Raising Sexy shrimp

[krayzie]

hahahah damer... didnt know u hop on here too

lol... yeah yeah i know HEATER

but the thing is that cleaner shrimp r sooo expensive

n how would u know which r male/female

n i have never seen a paired, pair b4.. in australia

[NicoleC]

They're both -- any two will do. My cleaner is by herself and she even had eggs once, although they were either not fertilized or she crossed the species barrier!

[krayzie]

but if u buy say 1 cleaner shrimp from 1 shop n anther cleaner shrimp from another shop

how do u know they will breed?

[ozadars]

Doesnt matter. Cleaner shrimps can both produce eggs and fertilize them. You must have at least two though, they cant fertilize their own eggs.

[krayzie]

so they r like hermapfrodies? like clown fish?

[rsman]

so they r like hermapfrodies?
yep!
like clown fish?
nope
clowns are only go juv -> male -> female -> dead end if they make it.

cleaners are free to switch to whichever, whenever they desire.

[clownfish75]

Cleaner shrimps (Lysmata amboinensis) are simultanious hermaphrodites, ie they are both sexs at once and can cross fertalise each other, so 2 animals will hold fertile eggs fertalised by the other animal.

Christian

[rsman]

yea what clownfish said

[Surfzone]

Lesia, how are they doing now? have they put on much weight since your last post? also what size grow out tank did you use? also just a thought i think you could get more larva if you were to put the female in a mesh basket in teh grow out tank so that when she releases the eggs go through the mesh and she cannot get to them.

i'v also seen mated pairs of coral banded shrimp and i wanted to know how long is their larval stages?

[Luis A M]

Originally posted by Surfzone
i'v also seen mated pairs of coral banded shrimp and i wanted to know how long is their larval stages?

Reportedly 4 to 7 months

[LisaP]

Surfzone,

They are doing very well and are quite a bit bigger, though in the grand scheme of things they are still pretty much snack sized for almost any fish I think. I still have them in the same tank, the larval rearing/grow out tank. I don't exactly have a large breeding set-up at the moment. I could have started with a lot more larvae, there were hundreds darting about, but chose to try only a few for my first attempt at raising them. I didn't actually think that I'd be successful to be honest.

Here's a shot that I took yesterday.



Regards

Lisa

[km133688]

you are inspiring LisaP. I now am going to do the same thing and raise these guys.

Kevin

[B Pierce]

That is awsome!

What did you raise them on?

Bill

[Surfzone]

ok well i just ordered the book how to rase and train your peppermint shrimp. i'd also like to knowif you solely fed them on bbs or did you also use rotifers and ather things of the sort?

[TheyCallMeFishy]

Great thead Lisa, looks like you will smash that statistic if most of them make it through to maturity.

b.pierce, surfzone: I believe both of your questions are answered in the thread, repeteadly haha.

[cateyes]

hi LisaP -- what a neat thing you have accomplished!!!! do you have any to date pics of the babies???
are sexy shrimp hermophridites (sp)? i'm going to have a few in my 29gal. when i get it set up...
i'm looking for some fish to go with them that wont eat them.. i see you have green bared gobies with them, do you have any other "non shrimp eating" fish suggestions??
thanks,,,,lisa

[LisaP]

Hi there,

I don't have any new pictures at present, I will try to take some new ones tomorrow. Sexy shrimp have separate sexes, the females being quite a bit bigger than the males. The shrimp babies are showing variability in size already, some are really quite big and chunky whereas a few others are smaller and slimmer. I like to think that's because they are of different sexes rather than some pigging out more than others.

As for fish compatibility, these guys are small as shrimp go and so need fairly quiet tank mates. I would imagine pretty much any of the gobies are suitable. I only have the green banded ones with mine so that I could study the behaviour of both without each affecting the other too much. I'm sure that other fish groups would suit too but perhaps you may not see so much of the shrimp in the fish are very active.

Regards

Lisa

[cateyes]

yeah, that makes since, active fish scaring the sexy shrimp.. i don't want them hiding,, they are sooo cute.....
thanks a lot and good luck,,,,lisa

[Blennius]

I have a pair of them in my 400l tank and see them all the time, even though there are quite a few active inhabitants in there like Goldtail demoiselles, a 2 colored dottyback and 2 cleaner shrimp.
The female is regulary releasing larvae and your thread has inspired be to try and raise some as well, since you suceeded by bbs. I have not yet the time to set up a cultures of zoo or phytoplankton.
BTW: real good german from you guys (except "raising" is called "grossziehen" in that context)

Chris

[spk]

Lisa,

Great thread. How are these guys doing now?

Steve

[LisaP]

Heya Steve,

They are doing great and I'm probably going to be moving them outta this little tank and into the refugium of my big tank this week. Here are a few new pics:

Male (right) & female (left) ??



More...



and lastly...



Regards

Lisa

[spk]

Lisa,

These are fantastic. What are you going to do with them all?

Great to see that you patience has paid off.

How are the Gobies doing?

Steve

[B Pierce]

Did you raise them on just BBS?

Bill

[LisaP]

Actually no. They had rotifers for the first week and then I transferred them on to newly hatched brineshrimp, that was only because I didn't know any better. I've since found out that it is possible to raise them on bbs alone.

Regards

Lisa

[B Pierce]

wow thats amazing that something that small can be raised o BBS!