My Stunning Amano

[gasmask]

I have decided to challenge myself to spawn my Amano.
 
I currently have 5 Amano in a 20gal that I caught myself from a local stream. There are always 1000s of them clinging onto the banks.
Of the batch I caught this year, I have 2 females and 3 males. 
All look just like normal Amano, but the biggest female (who is now egg bound) has the most extreme reds on her I have ever seen.
 
They are kept with a paired up male and female Dwarf Puffer (that totally ignore them btw) and when she first got her eggs, I planned on just letting her release them for the puffers to eat.
But as she is so pretty, I've decided to move her with her eggs to a different tank by herself.
 
Any tips would be very appreciated!
 
Here is my big gal:  
 
 

 
Sorry for the huge pics!

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

Beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing

 

[KirkyArcher]

Lots of points for a stunning Amano shrimp and even more points for stunning pictures!

 

[Lillefishy]

Beautiful pictures!
Amanos are very difficult to breed in aquariums as the young larvae need brackish water to survive, have a google there are quite a few articles on how to do it..... if you have the patience

 

[Ch4rlie]

What excellent pics, beautiful!
 
Are you currently planning on breeding them in FW or brackish water?

 

[gasmask]

Thanks all.
I WAS planning on trying FW, as a friend here (in Japan) that introduced me to the stream where I catch them literally left a bunch in a tank with moss, and had babies, lots of them without doing anything.
But if brackish is the way to go, I can always try that.

 

[cocoa007]

Stunning pics !

 

[star4]

Brilliant pics

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Been keeping fish and surfing sites for years and this is the first, and probably the last, time I will say this.
 
Really nice looking shrimp!
 
 
I keep amanos and have a friend who comes and takes my berried females now and then and thries to raise them. She has had moderate success and I have gotten back a few offspring as well as my big FMs returned. You need to move them salt water initially. She has worked with both brackish and salt, but I do not remember which gave here better results.
 
Try reading here? http/www.planetinverts.com/Amano%20Shrimp.html and here http/gabhar.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/breeding-amano/
 
If you manage to succeed, do you want my shipping address?

 

[l_l_l]

Superb Shrimp and pictures.
Good luck on your quest, I heard it is quite a challenge.

 

[Ryan10]

Great job.

 

[daizeUK]

A beauty!

 

[Ninjouzata]

Beautiful shrimp and pics!

 

[TallTree01]

Amazing pictures of amazing shrimp!

 

[sawickib]

Wow i might make he first my wall paper