Baby harlequin shrimp just born!

[Thespammailaccount]

1st for me in 3 decades

Sad to admit but don’t expect too much I have no clue what I am doing! They are so stinking cute though they have eyes and have the shape of a shrimp just micro tiny hope this goes well!

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Mom and pop

 

[Thespammailaccount]

My other smaller pair

 

[Leslie Tabor]

This is AMAZEBALLS!! Congratulations!!

 

[VB313]

This is awesome! following be happy to donate a specimen cup of my pesky asterina stars lol

 

[Birddog61]

Thank you so much. Is there a timeline or a certain amount of days where I switch from phyto to gutloaded rotifers then pods? Do you happen to know what kind of pod I need? Thank you so much for your help

The smaller the better on the pods , food changes with developmental stages of life vs number of days and differs with species. flow , water quality and filtration are your first challange

 

[Garia666]

Can’t u just put a dead star fish in? See if they feast on that? Anyway gl

 

[fishguy242]

Can’t u just put a dead star fish in? See if they feast on that? Anyway gl

no ammo will soar

 

[TheShrimpNibbler]

This is really cool! Good luck! I noticed that birddog said that smaller was better with pods. Tisbe are the smallest ones that I know of, so that would probably be a good one to feed.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Not sure if it is still an industry standard but years ago, babies were fed rotifiers, newly hatched brine shrimp and even small copepods

 

[Paulie069]

@Paulie069 @najer ?? any thoughts

Sorry only thought I have is ,,, good luck,,,,hope you succeed will be cool to follow along and see em grow

 

[Thespammailaccount]

This is really cool! Good luck! I noticed that birddog said that smaller was better with pods. Tisbe are the smallest ones that I know of, so that would probably be a good one to feed.

Thank you so much

 

[Leslie Tabor]

This is awesome! following be happy to donate a specimen cup of my pesky asterina stars lol

Ooh ooh me too! I got a couple... ;Hilarious

 

[morgank689]

How cool! Good luck!

 

[Thespammailaccount]

In a few hours they will be a day old. Have to go to work 12 hours so hopefully all is well when I return

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Sad morning. Came home from work and the harlequin larvae has passed. Tested for ammonia but reading zero. I think the rotifers and brine eggs did not show up on time but not sure

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Will try again and next time will be more prepared

 

[fishguy242]

sorry to hear ,was following close,yep next time!!!

 

[Thespammailaccount]

sorry to hear ,was following close,yep next time!!!

Thank you. Going to start culturing what they eat with the phytoplankton I already culture so next time I have food on hand

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Anyone who has successfully raised these shrimp to juveniles any advice is welcome and very much appreciated