Baby harlequin shrimp just born!

[catalystNfacade]

Saw yesterday's video. That's awesome they're still swimming. Guessing everyday adds to the stress of how it's going to end? Probably adds to the education and fun though.

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Saw yesterday's video. That's awesome they're still swimming. Guessing everyday adds to the stress of how it's going to end? Probably adds to the education and fun though.

Absolutely

 

[fishguy242]

hi, @Paul B @Lasse @Jay Hemdal ,any insight would be appreciated ,or poss someone who might be able to help?
thanks guys

 

[fishguy242]

just about 1/2 hr to 4 days old;Woot;Woot i am going to bed ,sea you in morn,think i just called 100+ yrs expert experience

 

[Thespammailaccount]

just about 1/2 hr to 4 days old;Woot;Woot i am going to bed ,sea you in morn,think i just called 100+ yrs expert experience

Have a good night Frank the baby harlequin just got a midnight snack and are bouncing twirling and zipping around safe to say they will be 4 days old which I think is the longest run so far

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Sun Sep 6th at 2:00am 4 days old
All flow turned off for video

 

[Lasse]

hi, @Paul B @Lasse @Jay Hemdal ,any insight would be appreciated ,or poss someone who might be able to help?
thanks guys

Because of lack of experiences in this topic - I can´t contribute much

My only reaction is that you probably have encoded the key for the first stages.

I found this article - maybe you can write to the author and receive the full paper

There is also some studies in Thailand - this article is partly about it

You can probably contact the authors and ask them about the breeding of the harlequin

Sincerely Lasse

 

[Katrina71]

I was thinking...yes it hurt... could you make a pod/starfish/fish egg slurry and freeze it? I wish you lived close. You could harvest starfish daily from my tank.

 

[Thespammailaccount]

I was thinking...yes it hurt... could you make a pod/starfish/fish egg slurry and freeze it? I wish you lived close. You could harvest starfish daily from my tank.

I guess I could try but they do not begin feeding on starfish until after the planktonic stage. During this time they feed on phytoplankton and zooplankton and later in their development each other but what and at what stage is the issue I am having

 

[Thespammailaccount]

I was thinking...yes it hurt... could you make a pod/starfish/fish egg slurry and freeze it? I wish you lived close. You could harvest starfish daily from my tank.

Lol it hurt my brain trying to figure out how old the shrimp were today

 

[jt17]

This is so cool. Anytime we can captive breed in this hobby is a win. I have tons of asterineas if ever you need some I’d be happy to send you a whole bunch at no charge.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

I've not raised these myself. My understanding is though that the first couple of larval instars are non-feeding, then they can hold without food for some time. This makes it look like they are growing, but actually they are in a holding pattern, waiting on the right food. I can't recall if enriched Artemia naups serve as a first food, or if you need rotifers. They won't eat Asterina until they reach post settlement stage (around 50 days or so?). The MBI, Marine Breeders Initiative has at least one member (Ramon V.) who has raised these. You can find them on Facebook.

Jay

 

[Thespammailaccount]

I've not raised these myself. My understanding is though that the first couple of larval instars are non-feeding, then they can hold without food for some time. This makes it look like they are growing, but actually they are in a holding pattern, waiting on the right food. I can't recall if enriched Artemia naups serve as a first food, or if you need rotifers. They won't eat Asterina until they reach post settlement stage (around 50 days or so?). The MBI, Marine Breeders Initiative has at least one member (Ramon V.) who has raised these. You can find them on Facebook.

Jay

Thank you sir

 

[Darsh]

Amazing! Keep up the good work

 

[CCauthers]

This is so cool! Good luck! Following for sure

 

[Thespammailaccount]

12 hours till day five

 

[LRT]

12 hours till day five

Hahaha

 

[fishguy242]

correct..

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Why the pictures of some shrimp in a plastic bowl? Good question. After feeding them their midnight snack I tilted the sieve back to where the return would trickle water into the sieve. Saw the fish out darting around so got up. Since I have to keep it at an angle I have been using a mag float to keep the sieve from tipping over but the sieve moved away from the glass and slipped past the mag float. Shrimp and brine enter the display. Retrieved about 30 or so shrimp from the display filled the bowl twice. Will have to work on stabilizing the sieve next time

 

[fishguy242]

oh no...this is murphy!! ,approx how many saved