pistol shrimp larval rearing

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long story short my pair of big claw pistol shrimp are spawning, i saw the female come out of their home sweet hole with a bunch of eggs on her underside. so do any of you shrimp experts know anything about raising pistol shrimp larvae? if so what kind of equipment/ setup would i need to do it with if its even possible?
 
I'm not sure of the time until settlement for pistols but I do know you would need a kreisel setup since the larvae are pelagic. I also do not know how big the larvae are so you would need to figure out a viable first food. I have had success feeding larval shrimp baby brine shrimp but IDK if the pistol larvae would accept it. Other than knowing you'd need a kreisel setup, it's a lot of trial and error.
 

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