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Roan Art
04-20-2006, 8:52 PM
Seriously :)
Have you ever seen shrimp mating? I just wanna be sure that that's what I saw two Amanos doing today.
The little guy (male) on top of the big guy (female) and looked like he was trying to swim in place. It was rather funny :)
Zat it?
Roan
born2lovefish
04-20-2006, 8:54 PM
I have seen my brine shrimp mating....
Roan Art
04-20-2006, 8:57 PM
Well.......................?
Brine shrimp aren't shrimp shrimp :)
Roan
VTwinFanatic
04-20-2006, 9:05 PM
Roan...Ive seen my cherry shrimp do it, and the male gets on the female and does like you described kinda swims in place then a few days later the female ends up "knocked up"
got_nailed
04-20-2006, 9:06 PM
I’m thinking that a lot of them lay eggs
You might want to look at this page http://www.fishpondinfo.com/shrimp2.htm I do know there is some info on this but not too much.
Roan Art
04-20-2006, 9:07 PM
Roan...Ive seen my cherry shrimp do it, and the male gets on the female and does like you described kinda swims in place then a few days later the female ends up "knocked up"
Thank you!
That's what I suspected, but golly gee their sex organs are in the most gosh darn place! Wouldn't you agree? ;)
Roan
Roan Art
04-20-2006, 9:08 PM
I’m thinking that a lot of them lay eggs
You might want to look at this page http://www.fishpondinfo.com/shrimp2.htm I do know there is some info on this but not too much.
Thanks, nailed, but that's not near as much fun as posting a message with a subject title that EVERYONE will read ;)
Roan
VTwinFanatic
04-20-2006, 9:14 PM
i know that cherry shrimp have live young so they dont lay eggs, they carry the eggs until they are developed
rosita
04-20-2006, 10:20 PM
Roan, I think it's a pretty good thread, since we're human and naturally curious about all kinds of things. With my new foal, my high school students have been asking me all kinds of questions about how horses do it, but the funniest one was "How do elephants do it?" They couldn't comprehend that mammals that large can mount one another!! Then they started on snakes, which I know not--I told them they have vents, but that 's my limit!! Shrimp--LOL!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
onepawnup
04-20-2006, 10:23 PM
Then they started on snakes, which I know not--I told them they have vents, but that 's my limit!! Shrimp--LOL!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:[/QUOTE]
to start with Boas have two penises
just to make it interesting
Awman, I read on snakesex. It's interesting. The male gets to select his preference of penis to use, and they have like, hooks on the end. It looks painful.
reiverix
04-20-2006, 11:38 PM
My amanos have went into a breeding frenzy quite a few times. It kind of like a free for all with all the males going for one of the females. I'm not sure if the female gives out some kind of scent or signal but the males know when the time is right, then the chase is on.
rosita
04-21-2006, 6:11 AM
Awman, I read on snakesex. It's interesting. The male gets to select his preference of penis to use, and they have like, hooks on the end. It looks painful.
Now this stuff is "freaky" as the kids say. 2 penises? With hooks? Now that's gettin' your freak on!!! TMI for them, methinks--just b/c it's at school LOL.
Probably.
But it atleast makes you appreciative of human anatomy. Haha ;)
rosita
04-21-2006, 6:37 AM
Boy, ain't that the truth? Hooks??? OOOWWWWW! And I think men have their hands full enough with one (oops, that came out wrong--sorry dudes, didn't mean it in a mean way!!!)
man.... only on the internet.... hahah
High school teacher, eh? What grade do you teach?
Galaxie
04-21-2006, 12:30 PM
Probably.
But it atleast makes you appreciative of human anatomy. Haha ;)
...from a female's perspective. Don't ask a guy what he thinks about this. :D
Roan Art
04-21-2006, 12:44 PM
Roan, I think it's a pretty good thread, since we're human and naturally curious about all kinds of things. With my new foal, my high school students have been asking me all kinds of questions about how horses do it, but the funniest one was "How do elephants do it?" They couldn't comprehend that mammals that large can mount one another!! Then they started on snakes, which I know not--I told them they have vents, but that 's my limit!! Shrimp--LOL!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Funniest thing I've seen is the look on a guy's face the first time he sees a mare being teased. The MINUTE the stud drops, the guy's jaw HITS the ground!
Half the time it's envy, the other half it's just plain AWE.
ROFL! Memories!
Roan
Roan Art
04-21-2006, 12:45 PM
My amanos have went into a breeding frenzy quite a few times. It kind of like a free for all with all the males going for one of the females. I'm not sure if the female gives out some kind of scent or signal but the males know when the time is right, then the chase is on.
Thanks, John!
