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Japonica breeding habits
Anyone know anything about the breeding habits of Amano shrimp? While
looking at my tank this afternoon, my attention was drawn to some movement on my Nutrafin CO2 bubble counter and I noticed a small, 1/4" long shrimp. None of the 10 shrimp that I've purchased over the last several months were that small when I got them, and they're all now between 1 1/2 and 2" long so I can only conclude that some eggs hatched and survived. The thing is that I'd always understood that Japonica required brackish water to breed and my planted, CO2 injected, 6.6 PH, low carbonate hardness, peat filtered (you get the idea) tank can hardly be considered brackish. Any thoughts? |
Japonica breeding habits
"Bruce Abrams" wrote in message et... Anyone know anything about the breeding habits of Amano shrimp? While looking at my tank this afternoon, my attention was drawn to some movement on my Nutrafin CO2 bubble counter and I noticed a small, 1/4" long shrimp. None of the 10 shrimp that I've purchased over the last several months were that small when I got them, and they're all now between 1 1/2 and 2" long so I can only conclude that some eggs hatched and survived. The thing is that I'd always understood that Japonica required brackish water to breed and my planted, CO2 injected, 6.6 PH, low carbonate hardness, peat filtered (you get the idea) tank can hardly be considered brackish. Any thoughts? Bruce, Check out my links to freshwater shrimps at: http://www.home.cshore.com/luna/Fishpics/Fishlinks.html About 1/2 way down the page. HTH, Bob |
Japonica breeding habits
"Bruce Abrams" wrote in message et... Anyone know anything about the breeding habits of Amano shrimp? While looking at my tank this afternoon, my attention was drawn to some movement on my Nutrafin CO2 bubble counter and I noticed a small, 1/4" long shrimp. None of the 10 shrimp that I've purchased over the last several months were that small when I got them, and they're all now between 1 1/2 and 2" long so I can only conclude that some eggs hatched and survived. The thing is that I'd always understood that Japonica required brackish water to breed and my planted, CO2 injected, 6.6 PH, low carbonate hardness, peat filtered (you get the idea) tank can hardly be considered brackish. Any thoughts? Bruce, Check out my links to freshwater shrimps at: http://www.home.cshore.com/luna/Fishpics/Fishlinks.html About 1/2 way down the page. HTH, Bob |
Japonica breeding habits
"Bruce Abrams" wrote in message et... Anyone know anything about the breeding habits of Amano shrimp? While looking at my tank this afternoon, my attention was drawn to some movement on my Nutrafin CO2 bubble counter and I noticed a small, 1/4" long shrimp. None of the 10 shrimp that I've purchased over the last several months were that small when I got them, and they're all now between 1 1/2 and 2" long so I can only conclude that some eggs hatched and survived. The thing is that I'd always understood that Japonica required brackish water to breed and my planted, CO2 injected, 6.6 PH, low carbonate hardness, peat filtered (you get the idea) tank can hardly be considered brackish. Any thoughts? Bruce, Check out my links to freshwater shrimps at: http://www.home.cshore.com/luna/Fishpics/Fishlinks.html About 1/2 way down the page. HTH, Bob |
Japonica breeding habits
"Bruce Abrams" wrote in message et... Anyone know anything about the breeding habits of Amano shrimp? While looking at my tank this afternoon, my attention was drawn to some movement on my Nutrafin CO2 bubble counter and I noticed a small, 1/4" long shrimp. None of the 10 shrimp that I've purchased over the last several months were that small when I got them, and they're all now between 1 1/2 and 2" long so I can only conclude that some eggs hatched and survived. The thing is that I'd always understood that Japonica required brackish water to breed and my planted, CO2 injected, 6.6 PH, low carbonate hardness, peat filtered (you get the idea) tank can hardly be considered brackish. Any thoughts? Bruce, Check out my links to freshwater shrimps at: http://www.home.cshore.com/luna/Fishpics/Fishlinks.html About 1/2 way down the page. HTH, Bob |
Japonica breeding habits
"Bruce Abrams" wrote in message et... Anyone know anything about the breeding habits of Amano shrimp? While looking at my tank this afternoon, my attention was drawn to some movement on my Nutrafin CO2 bubble counter and I noticed a small, 1/4" long shrimp. None of the 10 shrimp that I've purchased over the last several months were that small when I got them, and they're all now between 1 1/2 and 2" long so I can only conclude that some eggs hatched and survived. The thing is that I'd always understood that Japonica required brackish water to breed and my planted, CO2 injected, 6.6 PH, low carbonate hardness, peat filtered (you get the idea) tank can hardly be considered brackish. Any thoughts? Bruce, Check out my links to freshwater shrimps at: http://www.home.cshore.com/luna/Fishpics/Fishlinks.html About 1/2 way down the page. HTH, Bob |
Japonica breeding habits
Bruce Abrams wrote:
