After tracking a group of my Blue Pearl Shrimp from birth to the point that they are berried themselves (41 days) I decided to follow the same thing for all the species of shrimp I have. The next Dwarf Shrimp to go from birth to berry was the Tiger Shrimp.
This group of Tiger Shrimp (Caridina sp.) was born on November 18 th , 2007. Two females were found berried on January 2 nd , 2008. This was a total of 45 days. Quite a bit faster than I expected with Tiger Shrimp.
My Tiger Shrimp aquarium is an AGA 5.5-gallon aquarium. It has a hang on back filter with a sponge pre-filter. The substrate is ADA Aquasoil Amazonia, and is moderately planted with Vals and Mosses.
My tap water is pretty much “liquid rock” as it is very hard and has a pH of 8.1 out of the Tap, so even with the Aquasoil my pH only came down to 7.2. As with almost all of my aquariums I keep the temperature around 75-78. This aquarium also houses my Yellow Shrimp (Neocaridina heteropoda) and they are fed Hikari Crab Cuisine and Omega One Shrimp Pellets.
As a side note, my Blue Pearl female that was tracked in the blog post “Dwarf Shrimp – Birth to Berry” was found on January 1 st , 2008 carrying eggs again.