Attempt at Raising Peppermint Shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni)

[Luis A M]

But I understand ALL Lysmata show the famous 5th pair at the 4th zoea?.
I further suspect all peppers show the same stages,except for the temperate L.seticaudata that is said to have fewer.
I would like to see a pic of a Z1,as all pepper Z1 seen so far(by me) show identical pattern.

 

[purplehaze]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10096246#post10096246 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Luis A M
But I understand ALL Lysmata show the famous 5th pair at the 4th zoea?

Nope..

 

[Luis A M]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10097476#post10097476 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by purplehaze
Nope..

Really?Which one doesn´t?

 

[trekin]

drmaz

How long dose it take for the eggs of lysmata vittata to hatch I have 2 peps the first had eggs on the 10/6/07 and the second had them on the 13/6/07 it is a little hard to find info on this pep

Gary

 

[drmaz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10143729#post10143729 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by trekin
drmaz

How long dose it take for the eggs of lysmata vittata to hatch I have 2 peps the first had eggs on the 10/6/07 and the second had them on the 13/6/07 it is a little hard to find info on this pep

Gary

Hi Gary

L. vittata and for that mater all the Lysmata that I have bred take approx 14 day for the eggs to hatch. Once the eggs turn from green to a light brown you will know the they are only a day or so away from hatching.

And hatching normally occurs an hour or so after lights out, so the best way of collecting the larva is to use a larva trap. I designed mine (and it works a treat) around April Kirkendolls design from her book "How to raise and train your Peppermint shrimp". I would highly reccomend this book.

You will get much better larva survial if you feed the parents a very high quality diet and I normally feed my brood stock at least 3 times a day.

good luck with your attempt please let us know how you go.

Stan

 

[trekin]

Hi Stan
Thanks for the info I havn't got Aprils book but I will see if they have it in the local libary if not I will have to buy it, and I will keep you posted as to my results

Gary