Raising Sexy shrimp

Woo hooo! Unless my poor strained eyes are deceiving me 3 of my baby shrimp settled out last night. They were 22 days old. Sadly I don't have any pictures of them as 2 have chosen to hide behind the left airstone and the other one is positioned behind the right airstone and under the heaterstat. Just imagine teeny tiny (about 6mm) versions of mum (with less spots and a bit less stocky) and you'll be about right.

I can't tell you how proud I feel at the moment.

:celeb2: :celeb3: :bounce2:

Regards

Lisa
 
Excellent news!

I've been watching this thread with interest as I've just setup a 7gal nano & was thinking of adding 3 sexy's :)

Cheers Shelton.
 
Lisa,

That's great; hiding is a great sign. Most shrimp larvae normally go from positively phototaxic to negative immediately after they metamorphosis. Try to get a pic before they color up, which normally takes a few days after settlement.
 
Hallo Lisa

Herzlichen Glückwunsch auch von mir.

Da siehst du das sich die Mühe gelohnt hat.

Ich freue mich das es bei dir funktioniert hat.

Hier mal ein Bild wo meine noch ganz klein waren.

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MfG Sylvio
 
Thanks everyone.

I will try to get some pictures of them but unless they move a bit closer to the front of the tank it's going to be an impossible job. Perhaps if some more settle out tonight they will choose the front of the tank to hang out, it's unlikely but one can always hope.

Sylvio,

Ich bin glücklich. Ich dachte nicht, daß es wirklich geschehen würde.

Ich liebe dieses Foto. Es ist fantastisch. :D

Regards

Lisa
 
Wow, what an interesting thread. Fascinating that I remember enough German to understand the thread, but couldn't translate it into English :)

Lisa, I think there is some synergy with spawning species'. For some reason, the more pairs you have together spawning, the more likely they are to all start spawning. Perhaps it is only that they are in ideal conditions, but it doesn't seem odd to me that you have gobies and shrimp spawning in the same tank. I have watched one set of fish startdoing their love dance, and it makes the other pairs get ampourous, too. Hormonal change in the water? Hmmm.

Perhaps some of these methods will work for pistol shrimp? BBS seems so easy. With the exception of my clowns, my pistols are my most reliable spawners at the moment. I do still want to raise YWG's, but am having a little difficulty with the eggs.

Wouldn't that be cute -- CB YWG gobies and CB pistol shrimp!
 
Nicole,

An interesting thought. Along with my spawning gobies and shrimp I discovered that my sun coral had sucessfully spawned this week. I now have tiny single orange polyps scattered about the walls of the refugium. Something's certainly going right with that system whatever it is. :)

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I would give it a go with your pistol shrimps, you just never know what might happen. I had a breeding pair of Alpheus sp. a few years ago and wish now that I had taken the time to give the larvae a chance.

Regards

Lisa
 
This is the best shot I've got of one so far. It's sitting on a rather manky looking clip for the heaterstat. I'm not sure how long this one has been settled out as I counted at least 6 of the little guys hiding in the tank yesterday. There are 3 more that still have to make the change.

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They are just so small still.

I have been adding bbs for the free swimming ones and popping in a small amount of crushed flake food for the others. Is there anything else that I should be trying to get them to put on a bit of weight?

Regards

Lisa
 
Congradulations Lisa!

I hope I can breed a fish or a shrimp one day. It should be a gorgeous feeling.

Good Luck
 
Thank you, I must admit that in all my years of reefkeeping raising these shrimp is hands down the most rewarding thing that I've done. :smokin:

This is what they look like now, they are 30 days old. As far as I can tell there are 10 of them that have successfully settled out.

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Regards

Lisa
 
:lol: No secret, just lucky I guess. It would seem that Sexy shrimp are sort of like the clownfish of the shrimp world, all in all not too difficult to rear given a bit of time and effort. I suspect that if I'd chosen cleaner shrimp to work with the story would have been much different.

Btw the lil shrimp continue to do well, getting a bit bigger as each week goes by. They are still quite small however, snack sized actually. :p They won't be ready to be kept with any fish for quite a while yet I think.

Regards

Lisa
 
krayzie, if you give it a go, make sure you put a heater in!!!:rollface:

sorry mate, couldnt resist.

regards

damien
 
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