My amano shrimp scared me

[Salty&Onion]

So, I did a water change yesterday due to high nitrites (yes! Coming to an end! ) and when I was done, I sat down and looked at my tank and saw my male amano shrimp was swimming frantically around the tank and I though something was wrong with the water, but no.. My female amano has just molted and was sending him signals.
I saw them actually mating! And so today she's carrying eggs once again!
She's so fuplie obsessed with having eggs

 

[PhantomCarp]

So, I did a water change yesterday due to high nitrites (yes! Coming to an end! ) and when I was done, I sat down and looked at my tank and saw my male amano shrimp was swimming frantically around the tank and I though something was wrong with the water, but no.. My female amano has just molted and was sending him signals.
I saw them actually mating! And so today she's carrying eggs once again!
She's so fuplie obsessed with having eggs

I thought this was going to be bad news but I thought wrong. I hope the eggs all make it!

 

[Salty&Onion]

I thought this was going to be bad news but I thought wrong. I hope the eggs all make it!

I have no brackish or marine tank and the babies will get eaten sadly

 

[PhantomCarp]

I have no brackish or marine tank and the babies will get eaten sadly

Didn’t know they needed brackish water for eggs to hatch.guess there kind of like the nerites of shrimp?

 

[Salty&Onion]

Didn’t know they needed brackish water for eggs to hatch.guess there kind of like the nerites of shrimp?

Yeah, they should be called nerite shrimp lol

 

[James7]

I was just going to say, there are very few success stories in breeding/raising amano.

 

[Essjay]

Both amano shrimp and nerite snails eggs hatch to a larval stage rather than miniature adults as with most shrimps and snails. The larvae need brackish to full marine water to survive, but the main problem for raising them at home is that they need microscopic plankton to feed on which most of us cannot provide.