Shrimps and fish eggs

Hanzo · Post by **Hanzo** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:16 pm

Hello people!

I was wondering if any of you has any experience with keeping shrimps in breeding tanks? I read somewhere on a forum that some would use shrimps to clean and care for fish eggs. I have always asummed that the shrimps would just eat the eggs and be done with it, but if they can leave them alone or even clean the eggs, that would be good news. Anybody know anything about this?

amanda_h · Post by **amanda_h** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:36 pm

No personal experience, but I'd read the same thing -- that at least one killie breeder kept shrimp in the same tank, and the shrimp would clean the eggs. Here's the one I read...

http://www.killies.com/Incubating2.htm

I thought it was pretty cool!

Hanzo · Post by **Hanzo** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:06 am

Yepp, that would be the one I was thinking about as well. I serves a double pourpous for me, first it helps keep the egg's clean form fungus, and second I don't have to set up a hacthing tank for the eggs. I only have around 10 tanks, so space is of the outmost importance

amanda_h · Post by **amanda_h** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:08 am

Only 10 tanks?? Hee!

What species of fish are you planning on breeding?

Hanzo · Post by **Hanzo** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:31 am

I know, it's not enough by fare

I want to breed apistos and corys, but have only minimal luck with it so fare. The cory's keep laying eggs just about every day, but even when I take the eggs in to a seperat tank they will get this white fungus thingi on them... And my apisto's keep eating the darn eggs every time

But, luckely my shrimp's keep breeding, I must have about a hundred cherry's, 50 unknowns (maybe Indian Algae Shrimp), and a good portion of red-claw's. If this keep's up I'll kick out the fishes and focus more on the shrimps, they are way more fun to watch anyhow

amanda_h · Post by **amanda_h** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:56 am

Hanzo wrote:...they are way more fun to watch anyhow

I know! I've got two tanks -- one a community fish tank, and one shrimp-only -- and I spend way more time with the shrimp tank. My poor little fish are feeling neglected.

amber2461 · Post by **amber2461** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 3:11 pm

amanda_h wrote:
Hanzo wrote:...they are way more fun to watch anyhow
I know! I've got two tanks -- one a community fish tank, and one shrimp-only -- and I spend way more time with the shrimp tank. My poor little fish are feeling neglected.

The fishes won't feel neglected, twust me on this ... hehehehehe ... they will only feel that way if you don't feed them, so no worries there.

Cheers