[GSAS-Member] Breeding Amanos?

[Dianna Phillips <cyrice37@hotmail.com>]

Thanks for the links and advice. I think it was adding cuttlebone to the tank 
that triggered the eggs. The females seem to have all disappeared since the 
last water change/attempt to move them so I haven't been able to check for eggs 
or cysts since Sunday.

If cuttlebone turns out to be the cause of baby Amanos in addition to helping 
with the super-soft water, that would be too good to be true.

Dianna



> From: David Sanford <chemguy409@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Breeding Amanos?
> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
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> 
> i think there's an article in the GSAS archives written by Heather Candelaira 
> (not sure of spelling) on the Amano shrimp. She did get a few babies.
> 
> dave


> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:51:08 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Breeding Amanos?
> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
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> On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, David Sanford wrote:
> 
> > i think there's an article in the GSAS archives written by Heather 
> > Candelaira (not sure of spelling) on the Amano shrimp. She did get a few 
> > babies.
> 
> http://www.gsas.org/Articles/1999/shrimp1.html
> http://www.gsas.org/Articles/1999/shrimp2.html
> 
> Ha!  Probably the one time I can refer someone to the ancient article 
> archive.  (The entire known GSAS newsletter database can be purchased from 
> our website on DVD-ROM for a measly twelve bucks too!)
> 
>    - Erik
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> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:23:55 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Clifford Miller" <clifford@clevergeek.com>
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Breeding Amanos?
> To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat"
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> 
> 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
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