Sexy shrimp breeding adventure

[dansyr]

Finally caught my sexy shrimp releasing larvae last night! I was not quite prepared but I did have the brine shrimp hatchery going so that is good. These guys seem to have less of a yolk sac than the Lysmata, but they made it through the night so that's a win.

I'm not too optimistic about this batch's fate since it's my first go with Thor larvae but I'm excited, it is a good end of summer project. Any tips?

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[shootingstar_reef]

they are voracious eaters, make sure they're well fed

 

[JojosReef]

Exciting!!

 

[bakbay]

Sexy!

 

[dansyr]

they are voracious eaters, make sure they're well fed

Thanks! Just freshly hatched brine shrimp (adding 3-4 times a day) so far, but i have some copepods and some of the golden pearls stuff in different sizes in case that's needed. Did you use any other food types, and what ratios or density?

 

[drexel]

That's awesome! Good luck and put me on the list for a couple.

 

[dansyr]

That's awesome! Good luck and put me on the list for a couple.

For sure! Not super optimistic this run will be successful but hopefully a learning experience.

You stopping by must have been a good luck charm btw, it was literally the next day that she released the larvae!

 

[pledosophy]

Such a fun adventure. Please keep us updated, even if it doesn't work out.

When I was breeding seahorses I found that decapsulating the artemia helped to not introduce hydroids. Not sure if that is necessary with shrimp or not.

Amqeul+ was a good friend to me, as were frequent (once or twice daily) water changes to keep ammonia down.

I later started using waste water to feed LPS and ricordia. Was a good little system for awhile.

Great luck to you.

 

[moondoggy]

I can almost seeing them twerking.

 

[Jimbo327]

Very cool!

 

[dansyr]

Such a fun adventure. Please keep us updated, even if it doesn't work out.

When I was breeding seahorses I found that decapsulating the artemia helped to not introduce hydroids. Not sure if that is necessary with shrimp or not.

Amqeul+ was a good friend to me, as were frequent (once or twice daily) water changes to keep ammonia down.

I later started using waste water to feed LPS and ricordia. Was a good little system for awhile.

Great luck to you.

Amquel is an amazing idea idk why i didn't think of that. Thank you!

Will keep updating. So far so good, most of the larvae seem alive and motile still but its just 48hrs now. I've been putting tiny amounts of live phyto in to try to help with nutrients (and keep the BBS from dying / becoming a disadvantage).

i'm expecting things to start going downhill in a day if they are in a day or two, but will keep updating regardless. I love these little projects.

 

[dansyr]

So far this has been a more rewarding experience than Lysmata larvae, I can actually see these guys hang onto and seem to eat baby brine shrimp. I get the voracious eaters comment now.

 

[Jimbo327]

Document this and take lots of photos. And write down what you did in a journal or something. Would be neat to have this.

 

[drexel]

Dude, that's great!

 

[dansyr]

Got back from work and they're still alive. Did a small, 15-20% WC this morning before work. Zoomed out shot of the setup. The old bucket in a bucket.

 

[SchnitzelReef]

Very cool! How long until they are full grown?


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[dansyr]

Very cool! How long until they are full grown?


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Full grown? Quite awhile I think. Settling from plankton seems to be in the 20s to low 30s of days from what I've read. but how long to sexual maturity is a very good question, i'd be curious if anyone has experience here or could point me to a paper.

 

[drexel]

That's awesome!

 

[Armen]

that’s is an awesome idea and can be profitable also.

 

[dansyr]

Idk about profitable, that's not what I'm trying for and I think success rate on these overall is very low from what i've seen, so this feels about as potential as like raising captive hermits or something. But if someone has figured out how to crank out and get decent % survivals please let me know!

Starting to see some mortality I think at right around 5 days I think, which tracks. still have many active and floating/swimming around. might try another small water change later this long weekend, and getting rid of a lot of the surviving BBS that I think might be decreasing the overall feeding efficiency.