Re: Live Foods Digest V2 #385

[McDaphnia at aol_com]

In a message dated 3/7/99 4:11:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, Owner-Live-
Foods at actwin_com writes:

> 
>  I understand that the adults most be removed after the babies are
>  released and I am wondering roughly when this happens.
>  I have them in a 5g tank with daphnia and cyclops and with a fair amount
>  of java moss.  I have an aquaclear mini filter on the tank with a filter
>  sponge over the intake and a sheet of plastic in front of the outflow to
>  minimize tank agitation.  
>  
>  Any comments or pointers for ghost shrimp breeding?
>  
You might check the LFArchives for this topic. It is not necessary to remove
the adults. Feeding both live and prepared food and having much of the tank
filled with a fine leaved plant seems to ensure success with these small
shrimp.Females carry the eggs in a usually greenish mass attached to the
underside of what would be a "lobster tail" in a much larger distant cousin. I
have not tried a tank smaller than a twenty long nor larger than a twenty nine
with success.  The five gallon tank may be testing the limits. In that small a
tank, removing all the adults might enhance the number of surviving juveniles.

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