Peppermint Shrimp babies

[Mikeyjer]

Very nice!!!! I definatelly WANT some!!! It's great since these comes with hatch date and all...

 

[Fishboy42]

Nice picture! One more post and you could put that little guy in your avatar!

 

[DMBillies]

Still going strong...

Still going strong...

Well, it's been almost 2 weeks since the Peppermint Shrimp hatched, so I thought I should give an update. There's a pic of them below with what they looked like as of 2 days ago. Their abdomens are starting to turn red in the middle (which thankfully makes them much easier to see... I think I'm going to go blind from peering into the tank). They are also spending increasing amount of time on the bottom of the tank and they are destroying the brine shrimp, I almost can't hatch enough. I'm thinking I'll start them on some cyclopeeze in a couple of days. I've seen a couple of dead ones on the bottom of the tank (like 5) but I still haven't noticed any severe die off yet. Well, at the very least I'm vastly exceeding my low expectations. I'd estimate that there are still at least 75 but there is no way in heck I can actually count these little buggers.

 

[CKreef]

let me know when they grow up like to have some

 

[liverock]

Good Job!

Good Job!

Good job raising them, very hard to do!!

I could use a few thousand!<G>

You are now in the upper class of larva guys!

Richard
:rollface: :rollface: :rollface:

 

[rcmike]

Very cool! I have to be honest, when I first saw your post I thought, "Oh boy, somebody else who is going to try and raise them and fail." I have heard of many people trying but very few succeed.

 

[Fishboy42]

Great progress! From the looks of that last pic, you should be seeing settlement in a week or two, great job, keep us updated!

Matt

 

[cee]

I'm glad the BS eggs were still viable for you. Looks like you're going to have a bunch to get rid of soon! Great job!

Dave

 

[DMBillies]

live rock: I'm going to need a new operation if I'm going to deliver a thousand... I'd be glad to have a sponsor though

Thanks for the encouragement. I may still fail, but I'm having a blast anyway (and learning in the process)... and that's what it's all about.

 

[liverock]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7343245#post7343245 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DMBillies
live rock: I'm going to need a new operation if I'm going to deliver a thousand... I'd be glad to have a sponsor though

Thanks for the encouragement. I may still fail, but I'm having a blast anyway (and learning in the process)... and that's what it's all about.

There is a professor at the University of San Antonio that has been doing this for years, a young lady, but her name escapes me, she is considered to be the guru of raising peps!

Some searching should turn up her name!

Thanks
TBS