Anyone ever breed fire shrimp
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Saw a couple youtube and articles on breeding fire shrimp. So it can be done.
Just need dedication to growing the food. Phyto and rotifers.
This one is probably the most scientific and detailed. And you might want to hit up @dansyr for his recent sexy shrimp breeding, I think it's the same process.
https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/12917/noaa_12917_DS1.pdf?
Just need dedication to growing the food. Phyto and rotifers.
This one is probably the most scientific and detailed. And you might want to hit up @dansyr for his recent sexy shrimp breeding, I think it's the same process.
https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/12917/noaa_12917_DS1.pdf?
Congrats! Can be done, I was trying with cleaner shrimp (also Lysmata) and made it through several molts, around mid-30s of days. Just baby brine shrimp with some phyto in there to keep brine shrimp relatively nutritious.
It's not for the faint of heart, ~120d without anything going wrong is a marathon. A random salinity fluctuation is what did my longest run in, I would get a cheap ATO or be incredibly consistent in fill volume during water changes.
Structure wise I like the noaa / hatchery style best, not that i have that much experience, but my 5g bucket version of that has photos are on my sexy shrimp thread ( i used same setup for both shrimp species trials).
I have read journals of the ultra-simple bucket-with-airline, thats it, and a wrap around heater outside bucket. But cleaning/water changes is much more stressful to me that way, possibly also the shrimps who knows.
It's not for the faint of heart, ~120d without anything going wrong is a marathon. A random salinity fluctuation is what did my longest run in, I would get a cheap ATO or be incredibly consistent in fill volume during water changes.
Structure wise I like the noaa / hatchery style best, not that i have that much experience, but my 5g bucket version of that has photos are on my sexy shrimp thread ( i used same setup for both shrimp species trials).
I have read journals of the ultra-simple bucket-with-airline, thats it, and a wrap around heater outside bucket. But cleaning/water changes is much more stressful to me that way, possibly also the shrimps who knows.
believe it or not, there's actually a published book on breeding peppermint shrimp ... I know it's not fire shrimp, but I'm thinking the process should be quite similar.
https://www.amazon.com/Raise-Train-Your-Peppermint-Shrimp/dp/0966778448
https://www.amazon.com/Raise-Train-Your-Peppermint-Shrimp/dp/0966778448
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Only a handful of people have ever successfully done it as far as I'm aware, it's not that easy. However unlike L. amboinensis which has reportedly needed 120+ days to settle, L. debelius is closer to 60+ days which is more similar to its peppermint cousins at 40-50 days. I have gotten peppermints to the final stage a few times, but they don't settle for me. Sexy shrimp has been better documented in hobby circles.
I have that book, and it's quite outdated but has some decent nuggets of information - though most of it is disseminated on the internet now.
Most important for the larvae is that they are constantly able to eat, they require decent food-density in the water column. If you can account for that and the resulting clean up, it is probably doable along with discipline to keep up lol. Attached is a scientific paper that details their culture.
I have that book, and it's quite outdated but has some decent nuggets of information - though most of it is disseminated on the internet now.
Most important for the larvae is that they are constantly able to eat, they require decent food-density in the water column. If you can account for that and the resulting clean up, it is probably doable along with discipline to keep up lol. Attached is a scientific paper that details their culture.
