Re: [GSAS-Member] amano shrimp babies

[<haika@drizzle.com>]

I've been trying to pull together what info I can. The female molted just
before the eggs showed up. I've only got 2 adults....one male/one female.
The female is much larger, has elongated dots in the second row (see link
below) and the male is much smaller, with circular second row dots. I'm
reviewing all my links/references today and cleared out one 10g tank that
has a huge mass of java moss/filamentous green algae. I have plenty of
green water (but it's FRESH greenwater stuff....not green water that
developed in brackish water). Don't know if the algae will croak if I put
in salts. Time to research and experiment!

http://mikes-machine.mine.nu/breeding_yamato.htm

Betty Goetz

> 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)
>>
>>
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