Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:03 am
What species are we talking here? This thread got a little confused. Most of these animals can not tolerate salt water at all, even the "stress reduction level" so avoid that. Raising larva is a different story and is not simple. The larva must be transferred to salt water, not the adults. Then you need to know what concentration and what they eat.cro117 wrote:He adds the recommended dosage on the container of salt for "stress reduction" for a 100 gal, but he has a 240 gal. should he add more or is that enough for the adults?
I'm not sure what to tell him about breeding. I have never raised shrimp that need to be transferred to salt water to grow. How do you do this? Do you transfer the female while she is holding the eggs? How does acclimation work? Do you use a drip method or are they not overly sensitive to salinity changes? And should the level be .023 like a typical salt water, or would a little lower, say .018, be recommended?
Lastly, are the larva overly sensitive, like I have heard ghost can be. Some say that they can die from hitting the glass wall of a tank.