Hi,I have amano shrimp that bred too, but I lost most all of the babies when I went out of town. Saw a straggler last night that was 5 days old. They emerge planktonic and are smaller than bbs, smaller than cyclops even. All you can hope to see is black dots and a small tail, which is clear. They are photoattracted after hatch which makes catching them super easy. Fish will eat them so if the female is in with fish take her out and see what happens, maybe they need brackish but maybe they don't. Also include a few other likely looking males. I don't know if these are hermaphrodites but after hatch the female moults and that is the point that mating occurs with most species, once the shell has hardened it's too late. I have noticed the obvious egg bearing shrimp are broader in the tail area than the others, don't know if they are older hermaphrodites or if that is due to differences between the sexes. I plan on adding marine water to their new home gradually to near brackish and will see what happens. I am assuming these guys like greenwater, rotifers, and suspended filter feeder foods at hatch but don't know for sure. Anyone know of resources on breeding amanos? Most websites say "Impossible to breed" or don't give me any info beyond what I already outlined above.
Thanks, Kate haika@drizzle.com wrote:
Thanks for inviting such an interesting speaker! Although I've done live food for years, there are several critters I haven't tried. Still can't get past the white nematode thing (too much like parasitic worms), but it's great to learn new things. And thanks (I guess) to Dave S. who clued me into a reference I don't have on my shelves yet <G>....a little googling today found me a copy that wasn't TOO pricey. You are right....this book (Encyclopedia of Live Foods - TFH) isn't common (sigh). Betty Goetz (book addict) wild-type honey gourami juvenile is still doing well with 20+ new fry popped into rearing tank for another go at rearing these critters, possible licorice gourami fry (I saw some suspicious wrigglers in that tank...changed from mini BioWheel filter to sponge filter to keep them from being swept around the tank), Amano shrimp female full of eggs (gotta set up a brackish tank, I guess....ummmm...WHERE?!?!?!?)....still no threadfin rainbow fry (sigh) _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member
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