My First Shrimp-only Tank Journal

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:22 pm

Congrats

! Tiny aren't they? Pretty soon they will be all over the tank, be sure to look on the walls of the tank

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:11 am

They sure are tiny! One of them was clear, and another of them was kinda red.

The first one I saw was on the wall of the tank.

I just noticed that my Amanos have a gold stripe down there back, and one of them has a gold splotch on their head. Its pretty sweet.

-John

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:55 am

Good news!

I can see the eyes on the berried ghost, that had green eggs when I got her. They should hatch very very soon! I have her isolated in a breeding trap so I can raise the Larvae.

A really bad pic:

Heres a berried cherry:

Do the orange/yellow eggs mean they are close to hatching?

-John

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:03 pm

Do the orange/yellow eggs mean they are close to hatching?

No, I don't think so. But the little black eyes do

!

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:44 am

I've got Tail Hangers!

2 of them, to be exact. 3 more are still hatching. The female only had 5 eggs. After they all hatch i'll remove the female from the breeding trap, to raise the young. I'll probably move 'em to another container with a sponge filter. Now to find food for them...

A Tail Hanger:

A Tail hanger in the process of hatching:

Cherry shrimp during feeding time: (random photo)

-John

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:16 pm

The other 3 or 4 larvae have not hatched yet

Although they look very very close to it.

-John

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:03 pm

congratulations and best wishes

That is a great picture of the Tail hanger in the process of hatching! Give us more

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:45 pm

Haha, did I mention I took a video of the tail hanger in the process of hatching?

I didn't actually catch it hatching though, so its pretty much the same as the pic, just moving and about 15 mins long.

Another one or two hatched

There is still one more left to hatch.

-John

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:55 am

I have good news, and bad news.

The good news is that they all finished hatching.

The bad news is that I think the mom ate 3 of them during the night. I am down to 2. I probably should have moved her last night, but there was still one baby hatching. Either she ate them, or they escaped through a small opening in the breeding trap. I had a layer of sand covering the vents in the bottom, but one vent was exposed throughout last night, so they may have escaped into the main tank. If they did escape, who knows, maybe they will find food in the Java moss.

I'm about to move the 2 larvae into a seperate container. I'm going to try baby formula to feed them, as Newjohn suggested to me. I'll try very tiny amounts of it, like he said.

Baby formula is really all I have access too right now.

I could try grinding up algae wafers or fish flakes too.

-John

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:04 am

Hope it goes well with the 2 larvae, the baby formula should work well. Let us know if you find the other larvae

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:33 pm

OK I lied...I don't have baby formula. I'm using ground up liquified fish flakes instead. I ground them up in a plastic baggie, then added water and mushed it around a while until it was mostly liquid, there are still tiny flakes though. I added maybe 5 drops of it to the container.

Hopefully the larvae are eating it. They do seem to have the "food chunk" visible, like in adults after they are feeding.

*crosses fingers*

Oh, and if your wondering, no I don't have anything better to do today

. Actually, i'm not feeling well right now. Spending most of the day with my shrimps should make me feel better

-John

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:39 pm

Hopefully the larvae are eating it. They do seem to have the "food chunk" visible, like in adults after they are feeding.

food in the gut is always a good way of telling if shrimp are eating

. Get well soon!

The Fisherman · Post by **The Fisherman** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:35 pm

Sorry I haven't updated in a while...I've had a puffer fish emergency which required nearly all my attention.

The 2 larvae are still alive, and appear to be doing well. I didn't know it was possible, but both of them have molted once. They are still larvae though. I can take pics of the molts to prove it.

-John

Post by **Mustafa** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:29 pm

The Fisherman wrote: The 2 larvae are still alive, and appear to be doing well. I didn't know it was possible, but both of them have molted once. They are still larvae though. I can take pics of the molts to prove it.

-John

No need to prove.

Larvae go through several larval stages before turning into postlarvae. Every time before they enter a new larval stage they molt.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:13 am

Hope things continue to go well with your two larvae and they make it to the postlarvae stage! Sorry to hear about your puffer fish emergency. Keep us updated, it is always good to hear from you.