Man, I would love some baby amanos. Those things are expensive and I was not wanting to have to buy more of them. I only have five in that tank. Two females and three males. That's not very many for a 75g.
Roan
Galaxie
04-21-2006, 1:06 PM
Funniest thing I've seen is the look on a guy's face the first time he sees a mare being teased. The MINUTE the stud drops, the guy's jaw HITS the ground!
Half the time it's envy, the other half it's just plain AWE.
ROFL! Memories!
Roan
Reminds me of a joke. Dare I? Ok, I'll make it PG-13.
Two guys standing on a 100ft high suspension bridge, taking a whizz over the side.
Guy 1 says: wow! That water is cold!
Guy 2 says: Yeah! ....and deep too!
:hang:
Roan Art
04-21-2006, 1:24 PM
Reminds me of a joke. Dare I? Ok, I'll make it PG-13.
Two guys standing on a 100ft high suspension bridge, taking a whizz over the side.
Guy 1 says: wow! That water is cold!
Guy 2 says: Yeah! ....and deep too!
:hang:
ROFL!
I keep wanting to add "Welcome to Jamacia" :laugh:
No, I can't repeat THAT joke!
Roan
Walker_
04-21-2006, 1:28 PM
http://www.homepage.mac.com/pmcfadden/shrimpaction.jpg
Larissa
04-21-2006, 2:15 PM
Funny thread. :laugh: I would assume what you saw was them "gettin' it on" although I've never seen my ghosties do it. (My females stay knocked up) If you don't know it already, amanos are really hard to raise. Shortly after hatching from the mom they must be put in brackish water and it is hard for them to survive the first ten days or so. This is what I've heard and read anyway.
Roan Art
04-21-2006, 5:18 PM
omg! Shrimp Pornography!
My guy was facing the other way though and he was not at her tail at all. He was on her, ah thorax? Right behind her "head".
I failed Shrimp Anatomy 101 :D
Roan
Roan Art
04-21-2006, 5:19 PM
Funny thread. :laugh: I would assume what you saw was them "gettin' it on" although I've never seen my ghosties do it. (My females stay knocked up) If you don't know it already, amanos are really hard to raise. Shortly after hatching from the mom they must be put in brackish water and it is hard for them to survive the first ten days or so. This is what I've heard and read anyway.
Dang, didn't know about the brackish part. Do you know what the salinity is? If I see her or the other girl carrying, I want to remove them and see if I can get the shrimp to hatch.
What do they eat? Infusoria?
Roan
Larissa
04-21-2006, 5:36 PM
Dang, didn't know about the brackish part. Do you know what the salinity is? If I see her or the other girl carrying, I want to remove them and see if I can get the shrimp to hatch.
What do they eat? Infusoria?
Roan
I'll find out and post it.
Larissa
04-21-2006, 6:15 PM
Okay, I found some articles. I was wrong on the brackish, they need full marine, I guess. Apparently as soon as they hatch you dump them into 30-35ppt water, leave the light on 24/7 and feed stuff like greenwater, saltwater rotifers, 50-100micron golden pearls, brewers yeast... It's seems to have high mortality rates and sounds pretty difficult but if you're like me then you'll like the challenge. Check out:
www.petshrimp.com,
http://mikes-machine.mine.nu/
http://maitrebull.free.fr/aqua/caridinajaponica.htm.
http://caridina.japonica.online.fr
I've been trying to rear some baby ghost shrimp(which is not as complicated as amanos but more difficult than cherries) and I'm having a lot of fun with it.
patoloco
04-21-2006, 6:19 PM
The first time I saw a couple of dogs mating, my father told me they were learning to ride a bike. And I bought it!
rbishop
04-21-2006, 6:38 PM
The first time I saw a couple of dogs mating, my father told me they were learning to ride a bike. And I bought it!
Hmmm....and a uni-cycle would be....stop!...won't go there!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
...from a female's perspective. Don't ask a guy what he thinks about this. :D
Aaahaha. Well, I'm thinking now.... where all could that hook catch on to?
Man.
Roan Art
04-21-2006, 6:58 PM
Eggs in da house!
Just saw one of the females and she's fulla eggs. Hrm.
Roan
Roan Art
04-21-2006, 7:05 PM
Okay, I found some articles. I was wrong on the brackish, they need full marine, I guess. Apparently as soon as they hatch you dump them into 30-35ppt water, leave the light on 24/7 and feed stuff like greenwater, saltwater rotifers, 50-100micron golden pearls, brewers yeast... It's seems to have high mortality rates and sounds pretty difficult but if you're like me then you'll like the challenge. Check out:
www.petshrimp.com,
http://mikes-machine.mine.nu/
http://maitrebull.free.fr/aqua/caridinajaponica.htm.
http://caridina.japonica.online.fr
I've been trying to rear some baby ghost shrimp(which is not as complicated as amanos but more difficult than cherries) and I'm having a lot of fun with it.
