Re: [GSAS-Member] Breeding Amanos?

["Clifford Miller" <clifford@clevergeek.com>]

I had a group some years ago in a 30 gallon hard-water guppy tank that
produced quite a few offspring.  I did use a little reef salt (probably
around a few tablespoons / 5 gallons ) when I did water changes for the
guppies, and apparently it was enough for the amanos.

I saw eggs more often than I noticed new medium sized shrimp, but the
guppies probably picked some off.  Several websites I've seen suggest that
the wild-caught shrimp are harvested from a variety of locals, some of
which are exposed to varying degrees of salinity, and they look for the
same conditions when they make it to your tank.  (so some need a little
more salt than others).  I never fluctuated the conditions, but many
others raise and lower the salinity for each batch of young, or moving the
berried female to a different tank with a higher salinity (and they've
probably had more success than I did-- I just always figured I'd end up
killing the females, and they seemed to do ok if left alone).

Cliff

>
> I have 2 Amano shrimp heavy with eggs. This is totally unexpected - the
> water's not brackish and they're in a tank with a gourami and a couple of
> cories.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions on how to keep the babies? I tried to catch
> them over the weekend to put into a separate nursery tank, but that didn't
> go well so tank moves are out.
>
> Dianna
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