Temp check this morning is spot on. Will go and hopefully transfer some ladies shortly.

well...I just looked for the expecting Props, didn't immediately find them. I'll keep checking but it's not looking good. They must've know I was ready for them.

the amano lady looks like she has several non viable eggs as well. I'll still isolate her and see what happens.

Caught the Amano lady and have her in isolation. More than half her eggs looks bad. :( Worse comes to worse...she dumps her eggs in the rearing tank and we start over. Still can't find the berried the Props. Looks like they are awash yet again. Disturbing. No action from the Ninja's either. It's like everything has stalemated at the moment.

I think mama Amano cleared out the bag eggs. She did at least a partial dump. Kind of hard to tell in this setup but I'll get a better look at her when I do a water change.

I isolated a berried Propinqua two days ago. As of this morning, she's still holding. I'm not going to get my hopes up yet but we'll see. I have a partial water change on tap for her today as well.

And again....caviar!

Just can't figure this out. No clue as to why every Propinqua lady eats their dang eggs! Grrrrr...so frustrating. Maybe a new infusion of some new males may help. I ran some tests on the water parms and they look pretty good. I'm almost certain that it's something minute that I just haven't picked up on as yet. Hopefully, I'll learn it soon.

The Amano lady did dump nearly all her eggs but that was to be expected. She's holding on to about 1/4 of what she had. I'm debating whether I should still attempt this small group (if they hatch) or just put her back and wait til next time?

Ninja's are still doing their thing. Changing colors multiple times a day depending on where they are in the tank. Can't wait til spring so I can get a fresh shipment in to boost their numbers. Still no berries there so must be taking some time off.

New recruits arrived today. Hopefully I'll get some better results with the new DNA.

While moving the new Props, woops...Caridina thambipillai, (they have been renamed), I found a berried female. I was able to easily isolate her so we'll keep an eye on her and see what happens. The new boys are a little small yet so it will be a spell before they hopefully make a difference.

Came home today and found (2) berried Propinqua's. Woops... I mean Thambipillai's. I don't like that name. Thamb's. Just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Anyway, I moved both into one isolation tank. Now, here's what I'm doing this time. I'm going to be doing daily water changes. Also, I placed a wad of moss in there and a small Java Fern. Air stone on low....but then again...maybe I should run it sparingly. Might leave that for another test.

Well that didn't work. I did a water change last night. Both weren't doing very well this morning when I turned the lights on. One was on her side but alive and moved when I moved her. She is still holding her eggs. The other gal was just a tad more active but she ate her eggs! I went ahead and moved them both back into their tank even though one of them is still holding eggs. Rather loose eggs than a lady.

This is just so frustrating. At wits end here and just can't figure this out. Maybe a whole new environment change for them will help. When I redo my loach tank, I'll move them over in there and see if that will trigger anything.

Little bit of a positive note, I have been eyeballing a berried female. Today is day four. {knocks on simulated wood}. I'm not going to attempt to move her just yet. I want to see if I can get a couple more days in and then go for the move. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Still holding on to her eggs. I'm starting to feel a little better. Now I did do some scaping in the tank so will have to see if it will cause her any stress. It also seems to me that some of that gals are getting their orange back. Hmmmm. I'll have to watch this very closely. Might be able to tie this in with tank parms. While the tank sits in good numbers, it just might not be ideal for them.

Still holding. Most excellent! I will probably attempt to isolate her tomorrow. I did find another berried lady but it appears that her eggs are bad.

Alas...no more eggs. I guess the bright side would be that the lady held on to them longer this time. Such a mystery. So here's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna run a test. I'm going to move a male and two or three ladies over to another tank and see what happens.

Two more berried Thamb's found last night. If they are still holding this evening, I'll get them over in isolation and see what happens.

Next up...a berried Amano. Yay! Finally I get this back on track with someone. Found the gal last night and she is loaded. I'll get her all set up in the isolation tank and wait for the hatching.

Progress. Found (3) berried Amano's and (3) Thambs this morning. One of the Thamb's already appears to be cleansing herself of the eggs though. I'll get some gals moved over into isolation today. Haven't noticed anything from the Ninja front as yet. Plenty of molting. Getting close to about time to bring in reinforcements.

Bump.

Haven't heard from you in awhile James, all is well I hope?

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Officially fishless until after the move....tune in later for details!

Thanks kindly. Nothing new to report as yet. Shrimpie friends have been taking a break. Getting ready to order another group of Ninja's and maybe Red Nose as well.

Been kinda just sittin on this project for a bit since I've been having all the issues.

I've been watching the Tham's for a bit now and there are three ladies holding eggs. Not only are they holding but have done so for over a week now. I feel a little confident now that I can seperate and hopefully get a good batch of zoea for a change.

All my Amano ladies have been berried a for period of time as well. I see no sign of bad eggs in the carriage which is good.

I'll come up with a plan to isolate all the expecting ladies and see where we go from there.

I need to check with my source for more Ninja's. I'll be converting another tank over for Red Nose shrimp as well.