My only concern with the live shrimp is that they may be attacking the babies. If you have not moved them, perhaps it would be better to leave them in the sump and use them for food a bit later as a dead or injured hand offering.
The blue eyes are a good marker for extreme youth when one is shipped and suggest the animal is under two months old. Afterwards, the fluorescence diminishes and they show as a thinner green edge around the eyes.
We have discussed that feasting on the dead may be almost necessary (especially in a tank environment). No evidence of such but just passing thoughts. The question I cannot not answer is whether they kill each other or if they are simply scavenging. I never saw dead animals in the tank so I expected the die offs were consumed. My interest is in whether they kill each other off (which is expected but not confirmed) and at what age this starts occurring (this seems young but can't be sure). I probably should have had at least 4 survivors, one that did not survive disappeared in the sump with an unprotected pump and the other was placed in the tank with Cassy and simply disappeared. At the time I placed the second in the tank with Cassy, I was afraid I was condemning him since Cassy was larger.
The blue eyes are a good marker for extreme youth when one is shipped and suggest the animal is under two months old. Afterwards, the fluorescence diminishes and they show as a thinner green edge around the eyes.
We have discussed that feasting on the dead may be almost necessary (especially in a tank environment). No evidence of such but just passing thoughts. The question I cannot not answer is whether they kill each other or if they are simply scavenging. I never saw dead animals in the tank so I expected the die offs were consumed. My interest is in whether they kill each other off (which is expected but not confirmed) and at what age this starts occurring (this seems young but can't be sure). I probably should have had at least 4 survivors, one that did not survive disappeared in the sump with an unprotected pump and the other was placed in the tank with Cassy and simply disappeared. At the time I placed the second in the tank with Cassy, I was afraid I was condemning him since Cassy was larger.