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by zax
Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:31 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: raising mixed amano hatches, likelihood of cannibalism?
Replies: 6
Views: 1902

I have not witnessed any canabalism at any stage either even after they have morphed into adults. If you are going to mix the spawns then keep a track of their expected date of metamorphasis (25 days onwards for me) so that you can start catching the adults. Let us know how you get on.
by zax
Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:22 am
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Tank bred Amanos feeding movie
Replies: 6
Views: 1346

Tank bred Amanos feeding movie

It's been about a month now since most of these Amanos have been in freshwater, some of the smaller ones are from a latter spawn... http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l199/zax1972/IMG_0025.jpg They are now 310 in number and are feeding on boiled lettuce (as in the pic), boiled dandy lion leaves and c...
by zax
Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:20 am
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: 160+ Young Amano movie!!!!
Replies: 5
Views: 1699

160+ Young Amano movie!!!!

160 (I've lost count of the exact number) of my tank bred Amanos made the transition to freshwater yesterday and the scene in my nano tank was truly one to behold. Heres a good quality movie of the scene... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs_uNuG-HWI All are fine today, once they become adults they b...
by zax
Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:30 am
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Amano spawn
Replies: 36
Views: 14614

NewJohn; My adults are kept in regular dechlorinated tap water.

Shrimp&snails; Nah I'm not Andrew.
by zax
Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:22 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Amano spawn
Replies: 36
Views: 14614

Thanks guys. Update on things; caught another 30 young adults today, bringing the total number of adults to 154, I found 3 in my freshwater nano planted tank yesterday. I had released 13 in there and assumed they had died, so there could still be others in there. Here is a 13.2 mb film of them in a ...
by zax
Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:49 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Amano spawn
Replies: 36
Views: 14614

Day 32 with my 3rd spawn and I have caught another 52 adults, this makes the total so far from this spawn 123 adults.
by zax
Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:41 am
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Amano spawn
Replies: 36
Views: 14614

I'd like to increase the yields before I attempt to write an article but in the meantime I will just post updates. Today I lowered the water level again to see if any zoes had morphed and I managed to find five adults amongst all these... http://www.asfs71.dsl.pipex.com/am5.JPG When the zoes get clo...
by zax
Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:38 am
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Amano spawn
Replies: 36
Views: 14614

Just to update things, I had one zoe morph into the adult form from the whole of the previous spawn :( which I then killed by reducing the salinity to fast :smt009 But on a better note, today is the 26 th day of my 3 rd spawn of which I have remaining 150 zoes aproximately. I decided to check if any...
by zax
Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:44 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Amano spawn
Replies: 36
Views: 14614

I used Japananese Chlorella Nannochloropsis and Tetraseimis.
by zax
Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:25 am
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Amano spawn
Replies: 36
Views: 14614

Thanks guys. I didn't add any extra feed except for the phytoplankton. I pretty much followed the french guys guide.
by zax
Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:39 am
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Amano spawn
Replies: 36
Views: 14614

Today was the 27th day and I have only 16 zoes left, all in the mysid stage. Also, one of the zoes has morphed into the adult form. It was very difficult to spot because after morphing they change colour and become almost transparent like the adults. I have placed it in brackish water now and it see...
by zax
Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:46 am
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Amano spawn
Replies: 36
Views: 14614

I'm using mature water from my planted tank to make my sea water. I'm thinking of trying a minture protein skimmer, there are some that are air powered because I've had alot of casualties from them getting caught in the surface tension. This usually happens as the water thickens with phyto plankton....
by zax
Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:14 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Amano spawn
Replies: 36
Views: 14614

Did you do regular water changes or did you try the French guys method?
by zax
Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:18 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Amano spawn
Replies: 36
Views: 14614

How far did you get Badflash? and what was the reason of failure in your opinion? Cheers.
by zax
Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:26 pm
Forum: General Shrimp Forum
Topic: Amano spawn
Replies: 36
Views: 14614

Amano spawn

Lo guys, I'm new here and I've read all I could find on breeding Amanos especially Mike Noren's article and the French guy's. I'm at day 13 with the zoes at the moment, these are pics from day 10 (evacuated them at this point from the tank to another due to high nitrite levels; http://www.asfs71.dsl...