Bamboo shrimp w/eggs ??

Yana · Post by **Yana** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 3:46 pm

I noticed my bamboo shrimp has these orange spots today, florescant little spots on it's body. Are they eggs? I know shrimp are hard to rear. If they are eggs is there anything I could do to try and raise them or is it pointless? I don't have aquarium salt to use for salinity (only kent iodine).

Thanks

YuccaPatrol · Post by **YuccaPatrol** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:08 pm

Although I have not seen eggs on mine (because I only have females), I can say with certainty that you do have eggs.

As far as I know from reading the few scientific articles I have found on these, nobody has reported successfully breeding them in captivity. However, they almost certainly require brackish or full strength sea water for the larvae to survive.

I plan on making it a project to breed these shrimp because their native habitat is severely threatened and they are being collected from the wild in mass before scientists have even learned much about their lifecycle.

carbon etc · Post by **carbon etc** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:06 pm

Oooohh nice... I'm envious.

I'd just use the amano breeding method and if it fails, well, at least we have a little more information.

Maybe you should ship that shrimp to Mustafa and let him keep her for a month or so. Or me.

Yana · Post by **Yana** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:58 pm

She moved so I could get a better view, shes fanning them sort of, moving them up and down. They're in little globs. Sorry I don't know the shrimp anatomy terms.

Anyone have a good link for the Amano method?

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:38 am

http://mikes-machine.mine.nu/breeding_yamato.htm
But I would use 1/2 strength sea water around 1.012-1.014 sg.

Jojoyojimbi · Post by **Jojoyojimbi** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:21 am

badflash wrote:http://mikes-machine.mine.nu/breeding_yamato.htm
But I would use 1/2 strength sea water around 1.012-1.014 sg.

set up two rearing tanks, one with half salt, and one with full salinity

then divide the hatch up in half and put half in each salinity, shouldn't take long to figure out which does better

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:37 am

It might take longer than you think. My experience ended both times with the last molt failing. I think my water quality plumeted. Next time I'm set up with a recirculating tank & filter setup.

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:44 pm

Thank you for the pics! Now I'll know what my females will look like once my male gets settled in. I have 4 females and 1 male.

Guybrush · Post by **Guybrush** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:15 am

Here's a different look for pregnant females. Click on the pictures to see the close-ups on the eggs.

Heh, Yana has pale shrimp with orange eggs and I have orange shrimp with pale eggs. Mine also seems to be less full, but it could be because I took the pictures while she was "fanning" her eggs.

It's strange, some of the eggs look white, while others seem to be a sort of brown or gray. You can sort of see it on the close-ups, but not well. Has anyone ever seen different colored eggs in one shrimp before? Maybe I just need my eyes checked

I'm still not sure if I want to make the attempt at raising young. I'd have to drag out my 10 gallon and clean it up...

zapisto · Post by **zapisto** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:16 am

nice pic.
i think i will give bambo shrimp a try soon, not to breed but at least to learn more on them.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:57 am

They are a very peaceful shrimp and they look beautiful when healthy

carbon etc · Post by **carbon etc** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:24 pm

Guybrush wrote:I'm still not sure if I want to make the attempt at raising young. I'd have to drag out my 10 gallon and clean it up...

You could do it in a cheapo 3 gallon piece of tupperware if you wanted to. I can't sit by and watch someone not take advantage of an opportunity like that.

I'm still waiting for my vampires to even have significant saddles.

Guybrush · Post by **Guybrush** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:37 pm

I've got myself about 75% convinced into giving it a try

I was reading the aforementioned site (at work

) and it made me want to try. So you guys recommend half strength sea water instead of the near full strength from the site?

Yana · Post by **Yana** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:49 am

Guybrush wrote:Heh, Yana has pale shrimp with orange eggs and I have orange shrimp with pale eggs. Mine also seems to be less full, but it could be because I took the pictures while she was "fanning" her eggs.

Ah, didn't even realize there were more responces, my e-mail stopped getting messages, oops. A few days later she didn't have them any more, I don't know that I would have been able to pull off a very successful set-up anyways though. Unfortunetly I found a female dead today, I don't know if shes the same one. I've had them over a year, anyone have an idea of how long they can live?

To go somewhat OT, Like guybrush says, he shrimp is orange. Is color an indicator of health? Every bamboo I've ever had that's gotten orange-red has died(only 2 of them, over a year ago)

I had one that reached a gorgeous almost glowing color red and it died soon after(It was quite large though, old age?).

YuccaPatrol · Post by **YuccaPatrol** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:00 am

I believe that the orange/red color is an indication of a happy shrimp. Mine turn pale/grey/brown when under stress (such as when I change the water).