Berried Blue Velvet

[pbmax]

I caught a good shot of my single berried Blue Velvet this evening. Her coloration isn't fantastic since she's sitting on light green, but she was posing for me so I grabbed the camera



Thanks for looking!

pbmax

 

[binbin9]

Already? LOL nice.

 

[cichlid-gal]

Very cool...love blue

 

[pbmax]

Already? LOL nice.

No complaints here!

Very cool...love blue

Thanks!

 

[PokeSephiroth]

Very cool, pbmax!! I can't wait to see your Blue Velvets multiply like crazy!

 

[JesseM]

She'll darken up more in a few molts, I'm glad they are taking off already for you! I counted 5 berried females in my tank last night.

 

[pbmax]

Me too! It's definitely a good sign. I have so many plants in the tank I can usually only find 2 or 3 of them at any given time.

 

[JesseM]

Me too! It's definitely a good sign. I have so many plants in the tank I can usually only find 2 or 3 of them at any given time.

Most of my tank is a giant clump of java moss, so I feel your pain.

 

[JesseM]

 

[pbmax]

Gorgeous blue I'll likely never hit that since I don't have much black in that tank. The substrate's mostly black, but it's littered with snail shells (calcium, u know ).

 

[JesseM]

Gorgeous blue I'll likely never hit that since I don't have much black in that tank. The substrate's mostly black, but it's littered with snail shells (calcium, u know ).

Thats why I ordered Kens Veggie sticks with Calcium so theres no need for snail shells! Also of course yours will hit that blue, its a good strain.

 

[pbmax]

Tell that to all of the assassins in that tank that create them

I feed veggie sticks with CA to all my inverts, off and on. My african dwarf frogs like them too, strangely enough.

 

[Jay]

I also get Ken's products.

 

[pbmax]

Here are a few more photos I took this morning. I have 3 berried blue velvets now; you can see 2 different ones in these photos. The original berried female (pictured twice) is both saddled and berried, which I've never noticed before among my neocaridina.

Thanks for looking!

pbmax

 

[binbin9]

great photos. Looks like she is going to have back to back clutches.

 

[pbmax]

Thanks; looks that way.

 

[binbin9]

you're probably only a week away from hatching by the look of the eggs. Thats pretty exciting to see.

 

[pbmax]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. She's been carrying them for 2 weeks now and past neocaridina batches have taken about 3 weeks.

 

[JesseM]

They are looking great! I've noticed these females tend to have pretty large clutches.

 

[pbmax]

I hope so!