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After many experiments and failed attempts over a long period of time, I managed to succeed in bringing some sexy shrimp larvae through metamorphosis and settle to the bottom.
I might've just been lucky this time around but I'm quite happy that it seems at least some progress is being made.
The number of larvae that settled and that I deemed big enough to move to the isolation box were 41. It's been 14 days or less since they've settled. They were kept in the larvae rearing tank after the settlement and I only moved them to the isolation box today. Their date of settlement differ and all of them have already molted a number of times so they are quite a bit bigger than when they've first settled.
I dropped one of them into the display tank by accident so there are 40 in the isolation box now. I decided to just leave the little one that made it into the display tank. He/she seemed to be enjoying him/herself in there. I think he/she should be alright as long as he/she doesn't get sucked into the overflow or get caught by the parents.
There are more larvae that haven't settled yet so I may get more if I get lucky. Also, there are others that have settled but I haven't moved to the isolation box yet because I think they are still too small.
It was quite hard to take the picture of the little shrimps because the camera wouldn't focus (they are just too small!).
Several months back, I manage to bring just one shrimp to the settlement from the entire batch (that was my very first success) but it died serval weeks later. I hope they do better this time.
I plan on continuing to experiment and attempt to breed/rear sexy shrimps.
I might've just been lucky this time around but I'm quite happy that it seems at least some progress is being made.
The number of larvae that settled and that I deemed big enough to move to the isolation box were 41. It's been 14 days or less since they've settled. They were kept in the larvae rearing tank after the settlement and I only moved them to the isolation box today. Their date of settlement differ and all of them have already molted a number of times so they are quite a bit bigger than when they've first settled.
I dropped one of them into the display tank by accident so there are 40 in the isolation box now. I decided to just leave the little one that made it into the display tank. He/she seemed to be enjoying him/herself in there. I think he/she should be alright as long as he/she doesn't get sucked into the overflow or get caught by the parents.
There are more larvae that haven't settled yet so I may get more if I get lucky. Also, there are others that have settled but I haven't moved to the isolation box yet because I think they are still too small.
It was quite hard to take the picture of the little shrimps because the camera wouldn't focus (they are just too small!).
Several months back, I manage to bring just one shrimp to the settlement from the entire batch (that was my very first success) but it died serval weeks later. I hope they do better this time.
I plan on continuing to experiment and attempt to breed/rear sexy shrimps.