The thing is that I'd always understood that Japonica required brackish water to breed and my planted, CO2 injected, 6.6 PH, low carbonate hardness, peat filtered (you get the idea) tank can hardly be considered brackish. My large tank is med-hard water with ~6.8 natural pH and my amano females are usually carrying eggs. I haven't seen any survivors, but that is to be expected considering the number and species of fish in there. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
Japonica breeding habits
Bruce Abrams wrote:
The thing is that I'd always understood that Japonica required brackish water to breed and my planted, CO2 injected, 6.6 PH, low carbonate hardness, peat filtered (you get the idea) tank can hardly be considered brackish. My large tank is med-hard water with ~6.8 natural pH and my amano females are usually carrying eggs. I haven't seen any survivors, but that is to be expected considering the number and species of fish in there. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
Japonica breeding habits
Bruce Abrams wrote:
The thing is that I'd always understood that Japonica required brackish water to breed and my planted, CO2 injected, 6.6 PH, low carbonate hardness, peat filtered (you get the idea) tank can hardly be considered brackish. My large tank is med-hard water with ~6.8 natural pH and my amano females are usually carrying eggs. I haven't seen any survivors, but that is to be expected considering the number and species of fish in there. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
Japonica breeding habits
Bruce Abrams wrote:
The thing is that I'd always understood that Japonica required brackish water to breed and my planted, CO2 injected, 6.6 PH, low carbonate hardness, peat filtered (you get the idea) tank can hardly be considered brackish. My large tank is med-hard water with ~6.8 natural pH and my amano females are usually carrying eggs. I haven't seen any survivors, but that is to be expected considering the number and species of fish in there. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
Japonica breeding habits
Bruce Abrams wrote:
The thing is that I'd always understood that Japonica required brackish water to breed and my planted, CO2 injected, 6.6 PH, low carbonate hardness, peat filtered (you get the idea) tank can hardly be considered brackish. My large tank is med-hard water with ~6.8 natural pH and my amano females are usually carrying eggs. I haven't seen any survivors, but that is to be expected considering the number and species of fish in there. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
Japonica breeding habits
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"Bruce Abrams" wrote in et: The thing is that I'd always understood that Japonica required brackish water to breed and my planted, CO2 injected, 6.6 PH, low carbonate hardness, peat filtered (you get the idea) tank can hardly be considered brackish. My tank is not brackish and I now have *three* shrimp carrying eggs. I think that there are 2 "algae eating shrimp" in the hobby, the C. japonica(yamato numa-ebi to Amano ;) and another species. I suspect the other species is what I have and is breeding. As an experiment, I will be adding some phosphate to the water when I see the first baby. I want to make sure they get enough to eat :) ~Empty -- 'You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both. You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends. Love isn't brains, children, it's blood... blood screaming inside you to work its will. I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it.' Spike |
Japonica breeding habits
Xref: 127.0.0.1 rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc:154523 rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants:78863
"Bruce Abrams" wrote in et: The thing is that I'd always understood that Japonica required brackish water to breed and my planted, CO2 injected, 6.6 PH, low carbonate hardness, peat filtered (you get the idea) tank can hardly be considered brackish. My tank is not brackish and I now have *three* shrimp carrying eggs. I think that there are 2 "algae eating shrimp" in the hobby, the C. japonica(yamato numa-ebi to Amano ;) and another species. I suspect the other species is what I have and is breeding. As an experiment, I will be adding some phosphate to the water when I see the first baby. I want to make sure they get enough to eat :) ~Empty -- 'You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both. You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends. Love isn't brains, children, it's blood... blood screaming inside you to work its will. I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it.' Spike |
Japonica breeding habits
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http://www..jayscustomcomputers.com/wilma/ "Bruce Abrams" wrote in message et... Anyone know anything about the breeding habits of Amano shrimp? While looking at my tank this afternoon, my attention was drawn to some movement on my Nutrafin CO2 bubble counter and I noticed a small, 1/4" long shrimp. None of the 10 shrimp that I've purchased over the last several months were that small when I got them, and they're all now between 1 1/2 and 2" long so I can only conclude that some eggs hatched and survived. The thing is that I'd always understood that Japonica required brackish water to breed and my planted, CO2 injected, 6.6 PH, low carbonate hardness, peat filtered (you get the idea) tank can hardly be considered brackish. Any thoughts? |
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