Pregnant Amano Shrimp

[bettagurl]

My amano is full of eggs.. I've heard you have to add some kind of salt for them to hatch..?
What kind?

 

[OhNo123]

Oh dang bettagurl. berried amanO!?! Sorry but I have no advice. But I think they breed in brackish.. not sure!

 

[pacalan]

Actually, the eggs hatch in freshwater. After they do, the larvae will then need to be moved to saltwater, where they swim about until they reach a postlarval state. Then they will need to be acclimated to freshwater.

I've actually been working on this myself with the amano and a couple of other species of shrimp. I haven't had much luck so far, but things are looking promising with the latest batch of larvae.

The salt is marine salt, like Instant Ocean.

 

[bettagurl]

ugh, I have no way to do that, setting up anything esle that can hold water might get me killed
Oh well, I'll stick with my cherry shrimp

 

[OhNo123]

lol

 

[legendaryfrog]

Its dang near impossible to breed amano shrimp in the home aquaria.

 

[Ulan]

Nevertheless, there's always a slight chance that one of the small ones gets through. I'm pretty sure that mine got one or two more than when I bought them a year ago.

 

[bettagurl]

Here she is..

 

[pixl8r]

Not only do the young need brackish to full salt water salenity, they need special food to mature (marine green water). They can not eat flake food, or non floating algae, until they mature.

 

[bettagurl]

well I'm sure my guppy fry who are in the tank with the shrimp will enjoy them lol