[APD] Re: Aquatic-Plants Digest, Vol 16, Issue 43

["William Lynn" <wlynn at telus_net>]

Well, mine would breed almost every water change, you can see 'hyper' males 
swimming around, the larger females carry their egg mass (grayish mass under 
the tail) for a a few days, I have seen both shrimp and fish go after the 
eggs.....
As Richard Sexton points out the life cycle of fresh/brackish/salt would 
make breeding this speicies a 'bit' difficult combined with fish, shrimp and 
snails, I doubt any eggs would make to the larva stage..

Has anyone noticed that Amano shrimp are senstive to water changes? I will 
change 50 out of 350L(adding carbonates) and get the shrimp breeding or 
disappearing....

Bill Lynn

> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 18:12:18 -0500
> From: "James Purchase" <jppurchase at sympatico_ca>
> Subject: [APD] Amano Shrimp
> To: <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I have several Amano Shrimp (Caridina japonica) in my big tank (120
> gallons). Due to the heavy plant growth, I rarely see them. But earlier 
> this
> evening I DID see one and there appeared to be a "mass" of some sort, 
> along
> her abdomen. The shrimp seemed to be fanning this "mass" with its 
> swimmerets
> and paying it a lot of attention. Am I correct in thinking that this is an
> egg mass?
>
> What are the chances of any of the baby shrimp surviving in a tank full of
> Rainbowfish? Should I net her out and put her into a tank by herself or 
> just
> leave well enough alone?
>
> Thanks,
>
> James Purchase
>
> note NEW email address: jppurchase at sympatico_ca


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