Hi everyone,
I have a small group of 8 sexy shrimp broodstock that recently started to breed. So far, the biggest female has berried and released the larvae twice. I missed the first larvae release but was prepared this time around. Last night, I separated her into a Pho soup container and clipped it to the side of my tank. Tonight, she released the larvae and thus trigger the beginning of my first attempt in sexy shrimp rearing adventure. I’ve been hatching BBS daily in preparation for this and been feeding my reef tanks with them prior to her larvae release. I cleaned and setup a small DIY Kreisel tank I made years ago to raise baby lined seahorses and skunk cleaner shrimps. This time, I modified it to run on a small air pump instead of a return pump. From my reading, hobbyists only mentioned about feeding the larvae newly hatched BBS. I went a little further and added Tigger pods and rotifers as well as Reef Nutrition SDaquarist phytos as well as some live phytoplankton for a more well-rounded diet and to keep the critters alive in there. Let the adventure begin, join me and see how far we can get the larvae to progress.
I have a small group of 8 sexy shrimp broodstock that recently started to breed. So far, the biggest female has berried and released the larvae twice. I missed the first larvae release but was prepared this time around. Last night, I separated her into a Pho soup container and clipped it to the side of my tank. Tonight, she released the larvae and thus trigger the beginning of my first attempt in sexy shrimp rearing adventure. I’ve been hatching BBS daily in preparation for this and been feeding my reef tanks with them prior to her larvae release. I cleaned and setup a small DIY Kreisel tank I made years ago to raise baby lined seahorses and skunk cleaner shrimps. This time, I modified it to run on a small air pump instead of a return pump. From my reading, hobbyists only mentioned about feeding the larvae newly hatched BBS. I went a little further and added Tigger pods and rotifers as well as Reef Nutrition SDaquarist phytos as well as some live phytoplankton for a more well-rounded diet and to keep the critters alive in there. Let the adventure begin, join me and see how far we can get the larvae to progress.