Anyone here ever attempt breeding Amano shrimp? I have a berried Female and for the sake of curiosity I am going to give it a try/
The equipment:
1 gal Tupperware container
20 gal tank for zeo's bare bottom
Small air pump and airstone
R/O water
Premixed saltwater (Not sure what brand as I'm picking it up today)
Refractometer
heater? possibly
No filter
30" 20W florescent tube aquarium light that came with my main tank
Aquarium salt
Spirlina Flake
The Plan:
1. I will set up the 20 gal half full of pre mixed saltwater and adjust to 34ppt salinity using R/O water to reduce salinity or aquarium salt to increase salinity. The put the light against the side of the tank and leave it on 24/7 to promote algae growth for the zeo's to feed off.
2. Once I can see tiny eyes in the eggs of the buried female I will move her to the 1 gal container and fill with aquarium water from the tank she came. I will add an air stone with very low flow and feed 1 spirlina flake daily until she releases the zeo's. If water changes become necessary I will remove 25% and add more tank water.
3. Once she releases the zeo's I will then remove the female and put her back into my main tank.
4. I will then fill another 1gal tupperware container with saltwater from the 20gal tank that has been aging and growing algae. Using an air stone to prevent sucking up the zeo's I will siphon 1/2 of the water out of the container with the zeo's and start a dip of saltwater to top it off. I will be trying a drip ever 5 sec or so.
5. Once the acclimation to partial saltwater is done I will float the one gal container for about 2 hrs in the 20 gal to ensure a slow temp acclimation. I will be trying a temp of about 70F for the zeo's.
6. From here on out I will be monitoring the water for clarity and feeding as necessary as well as testing the parameters daily. I chose a 20 gal for this purpose as I do not plan on water changes but will do if needed.
7. Once I see forward swimming shrimp (zeo's that have morphed) I will wait 2 days and then start the acclimation back to freshwater over a 1 day period.
8. My goal is to have 40+ Amano's make it to maturity and work on improving yields in the future.
Any idea's, concerns or experience you can share are more than welcome as this is the first shrimp I have kept and the first attempt at breeding Amano's for me.
The equipment:
1 gal Tupperware container
20 gal tank for zeo's bare bottom
Small air pump and airstone
R/O water
Premixed saltwater (Not sure what brand as I'm picking it up today)
Refractometer
heater? possibly
No filter
30" 20W florescent tube aquarium light that came with my main tank
Aquarium salt
Spirlina Flake
The Plan:
1. I will set up the 20 gal half full of pre mixed saltwater and adjust to 34ppt salinity using R/O water to reduce salinity or aquarium salt to increase salinity. The put the light against the side of the tank and leave it on 24/7 to promote algae growth for the zeo's to feed off.
2. Once I can see tiny eyes in the eggs of the buried female I will move her to the 1 gal container and fill with aquarium water from the tank she came. I will add an air stone with very low flow and feed 1 spirlina flake daily until she releases the zeo's. If water changes become necessary I will remove 25% and add more tank water.
3. Once she releases the zeo's I will then remove the female and put her back into my main tank.
4. I will then fill another 1gal tupperware container with saltwater from the 20gal tank that has been aging and growing algae. Using an air stone to prevent sucking up the zeo's I will siphon 1/2 of the water out of the container with the zeo's and start a dip of saltwater to top it off. I will be trying a drip ever 5 sec or so.
5. Once the acclimation to partial saltwater is done I will float the one gal container for about 2 hrs in the 20 gal to ensure a slow temp acclimation. I will be trying a temp of about 70F for the zeo's.
6. From here on out I will be monitoring the water for clarity and feeding as necessary as well as testing the parameters daily. I chose a 20 gal for this purpose as I do not plan on water changes but will do if needed.
7. Once I see forward swimming shrimp (zeo's that have morphed) I will wait 2 days and then start the acclimation back to freshwater over a 1 day period.
8. My goal is to have 40+ Amano's make it to maturity and work on improving yields in the future.
Any idea's, concerns or experience you can share are more than welcome as this is the first shrimp I have kept and the first attempt at breeding Amano's for me.