Ghost shrimp with eggs

[Brian Bivens]

Howdie folks, long time no see!

I have a tank in my office (5 gallon, 7 neons, 5 ghost shrimp, a handful of nerite (i think) snails), and one of the ghost shrimp is carrying a belly full of green eggs (and ham).

I was wondering if I just fill one of those all clear plastic beta/breeding boxes with gravel, and set it in the tank, can I move the mother over, and keep the baby shrimp safe?

I have never had success breeding shrimp, so I wanted to see this work?

Any other considerations when I move the shrimp?

thank you everyone, aren't fishtanks great!

 

[Brian Bivens]

bump

 

[tanker]

Will not be easy feeding them.

 

[thebrandon]

As long as you have a lot of hiding places a good amount of the babies should survive. I've had some success doing it this way.

Some people like to separate the mom in her own tank, then when the eggs hatch remove her because the adult shrimp will eat the babies when they catch them.

 

[ZSandmann]

Ghost shrimp need brine water to survive their larval stage, so I doubt you will get any of the eggs to actually hatch. I kept ghost shrimp for years and the females were almost always berried but I never had any eggs hatch.

 

[cdirus]

Ghost shrimp need brine water to survive their larval stage, so I doubt you will get any of the eggs to actually hatch. I kept ghost shrimp for years and the females were almost always berried but I never had any eggs hatch.

It depends on the species of shrimp. I have breeding ghost shrimp in my freshwater 20G community tank, and have young survive. If you have a well planted tank with lots of moss or driftwood to hide in they should be able to find infusoria to eat and at least some of the shrimplets should survive.

one of the ghost shrimp is carrying a belly full of green eggs

Congratulations, Brian! Best of luck with her.

Cdirus

 

[jackiomy]

Every once in a while I see tiny little babies in my tank. It is fun thinking that the strongest do survive.

 

[kyryah]

Ghost shrimp breed in my Axolotl tank just fine, but it does depend on the species of shrimp. There are something like 20 some shrimp all labeled as ghost shrimp so it is hard to say what you have.

Kristina

 

[Brian Bivens]

then I guess it doesn't help to say I got them at PetSmart for .30 each does it? Ha ha, I'm sure they get a mixed bag of species there...

 

[Dejitaru_Davis]

I received a female with eggs at one point, and got all the way to the hatching in a freshwater setup. I pulled her out early on, so she lived in her own small breeding tank for a couple weeks. After the babies jetted off, I pulled mom out and tried my best to keep them alive. I made some food for them by putting a bit of broccoli in some water and leaving it by the window to grow algae/fall apart.

This was a pretty stupid plan on my part, because there's no real way to filter that without adding chemicals to the tank, or leaving debris they don't eat. Since their space was already limited...I ruined the chemistry and killed them all. I felt so bad. For a week or two I watched the little guys get bigger, bobbing in the water to grab particles when I dropped stuff in :/ it was so sad...