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Raising Sexy shrimp
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ruck'n'reefer
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Thanx, that's much better 
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LisaP
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I still have baby shrimp.
They are 17 days old today and look like this:
They are noticably larger than when they were first released and a darker orange colour too. I think that I have at least 14 left but there maybe more lurking in there. They are increasingly difficult to spot as they tend to stick to the sides of the aquarium and only occasionally make brief trips out in to the water column. The sides of the tank are covered in a thin layer of algae which helps them to blend in almost completely. I don't expect that they will be ready to settle out for a while yet.
I have just finished reading April Kirkendoll's helpful and entertaining book 'How To Raise & Train Your Peppermint Shimp'. She states that she got somewhere between 10 to 20% survivorship of her shrimp. Is that what you have all found too?
Regards
Lisa
They are 17 days old today and look like this:
They are noticably larger than when they were first released and a darker orange colour too. I think that I have at least 14 left but there maybe more lurking in there. They are increasingly difficult to spot as they tend to stick to the sides of the aquarium and only occasionally make brief trips out in to the water column. The sides of the tank are covered in a thin layer of algae which helps them to blend in almost completely. I don't expect that they will be ready to settle out for a while yet.
I have just finished reading April Kirkendoll's helpful and entertaining book 'How To Raise & Train Your Peppermint Shimp'. She states that she got somewhere between 10 to 20% survivorship of her shrimp. Is that what you have all found too?
Regards
Lisa
Luis A M
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Not me,may be the pros!LisaP said:
My current best # of shrimp setting is:
L.wurdemanni-10
R.durbanensis-1
L.amboinensis-0
L.debelius-0
S.hispidus-0
Lisa,youÃ"šÃ‚´re doing great!
Larvae are nicely colored,they still donÃ"šÃ‚´t have pleopods,do they?.So how you solved the uneaten bs removal problem?
Good luck,youÃ"šÃ‚´re almost there!
LisaP
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Luis,
Ah, so that's 10 Peppermints in total. Hmm, so I could actually end up with less than 2 or 3 shrimps then..... that's assuming I'm really lucky of course. :lol:
I'm not sure if they have any pleopods yet, when I take one out again I'll try to take a good look at it under the microscope. Assuming it stays still for long enough for me to do that. I definitely couldn't see what April refers to as the 'spear legs'. Do all species of shrimp develop those?
Regards
Lisa
Ah, so that's 10 Peppermints in total. Hmm, so I could actually end up with less than 2 or 3 shrimps then..... that's assuming I'm really lucky of course. :lol:
I'm not sure if they have any pleopods yet, when I take one out again I'll try to take a good look at it under the microscope. Assuming it stays still for long enough for me to do that. I definitely couldn't see what April refers to as the 'spear legs'. Do all species of shrimp develop those?
Regards
Lisa
LisaP
Premium Member
Sorry I forgot to answer your other question. I have been performing 22% water changes first thing every morning. During which time I hoover the bottom of the tank and also try to remove as many of the larger brineshrimp as I can. After that's done I add in the fresh newly hatched baby brine.
Regards
Lisa
Regards
Lisa
Luis A M
Premium Member
DonÃ"šÃ‚´t rely on statistics,anything can happen.Play the game
You need to look from the side to see pleopods,perhaps in the rearing tank with a mag.glass?
Spear (or paddle,or oar) legs belong to Lymata.Peppermints have 1 pair (pp5th) while amboinensis and debelius have 3 (pp 3rd,4th and 5th).
You need to look from the side to see pleopods,perhaps in the rearing tank with a mag.glass?
Spear (or paddle,or oar) legs belong to Lymata.Peppermints have 1 pair (pp5th) while amboinensis and debelius have 3 (pp 3rd,4th and 5th).
LisaP
Premium Member
Breakn, I have my fingers crossed that some make it to settlement but I'm trying not to think too hard of what I will do with them after that. I have the perfect spot for them to grow on if I am fortunate to keep a few, but after that I don't know. I guess I'll pass them on to other reefers. I definitely cannot put them in my big display tank as my Scarlet Hawkfish would eat them for sure. Still, I mustn't get ahead of myself as things could all still go horribly wrong.
Luis/Spawner, I have been studying them with a magnifying glass all morning but I can hardly make out the legs so I doubt that I will be able to really see if there are tiny pleopods present. It's definitely a job for the microscope. I have uploaded a bigger view of the picture above though I'm not sure it will help that much.
See it here
Regards
Lisa
I have the perfect spot for them to grow on if I am fortunate to keep a few, but after that I don't know. I guess I'll pass them on to other reefers. I definitely cannot put them in my big display tank as my Scarlet Hawkfish would eat them for sure. Still, I mustn't get ahead of myself as things could all still go horribly wrong.Luis/Spawner, I have been studying them with a magnifying glass all morning but I can hardly make out the legs so I doubt that I will be able to really see if there are tiny pleopods present. It's definitely a job for the microscope. I have uploaded a bigger view of the picture above though I'm not sure it will help that much.
See it here
Regards
Lisa
LisaP
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I didn't think that it would help. 
I can get better shots but it would take time and I worry that the more time I have them out of the rearing tank the bigger the risk is of killing them. I really don't want to kill them. I will document the whole process better on the next rearing attempt.
Regards
Lisa
I can get better shots but it would take time and I worry that the more time I have them out of the rearing tank the bigger the risk is of killing them. I really don't want to kill them. I will document the whole process better on the next rearing attempt. Regards
Lisa
if you are going to pass them on let me know at breakn@juno.com
but in the mean time i am truly impressed by how well they are coming
but in the mean time i am truly impressed by how well they are coming
