baby peppermint shrimp

[4218kris]

my peppermint shrimp just right now hatched about 100+ babies all swimming in my 12g nano with no fish but a couple hermits anything i need to know to keep them alive

 

[4218kris]

i turned off the pump so they dont get sucked up

 

[4218kris]

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[4218kris]

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[4218kris]

omg im so excited awesome iv also got nano conches in there breeding

 

[4218kris]

my nano is full of copepods FULL everywhere all over the glass i read the larvae will eat copepods good i have plenty i hope this works out well

 

[hifoo]

hehe thats cool.... Not sure how to go about keeping them alive though.

 

[GlaringToast]

Shrimp are fairly easy to raise but just about any fish will eat baby shrimp. So I would try to keep all fish out of there for the time being.

 

[SWSaltwater]

baby brine, phyto will also help with PODs.

 

[4218kris]

well big suprise 6 hours later i dont see any do the free float for awhile or do they start hiding in the rocks? im hoping they are hiding but i doubt it sucks big time i knew i shouldnt get all excited about it i just thought i dont have any fish in there maybe they will live.

 

[GlaringToast]

I'm sure there's still a bunch in there. They're most likely sensitive to light right now.

 

[4218kris]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14077617#post14077617 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GlaringToast
I'm sure there's still a bunch in there. They're most likely sensitive to light right now.

i hope so, do they free floating larvae or do the crawl around

 

[Walken 1]

more than likely they are gone unfortunately. they are very fragile at birth and any sort of current usually beats them up pretty bad.
next time in a couple weeks, try to very gently scoop them out with a cup or turkey baster and put them in a seperate 10 gallon with some phyto and rotifers with a low air flow (no air stone) and a sponge filter.
I have a book on how to raise them fully if you'd like to borrow it too!

 

[4218kris]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14080393#post14080393 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Walken 1
more than likely they are gone unfortunately. they are very fragile at birth and any sort of current usually beats them up pretty bad.
next time in a couple weeks, try to very gently scoop them out with a cup or turkey baster and put them in a seperate 10 gallon with some phyto and rotifers with a low air flow (no air stone) and a sponge filter.
I have a book on how to raise them fully if you'd like to borrow it too!

ill try to scoop them out next time maybe put them in a baby breeder net that hags on the side of the tank out of any current that might work?

 

[petesreef]

Is this in the JBJ 12 I sold you Kris..If so, more action than I ever saw in it before....

 

[4218kris]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14081868#post14081868 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by petesreef
Is this in the JBJ 12 I sold you Kris..If so, more action than I ever saw in it before....

yes in the one you sold me

 

[petesreef]

Sweet it looks good in the pics, I just had a bunch of leather toadstools in it..Good work!! you got a new hood for it?? MH or pc??

 

[4218kris]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14081939#post14081939 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by petesreef
Sweet it looks good in the pics, I just had a bunch of leather toadstools in it..Good work!! you got a new hood for it?? MH or pc??

just an old stock one nothing special about it its from a jbj deluxe with moon lights the moon lights are very dim i actually got 3 lids now lol, im thinking of putting in the moon lights from the other to double it up i might do that right now to think about it......

 

[petesreef]

nice, I have a bunch of blue LED's that mod in very easy if you are interested...I will give them to you for free... Just wire them to like an old cell phone charger and a timer and good to go !!

 

[4218kris]

well i saw about a dozen or so baby shrimp the came out while i was adding moon lights to the top then i blew some resistor i the ballast enclosure so the moon lights only come on when the lights are on now i guess i need a higher resistor since i added more lights i dont know much about electrical things like resistors and such though