Breeding a second clutch of ghost eggs
I have a 3g Eclipse where I put a sponge over the inlet, wrapped it in ladies' knee-high hose. That tank is filled w/ Java Moss. Put mama shrimp w/ her green eggs in there, and she hatched them about 20 days after I first noticed the eggs. Took mama out immediately, and put her in the other 3g Eclipse (also w/ sponge filter wrapped in hosiery); this also has Java Moss and 3 other adult ghosts (males, much smaller).
I couldn't see babies hardly at all at first. I added finely powderized fish pellet food a couple times daily (crushed between a spoon and a small ceramic dish, mortar-and-pestle style). I put a couple trumpet snails in there to help eat excess food.
5 days later I counted 9 "headstanders", which is what I call the baby ghosts floating in the water column. They're really small, and just hang upside down if they're not latched onto the moss. 22 days after that I counted 14 very small ghost shrimp...they're moving around and eating just like adult shrimp, but in miniature.
Mama now has a new clutch of eggs, which ought to hatch around 21 March if the previous gestation period is a good yardstick for predicting the big day.
v/r, N-A
I have a 3g Eclipse where I put a sponge over the inlet, wrapped it in ladies' knee-high hose. That tank is filled w/ Java Moss. Put mama shrimp w/ her green eggs in there, and she hatched them about 20 days after I first noticed the eggs. Took mama out immediately, and put her in the other 3g Eclipse (also w/ sponge filter wrapped in hosiery); this also has Java Moss and 3 other adult ghosts (males, much smaller).
I couldn't see babies hardly at all at first. I added finely powderized fish pellet food a couple times daily (crushed between a spoon and a small ceramic dish, mortar-and-pestle style). I put a couple trumpet snails in there to help eat excess food.
5 days later I counted 9 "headstanders", which is what I call the baby ghosts floating in the water column. They're really small, and just hang upside down if they're not latched onto the moss. 22 days after that I counted 14 very small ghost shrimp...they're moving around and eating just like adult shrimp, but in miniature.
Mama now has a new clutch of eggs, which ought to hatch around 21 March if the previous gestation period is a good yardstick for predicting the big day.
v/r, N-A
