I'll bite, I'm curious as to how the bamboo project is working out. I had heard that salinity differences were necessary for successful breeding.
Baby Amano!
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If you have information on the bamboo, please share it. I haven't encountered any successful reports of breeding these shrimp. So, it's difficult to say for sure that they do in fact need a different salinity, compared to the amano. I'm sure it depends on a bunch of factors, including such things as the shrimp's geographic proximity to the ocean where they were caught. There is more known about the amano raising, and since it should be a similar process between the two species, relatively speaking, I'm using the amano process as a baseline for the bamboo.
I can't say how things are going for that species, as the larvae are mixed. It's not until they develop into shrimp that I could even begin to tell them apart. My female bamboo and amanos have roughly the same cycle for carrying eggs, so I have simply been collecting all of the larvae, thus the mixed batches.
I can't say how things are going for that species, as the larvae are mixed. It's not until they develop into shrimp that I could even begin to tell them apart. My female bamboo and amanos have roughly the same cycle for carrying eggs, so I have simply been collecting all of the larvae, thus the mixed batches.
Do you have another thread posted with more information on what you've been doing with these guys? I've toyed with the idea of trying to raise them (amanos and bamboos) once I get more settled into the hobby, and it would be nice to read about someone else's successes (whatever they may be.)
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I wish I was a fish I wish.
Me too as my first attempt ended in failure as expected. I did learn a few things but details to others success would help a lot.
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I actually wrote out the experience here:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127999
The baby shrimp seem to be doing great and growing quite rapidly. It's so cool to see a grouping of a dozen little shrimp feeding off of an algae wafer.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127999
The baby shrimp seem to be doing great and growing quite rapidly. It's so cool to see a grouping of a dozen little shrimp feeding off of an algae wafer.
A bit of an update....
The baby shrimp have been doing great. I was able to trade in some of them in order to purchase a more appropriate size hatching/growing tank for the young. Anyway, A little under two months since the larvae started transforming into baby shrimp and had come out of the saltwater, a female has already matured and is carrying her first batch of eggs.
The baby shrimp have been doing great. I was able to trade in some of them in order to purchase a more appropriate size hatching/growing tank for the young. Anyway, A little under two months since the larvae started transforming into baby shrimp and had come out of the saltwater, a female has already matured and is carrying her first batch of eggs.
