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buttons buster
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Does anyone know about raising the larvae?
My shrimp are pregnant and any tips are useful:
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sadielynn
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:50 am Post subject: |
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They usually need a nursery tank with a foam coverd sorce of filtration to protect them .Perhaps a net nursery insid the tank would be possible as well .. Feeding them is not really known at this time , | Quote: | | I'm guessing the fry would possibly feed off starfish in the planktonic stage WWM quote | They may feed off of rotifers as well?
Not much is known on how to breed these wonderful creatures in captivity .I know Skip here was working on breeding other shrimps so I am not sure he may be able to help ya there on the nursery set up as well as feedings .
BTW nice looking pair you have there  And  nanoreefing.com glad to have ya here
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skipm
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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You can get a lot of information on invert breeding on www.marinebreeder.org . I was trying to work with breeding sexy shrimp (Thor Amboinensis) but had to drop the project due to a spinal injury that prevented me from being able to maintain things properly.
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buttons buster
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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thank you all for the helpful info
I've also read that the larvae will eat copepods.
Do you think that they'll be able to eat this?
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sadielynn
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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Not sure if they would be too big for the larval stage , perhaps they could eat cyclopeeze or oyster eggs ?
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roka64
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome to the site!
They really only eat stars and urchins (Asterias rubens for adults, and Linckia for juveniles). Adults may also eat urchins.
Good luck with them and keep us updated.
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sadielynn
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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Roka he has one with eggs and he is trying to rear the fry
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buttons buster
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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From my research only the adult juvenile and baby shrimp eat the stars.
The actual larvae can eat other stuff.
Congrats on your shrimp
oh and thanks I really like the layout of this site
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sadielynn
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:41 am Post subject: |
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so you will want to make sure that you have waters rich in thier other foods
Glad you like the site
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roka64
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:55 am Post subject: |
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I'm just saying that they have a very specific diet, so be prepared (if the fry survive, it would make for a great article!) to spend some $$ on stars and urchins.
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buttons buster
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:20 am Post subject: |
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I know that lol.
I already have two.
If any of them do survive I'll probably donate or sell them to the Lfs
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