Baby harlequin shrimp just born!

[fishguy242]

looks like going strong!!!

 

[LRT]

This is getting epic!

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Did you cook a meal for them?? ;Hilarious What’s in the bottom of the cup?

Lol a little bit of everything I had laying around nori decapsulated brine baby brine fish flakes copepods and one defrosted brine...and....a fruit fly that fell in

 

[Thespammailaccount]

looks like going strong!!!

I agree they are as energetic as day one. This hatch appears healthier than the ones prior

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Interesting observation. I added two small pieces of nori and it is like they are pulling at it hopefully eating it. When I saw this I added more but had to take some out since it was blocking flow but leaving some in there

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Big mama and pops

 

[Thespammailaccount]

In three hours they will be 4 days old which I think will be the longest?

 

[TriggerFinger]

Big mama and pops

There’s a heart on the back!! ;Joyful

 

[Thespammailaccount]

4 days old at 1am on 9/5/20. Video taken at 10:30 am 9/5/20.

Cleaned out the sieve and moved the sieve to the other side of the tank. The sieve is now only shading one hammer coral and not the four torches

 

[fishguy242]

There’s a heart on the back!! ;Joyful

wow you sure have an eye for that heart ,i'll spam you one sometime today

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Alright y’all I don’t think I can add. So if the shrimp were born on sep 2nd at 1am they will be four days old on Sep 6th at 1am? Right?

 

[fishguy242]

yes

 

[LRT]

Starting to get real exciting now. Has anyone ever kept babies past 4 days? Can't find anything on it that says otherwise

 

[Thespammailaccount]

yes

Lol alright I thought so got confused somewhere the last few days

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Starting to get real exciting now. Has anyone ever kept babies past 4 days? Can't find anything on it that says otherwise

After two years Aquatic Technology figured it out

Harlequin Shrimp Successfully Captive Raised by Aquatic Technology | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Captive breeding generally tends to focus on desirable reef fish but let’s not forget that there’s some dedicated folks working to raise inverts too, not just corals. Last year we learned that the…

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Chuck from Chucks addition looks like he made it to day 10 but is asking similar questions. What do they really eat? No one wants to give up the secret sauce recipe. Did read somewhere that you can raise them on baby brine shrimp but many will die off which suggests they are missing something some nutrient/vitamin/mineral but then again can’t brine be enriched? Who knows

 

[LRT]

After two years Aquatic Technology figured it out

Harlequin Shrimp Successfully Captive Raised by Aquatic Technology | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Captive breeding generally tends to focus on desirable reef fish but let’s not forget that there’s some dedicated folks working to raise inverts too, not just corals. Last year we learned that the…

reefbuilders.com

Chuck from Chucks addition looks like he made it to day 10 but is asking similar questions. What do they really eat? No one wants to give up the secret sauce recipe. Did read somewhere that you can raise them on baby brine shrimp but many will die off which suggests they are missing something some nutrient/vitamin/mineral but they again can’t brine be enriched? Who knows

Interesting ok I didn't see that.
How about throwing everything you possibly can at them and see what helps them stick.
They have to make it.

Ive been running into the same thing in my mushroom research.
Getting useful info from successful keepers is harder than pulling teeth. At least there are studies and science to pulling teeth so you can refine it.
Certain things we are on our own.
To be pioneers

 

[Thespammailaccount]

I think this has been the longest the fry have lasted? I think the last batch of fry most died off the morning of the third day and only one was left when I left for work that night and was gone when I returned? Lol @fishguy242 @najer I don’t even want to go back and read my own posts

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Interesting ok I didn't see that.
How about throwing everything you possibly can at them and see what helps them stick.
They have to make it.

Adding some of everything I got lol even left the fruit fly the fell in the sieve.

Stopped by a LFS on my way home from work and someone suggested toss some starfish in the blender or add egg yokes?
Did read that prior to settlement they were eating extremely large quantities of parvo pods which I had at the last hatch but think the tank was too small. Only really working with baby brine shrimp this round and some algae

 

[Katrina71]

More pics! And +1 on anything you can try to feed. Maybe sell Tshirts to help offset the cost of food?

 

[LRT]

Adding some of everything I got lol even left the fruit fly the fell in the sieve.

Stopped by a LFS on my way home from work and someone suggested toss some starfish in the blender or add egg yokes?
Did read that prior to settlement they were eating extremely large quantities of parvo pods which I had at the last hatch but think the tank was too small. Only really working with baby brine shrimp this round and some algae

If your not talking about the eggs I like over easy then yes id try it. Why not? What do you have to lose blending it up and putting a tiny dab in there to see what happens? Even if it's a side experiment. Maybe from the start
Dabs can sometimes be a good thing.