Larissa, thanks for the information and links!
I could set up a small tank as marine and put her in the 2.5g until the eggs hatch.
I've got brine shrimp food - that's mostly yeast. I've got pearls, but they are 500-800 micron.
Sorry, thinking out loud. I'm probably going to have to wait on this since I'll have to order some smaller sized food and stuff.
Hrm hrm.
Roan
Larissa
04-21-2006, 7:45 PM
My ghost babies hatch and go through an abbreviated larval stage in which they need microfoods so I've got GP 50-100microns and freeze-dried rotifers. I've also got some infusoria going too. I'd assume that those type of foods would work with amano babies, too, but I've never even attempted to breed amanos because I'm intimidated by anything saltwater related. :dive: Oh, don't put her in the saltwater, the eggs won't hatch. Let them hatch in freshwater and put them (the babies)into the saltwater within a couple of days of hatching. You're supposed to be able to plop them in immediately without acclimating them. Make sure you read the articles because I think that you have to reacclimate them to freshwater after they turn into subadults or something. I also read that the babies like diatoms.
Roan Art
04-21-2006, 7:57 PM
Larissa,
Nod :) I meant that I would put her in the 2.5g until the eggs hatch, then move the hatchlings into a 2.5g marine tank.
Basic SW really isn't complicated. Just a royal PITA getting the salt mixed properly. Just IME and IMO ;)
Roan
rosita
04-21-2006, 7:58 PM
man.... only on the internet.... hahah
High school teacher, eh? What grade do you teach?
LOL I teach Art, so I get them all, all mixed in in my classes. If ya don't think THAT's a looney bin!!! Try 30 kids, 9-12 grade, and maybe half do their work!!! But the snake thing stopped them all cold!!! And yup, when they asked me about a stallion--chins dropped. I've seen grown men cry!!
Ya, Roan, I'd love them to see the mare get teased. The stallion on the farm I live on, a Tennessee Walker (oh, yes, and daddy to my new baby and my 3yo) is a real lover. OH--and they asked how long they did it!!! A couple of the kids knew. More chin-dropping!! I was laughing my butt off!!!
Then I told them they had "horse condoms"---you could have heard a pin drop. "How come? Why would they need them? What are they for?" Then I got to teach a lesson on fertility problems and in vitro for humans, and how horses and dogs and cattle and other high-pedigreed, highly desireable animals can "breed" across the country or around the world. Remember, alot of these kids have never left Burlington (NC), and get most of their information from TV-they may have cable, but no internet!! ROFLMAO!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Larissa
04-21-2006, 8:17 PM
Larissa,
Nod :) I meant that I would put her in the 2.5g until the eggs hatch, then move the hatchlings into a 2.5g marine tank.
Basic SW really isn't complicated. Just a royal PITA getting the salt mixed properly. Just IME and IMO ;)
Roan
Gotcha. Sounds good. Keep us posted on how it goes, I'm really starting to get into the shrimp. I forgot to mention that I've also got artemia food and am using that as well.
joephys
04-21-2006, 10:07 PM
Wow, reminds me of my navy days (no topic was inapropriate. Ten months on a ship will do that to ya)....never mind.
I remember once in 7th grade we watched a movie and elephants were mating in it. Needless to say a bunch of 7th graders were not mature enough to handle that.
LOL I teach Art, so I get them all, all mixed in in my classes. If ya don't think THAT's a looney bin!!! Try 30 kids, 9-12 grade, and maybe half do their work!!! But the snake thing stopped them all cold!!! And yup, when they asked me about a stallion--chins dropped. I've seen grown men cry!!
Ya, Roan, I'd love them to see the mare get teased. The stallion on the farm I live on, a Tennessee Walker (oh, yes, and daddy to my new baby and my 3yo) is a real lover. OH--and they asked how long they did it!!! A couple of the kids knew. More chin-dropping!! I was laughing my butt off!!!
Then I told them they had "horse condoms"---you could have heard a pin drop. "How come? Why would they need them? What are they for?" Then I got to teach a lesson on fertility problems and in vitro for humans, and how horses and dogs and cattle and other high-pedigreed, highly desireable animals can "breed" across the country or around the world. Remember, alot of these kids have never left Burlington (NC), and get most of their information from TV-they may have cable, but no internet!! ROFLMAO!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Cool, so you are into art? Do you have any formal training in it?