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I'm looking for basically a step-by-step guide on how to raise Amano's from a berried female. Does someone know a good link off hand?

I see lots of references to the need to gradually adjust salinity to salt water. But how much, how slowly, and for how long exactly? Also what's the best food source for the newly hatched Amano's?

TIA

After a lot of searching that turned up nothing I posted here. Wouldn't ya know it. I just found this very good page:

http://mikes-machine.mine.nu/breeding_yamato.htm

I feel silly.

It's interesting to note that he recommends not putting the female in brackish water and simply dumping the newly hatched larvae in full marine salinity (35 ppt). He claims "any salinity below 30 ppt will result in heavy larval losses!" Seems to be a very different approach than some of the posters here.

What I am still wondering is if anyone can recommend a good source for buying reasonable marine macro algae?

Thanks

Anyone that has actually gotten post larval shrimp has used around 35 ppt sea water. Marine green water, specifically tetraselmis is the preferred food.