Baby harlequin shrimp just born!

[Peace River]

I know the frustration all to well of losing eggs, larva, and fry. You did some good things throughout this process and learned. Keep at it!

 

[Thespammailaccount]

I know the frustration all to well of losing eggs, larva, and fry. You did some good things throughout this process and learned. Keep at it!

Thank you I will. Completely unexpected and scrambling after they were born to figure out what they eat and where to get it

 

[Peace River]

Thank you I will. Completely unexpected and scrambling after they were born to figure out what they eat and where to get it

Yes, I've been there many times. I have bred about 100 different species of fish between FW and SW and while there are similarities between species, there are also a lot of differences. I have found that Chad at @Reef Nutrition is a great resource and Reef Nutrition is a great source for rotifers, rotifer supplements, copepods, copepod systems, and more.

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Yes, I've been there many times. I have bred about 100 different species of fish between FW and SW and while there are similarities between species, there are also a lot of differences. I have found that Chad at @Reef Nutrition is a great resource and Reef Nutrition is a great source for rotifers, rotifer supplements, copepods, copepod systems, and more.

Thank you so much. Really sad more than I thought I would be they were so cute but after doing some reading and finding out how hard they are to raise I knew this might not go according to plan. I have two pair because they are just so cool but never really gave much thought to them having babies. I think my other female is still to young to breed but it is only a matter of time. So I will have two breeding pairs shortly. Would love to figure out how to raise them. I am a highly determined individual and take failure personally so I have the tools to give this my best shot. Right now the glass is half full since the babies made it to day two and I had no clue what I was doing and they lived longer than they would have in the tank. I discovered they had been born when out of the corner of my eye after lights out (about an hour like the literate says) the fish were darting around the tank when they are usually sleeping they were feasting they loved this zooplankton more than the brine shrimp treat

 

[Anchor]

an afterthought here. Decapsulated Brine Shrimp eggs might be a possibility? Should set on the bottom for many hours before hatching. OH and abbreviating Brine Shrimp looks like this --> BS

 

[StatelineReefer]

As cruel as it may seem, I think in the wild the parents rip a starfish arm off and lay it upside down, still living, in their den. The newly hatched larvae feed off the tube feet. Perhaps a sacrificial linckia arm?

They stay alive for days without much ammonia buildup because the arm is still 'alive' as long as part of the body is attached.

 

[whitewaterman53]

try this website

Harlequin Shrimp – Detailed Guide: Care, Diet, and Breeding - Shrimp and Snail Breeder

Harlequin shrimps are the most striking crustaceans in the world, showing unique coloration and morphological features. They can keep your corals safe.

aquariumbreeder.com

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Harlequin shrimp just born Friday June 12th about 30 minutes after lights out. Same behavior noted in female. Female came out of the cave with male about two hours before lights out and I noticed shrimp about 30 minutes after lights out. I think it has been 21 days since last hatch

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Anyone with experience raising theses shrimp?
#reefsquad
@ReefSquad

 

[Thespammailaccount]

I would have missed it. I am a crisis care nurse and was scheduled Thursday and Friday but my patient passed so was off tonight. Determined to figure out how to keep theses “patients” alive

 

[fishguy242]

@vetteguy53081 @najer @Dr. Dendrostein any ideas ,thanks all @OrionN ?? thanks

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

@Sallstrom raise a different type of shrimp, but their filtration system was interesting the shrimp were in a bucket the bucket had a holes in the bottom sitting in a frag tank like I think 6 inches of sand at least and water would poor from the open side of the bucket through the sand, so kind of acted like biological filtration and the shrimp were in there, but baby shrimp, but I think you need to get certain starfish they like and maybe some live algae from Reef nutrition, my thinking. But your guess is as good as mine

 

[Sallstrom]

Here's a thread on breeding peppermint shrimp using the setup mentioned by @Dr. Dendrostein

Breeding Peppermint Shrimp

Seawitch submitted a new Article: Breeding Peppermint Shrimp Peppermint shrimp. Photo is from the World Wide Corals website. ©2019, All Rights Reserved. Note from the Editor: The following breeding information was kindly furnished to us by @Sallstrom, who is a professional marine biologist...

www.reef2reef.com

I don't know if this setup would work for the species in question, but it might give you some ideas.

Good luck!

 

[fishguy242]

wonder if they take asterinas rt away?? just a thought

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

wonder if they take asterinas rt away?? just a thought

Why I mention live algea from Reef Nutrition , they should take, I think,

Algae is tiny food

 

[vetteguy53081]

Food source is most important factor right now. They must eat and water needs to be fairly clean. Rotifiers may not be answer but worth a try as are small worms such as redworms or white worms

 

[Thespammailaccount]

wonder if they take asterinas rt away?? just a thought

Don’t have any of those but tossed one of my chocolate chip stars in just to see

 

[fishguy242]

good amount survive? estimate?current

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Food source is most important factor right now. They must eat and water needs to be fairly clean. Rotifiers may not be answer but worth a try as are small worms such as redworms or white worms

From what little literature I could find they seem to eat the s strain of rotifers but then another log said they don’t eat anything for the first two days

 

[Thespammailaccount]

good amount survive? estimate?current

None survived the night so about 12 hours. Last batch lasted a day. Changes from last time (1) added a small amount of decapsulated brine (2) but a plate over the fish bowl to cut down on evaporation (3) put in a chocolate chip star. Unfortunately my phytoplankton culture crashed and ordered some more a few days ago so had to warm up the remaining culture that was in the refrigerator.
looks like I have a breeding pair that will release zooplankton every 20 days. I do not have a rotifer culture since they are a lot of daily work to maintain but will purchase some a week before the next 20 days and will try that with the next batch. I first thought lack of food was the issue but found a breeding log that said they don’t eat the first two days so I am not sure what is the issue