highly pregnant amano shrimp... HELP

[gmccreedy]

Laura, this one is a bit more informative IMO.

http://caridina.japonica.online.fr/English/

[vance71975]

DT's is a great Phytoplankton (Green Water) MOST larger pet stores carry it. Your gonna want a GOOD salt mix, I recommend for Ease of use you go to like a Petco Or Petsmart Or Pet Supplies Plus Most of them carry A Liquid Saltwater (NSW is one brand) No mixing needed you just dump it in! Its to costly for Big tanks(anything over about 20g) BUT for this project i think it would be perfect! it comes in 4g Jugs. and they run around 11.99 Or so. I also Agree you should use like DT's Or some other commercial grade Phytoplankton, its easier and Less hassle. And Its ALIVE(well DT's IS anyways).

[DiscusIt'sWhats4DinneR]

today i went to the lfs and looked at salt mixes.
i saw big blue jugs and things.


then i just asked for water from one of the reef tanks.
i got 2 big bags full with no charge. probably a gallon plus a little more.
this way there is no work/guessing/measuring/buying anything....

the problem i am seeing now is this would be only be about an inch deep in a 10 gallon tank. i think il just prop up one side so the water gets to be deeper.
do i need to be doing water changes on the salt larve water?
so i might construct a larve factory tank out of something unheard of, or i may just go ahead and figure out how to buy/mix/borrow some more saltwater and go full into this thing.
oh well, we will see.

[DiscusIt'sWhats4DinneR]

ahh
i just remember i have a nice 3 gal eclipse...
it looks like crap but that is our new amano breeding tank

[epicfish]

Originally Posted by DiscusIt'sWhats4DinneR

today i went to the lfs and looked at salt mixes.
i saw big blue jugs and things.


then i just asked for water from one of the reef tanks.
i got 2 big bags full with no charge. probably a gallon plus a little more.
this way there is no work/guessing/measuring/buying anything....

the problem i am seeing now is this would be only be about an inch deep in a 10 gallon tank. i think il just prop up one side so the water gets to be deeper.
do i need to be doing water changes on the salt larve water?
so i might construct a larve factory tank out of something unheard of, or i may just go ahead and figure out how to buy/mix/borrow some more saltwater and go full into this thing.
oh well, we will see.

You got water from their reef tanks (with fish, corals, etc...) or you got their premixed SW?

[DiscusIt'sWhats4DinneR]

water from their reef tanks...


is that a bad idea?

[epicfish]

Originally Posted by DiscusIt'sWhats4DinneR

water from their reef tanks...


is that a bad idea?

Corals do release certain toxins (ie: palytoxin, etc..) as means of chemical warfare against other corals and predators. I'm not saying your water has some since some of the toxin does get removed by protein skimming and I'm quite sure it breaks down over time, but I just wanted to let you know that water from reef tanks may contain toxins.

This may or may not affect the shrimp larvae, I don't know. I would just buy their pre-mixed SW. Costs around 50-70 cents per gallon and it's clean.

[DiscusIt'sWhats4DinneR]

il try it this first time with the lfs reef water for the heck of it.

i was spying on the shrimp in the dark. there was one that kept advancing at the female and they lunged at eachother until he was forced away...
i think out of the four amano shrimp i have in this tank ive gotten lucky to have some that like to breed. i am thinking of pulling these out of their 29g pleco tank and throwing them in the 10g to breed with rcs and spixi snails after i deal with this batch of eggs.

that way they are in closer quarters and i can better keep an eye on them, ect. i hope to make breeding these a habit. i wouldnt mind having hundreds of these, if i can get the process down it wouldnt be too much work either.

[DiscusIt'sWhats4DinneR]

WOW!!
i found another pregnant amano shrimp in my 55 gallon!!
now i have 2 pregnant amanos to work with!!

[epicfish]

Congrats!!!

[vance71975]

Originally Posted by DiscusIt'sWhats4DinneR

water from their reef tanks...


is that a bad idea?

I would Seriously caution against this. As most of my Fish endeavors recently were in SW i got to say IT IS TOUCHY! If you have One Parameter off you have a tank of dead fish and inverts!Water from a LFS reef tank is a BAD idea, On top of the Toxins that Coral release you have Whatever Cheap salt mix they used, No guarantee it was mixed right could be deficient in Calcium Mag,Iodine or any number of other things Not to mention it could have Pathogens that could just outright kill your shrimp!If its worth Doing its worth Doing right and with SW even if its just to raise these shrimp it HAS to be done right!
If you don't want to buy the Pre mixed At least get a Box of Instant Ocean and Buy Distilled water at the Store, if your useing a 3g tank it will be cheap. 7.99 for the IO and 3 bucks will get you about 6g of distilled water . 10.99 total to do it right!

[DiscusIt'sWhats4DinneR]

okay guys...
i have THREE amano shrimp carrying eggs at this moment!
i noticed another this morning.

ive got to do something fast. im about to catch all these suckers and throw them in the eclipse plastic prison til they drop all their eggs.

now im trying to figure out how i can syphon off all but the last bit of water and pour salt water into the eclipse...i cant think of any good ways that wont pull the shrimp out with the water.

i might do this a better way and go out and grab a good marine salt mix, that way i can add it to the existing water.
eh..
and i have to get te green water, i still havent made that.
i get sidetracked

[epicfish]

Yep, get a small box of marine salt mix.

Small box like this would be enough, and it's less than $15 at the LFS. http://www.petoddity.com/-10-Gallon-...16001.1.0.html

[vance71975]

Originally Posted by DiscusIt'sWhats4DinneR

okay guys...
i have THREE amano shrimp carrying eggs at this moment!
i noticed another this morning.

ive got to do something fast. im about to catch all these suckers and throw them in the eclipse plastic prison til they drop all their eggs.

now im trying to figure out how i can syphon off all but the last bit of water and pour salt water into the eclipse...i cant think of any good ways that wont pull the shrimp out with the water.

i might do this a better way and go out and grab a good marine salt mix, that way i can add it to the existing water.
eh..
and i have to get te green water, i still havent made that.
i get sidetracked

I would Get Instant Ocean Or better yet Reef Crystals. Distilled Water mix it up Ahead of time in a bucket with a Power head and a heater the longer you "age" the water this way the better.

You don't have to Siphon off all of the water, just leave an inch or so and fill with SW once the mommy's are out.If you Don't have a Refractometer i would get one(bout 30 to 60 bucks) If you don't want to buy one a Hydrometer would work but they aren't as accurate.You are going for 1.025 Salinity for Full Salt Water and 1.010 if you are aiming for Brackish.

Since you don't have a Cycled SW tank for this you will more than likely want to do a water change every other day, At least 1g on a tank this size, so i would buy a mid size box of salt and a BUNCH of distilled water.

As far as Green water DON'T make your own TOO much risk of contamination, DT's Brand Phytoplankton is the best most stores that carry SW fish carry it and i have yet to see a Pet supplies plus or Petco that doesnt have it!

[clwatkins10]

IME amanos take a few weeks to drop their eggs. How far along yours are is a different story.