Pregnant Glass Shrimp

[killifish1]

i have a pregnant glass shrimp what do i need to know / do cant find anything on google

 

[SLC Flyfishing]

I don't know (honestly) but I've had tons of them, never laid their eggs!

 

[killifish1]

well it says remove the mother i wont be able to do that no other tanks so im afriad it will have to see
can i ask you a question,

1.is 26oc warm enouogh for them

i have flying fox
red tailed black shark
lots of tetras
platy
guppys
will they be ok not get eat the shrimp

 

[jayjay]

is glass shrimp the same as a ghost shrimp? if thats what you mean. then i belive they need breackish water correct if i'm wrong if your afraid the shrimp will eat you fish i seriuosly doubt if if their ghost shrimp, if it's another kind then maybe. but in the past my shrimp have been eaten not the ones who eat the fish. the rtbs (red tailed black shark), well mine did, eats shrimp or may do especailly when their fully grown as 5inch adults.

 

[TracyRene]

Hi Killifish. Try reading HERE for info on breeding glass (ghost) shrimp. I do have several in my tank and there are always a few carrying eggs, but once they release them I never see them again! They are eaten up fast by the other fish.
Good Luck

 

[killifish1]

yes
tracy will the fish be ok wont eat the shrimp (ADULTS)

 

[SLC Flyfishing]

everything I've ever been able to uncover about hatching the eggs of glass shrimp (ghost shrimp in the US) has said that they need extreme salinity for hatching. However, the problem I find is that there is little clarity about which shrimp you have, and also which shrimp the various web pages I've visited are referring to. The temp should be just fime for the health of your shrimp, and if your fish haven't already been bothering them, they will probably leave them alone in the long term. those are most commonly used as feeders though. They don't last long in my tanks.

If you want to try and hatch them, the web page I remember most said to take a small tank (2 gal) and make the water very salty, a bit higher than ocean water, then put the tank out in the sun so the water will turn all green and gross. they say that the newly hatched shrimp will feed from this algal soup that they are hatched in. that's all I remember, and I will not vouvh for this advise, it could be way wrong. I can just say that I read it once.

My personal advice would be keep posting about it, you're likely to find someone who has done it before!

 

[killifish1]

p.s how do i make the water a little brackish?

im not that bothred on keeping them aslong as i have to adults

 

[TracyRene]

yes
tracy will the fish be ok wont eat the shrimp (ADULTS)

Depends on what kind of fish! My ghost shrimp are in with guppies, danios, plecos, white cloud minnows, and a TURTLE! They were purchased as feeders for my turtle and he hasn't shown much interest in them. My fish do eat the shrimp larvea. The fish I have do not eat the full grown shrimp.

 

[Opcn]

If you have just plain glass/ghost shrimp they will hatch out in fresh water, and most will survive to get eaten. The long term suvival would be improved if you added salt, however the long term survival of your etras would not, best to just let these guys be some really good fish food IMHO.

Also the flying fox and red tailed black shark should not be together, recipe for disaster IME.

 

[killifish1]

they have been together for ages
ff occastions chaces rtbs but are ok

 

[SLC Flyfishing]

I'm a brakish fish hobbyist so I'll give you any advise you will need on how to create a brackish environment for your tank. First you need to evaluate your fish, brackish water is unsuitable for most common aquarium fish, they will become dehydrated and die if their water's salt content is too high.

After looking over what you listed is in your tank, you should not go brackish, the neons will not survive.

Fear not though, my brother keeps ghost shrimp in completely fresh water, no problems yet. if your fish are large enough to fit the shrimp in their mouths, they might try to eat them, then again they might not, it's never certain.

sorry to make these posts so long. But back to the brackish water creation topic. all you would need to do if you got a different tank is pick up some marine salt mix, the type that salt water hobbyists use. and a hydrometer. then pre mix the water and the salt. never add salt directly to the tank as it sould cause chemical burns to your fish if they contact it is solid form. then periodically check the water with your hydrometer untill it reads anywhere from above 1.000 to 1.014. Check fishbase.org to find the salinity requirements for your particular fish and stick to them.

It's easier than it sounds once you actually do it. Trust me, and the brackish fish are very interesting, and hardy. you should look in to it if you can.

 

[killifish1]

i might i want to keep my neons and tetras so see how hey are in f/w

and not big enough mouths yet
lol

 

[ILM]

There are different kinds of glass shrimp--some fw, some brackish, some full sw (and they all look almost alike). I've kept and raised the fw kind, which only live 12-18 months on average. First, put your female in a tank of her own, use water from the fish tank to fill so she isn't shocked by any parameter changes (if she's been in a heated tank, you might have heat hers now too). Put in some floating plants that have been sitting in the sun growing infusoria and rotifers (which the babies will eat). Keep the tank clean. She'll carry her eggs under her tail for about 3-4 (maybe 5, depending on the temp of the tank) weeks. About the time the eggs are ready to hatch, you'll be able to see eyes in the eggs. When they hatch, they will go through a larval stage where they hang suspended in the water with very limit mobility (so use a seasoned sponge filter and set it as low as you can) and have to catch their food. I've always just left the mother in there (but I keep my shrimp mostly in fishless tanks) but you can remove her once all her eggs are hatched (and they probably won't hatch all at the same time, hatching might go on for 5 days or so) back to the original tank. The babies will float around mid-water for about 2 weeks eating and then they'll molt into their shrimp-shape (small though) and they'll hide in the mulm and you won't see them for awhile. Eventually, if they survive, they will molt continually and grow and be just like the big ones. You can feed the babies (even in their floating state) small Golden Pearls which will diffuse in the water where the floating babies can reach them (babies won't be able to get anything floating on the water surface), or new born and well rinsed baby brine shrimps. Don't over feed or you'll have to clean the tank which is hard to do with babies uncooperating. It's not hard, keeping the water clean (no ammonia, no nitrites) is hte hardest part. Once the babies molt into mini-shrimp, you can run a filter but put a sponge over the intake pipe. Or you can just keep running the sponge filter at a higher rate.

 

[joey]

I think the shark will eat them by them i think the shark will eat the shrimp:: B)