/KH? These are important.
Also do you actually have males in the tank?
keep perimeters consistentwnd u good
I hear it takes a while for them to get comfortable enough. I have 3 babies but only because the fish store accidentally caught them along with my shrimp