Looking to get into reefing!

[kevgib67]

Welcome, glad you are here!

 

[Fish Fan]

Welcome to reef2reef! Good luck with your first tank!

 

[edsbeaker]

Hello and welcome!

 

[Reef Wizard]

 

[phillyb614]

 

[Gman83]

Welcome!

 

[Dmmz]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[F i s h y]

It's very rewarding! We have a pretty good system for raising them (upwelling type systems). The Lysmata (especially L. debelius and L. wurdemanni) are especially sensitive to low flows and will die if they touch the bottom for too long. The sexy shrimp are surprisingly unfussy, other than being extremely small. My second batch started settling the other day, it's pretty fun to see!
Some settled larvae!

There are so many questions. I'm sure you are not allowed to share everything, but would love to learn about the upwell tanks, and any other info you can share. I find it fascinating that so many types of inverts can reproduce in our tanks (amphipods, copepods, mysid shrimp) but getting ornamental shrimp to do the same requires a separate elaborate system. If you are able to share anything, please start up a thread telling us as much as you are allowed.

 

[jman2u]

Welcome read some article about breeding them I have no experience but looks like you need a certain style tank once they are in the larva stage.

Sexy Shrimp Care & Info | The Dancing Anemone Shrimp - Maryland Aquarium Design, Installation, and Maintenance

Find out everything you need to know about the sexy shrimp, one of the most unique shrimp species you can keep in your marine aquarium.

fantaseaaquariums.com

"Notably, you need to use a kreisel system for a rearing tank. This is basically a small, cylinder-shaped tank that constantly gently circulates the water so the larvae wil never touch the walls. Sounds complicated, but a simple cylindrical vase with a very gentle air stone actually works.


Here’s how it works:

• If your shrimp are healthy, mating will usually occur after the female molts. Within a few days, she should be carrying a batch of eggs in her back legs (pleopods).
• The eggs take 2-3 weeks to hatch. You can set up your rearing tank at this point. No décor please, and certainly no anemone, as it can eat the larvae!
• When the eggs are mostly transparent and quite large, you can move mom to the rearing tank so she can spawn there. Move her back to the main tank after.
• The fry can eat newly hatched baby brine shrimp from the start, which they should receive twice a day. You can also feed decapsulated brine shrimp eggs.
• Keep the water clean. Two water changes a day would be a good idea.

Don’t worry if you lose the first few batches. This is finicky stuff, but you’ll get the hang of it! Remember that sometimes the number of molts that larvae undergo before metamorphosing can vary. There are eight general stages and it normally takes around 28 days, but you’ll notice that some will take longer to reach maturity than others."

Yup we basically do this in the lab! I've already successfully raised a few hundred juveniles earlier this year!
This is all very accurate information!

 

[jman2u]

There are so many questions. I'm sure you are not allowed to share everything, but would love to learn about the upwell tanks, and any other info you can share. I find it fascinating that so many types of inverts can reproduce in our tanks (amphipods, copepods, mysid shrimp) but getting ornamental shrimp to do the same requires a separate elaborate system. If you are able to share anything, please start up a thread telling us as much as you are allowed.

Heyo!
I am currently doing my thesis on fecundity and gestation period of these shrimp, so once I complete it I will most likely share online. As for now I want to continue gathering my data and such. I do plan on publishing once it is completed. I will say the 'larval cones' that we use are custom made fiberglass cylinders with rounded bottoms......

 

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R. Lots of knowledgeable and helpful people here who will support and advise you when needed.

 

[Ocean_Queenie]

Hello & Welcome!

 

[jman2u]

There are so many questions. I'm sure you are not allowed to share everything, but would love to learn about the upwell tanks, and any other info you can share. I find it fascinating that so many types of inverts can reproduce in our tanks (amphipods, copepods, mysid shrimp) but getting ornamental shrimp to do the same requires a separate elaborate system. If you are able to share anything, please start up a thread telling us as much as you are allowed.

Hey Fishy!
I am currently editing my thesis and doing research when I stumbled across this and thought you would want to take a look! Open access CORAL magazine issue featuring sexy shrimp rearing in good detail!

Enjoy SEXY SHRIMPS—A New, Open-Access CORAL Issue - CORAL Magazine

Every few years, CORAL Magazine updates our FREE, digital sample issue of CORAL. Well, it's happened again! Everyone around the world can now read CORAL Magazine's SEXY SHRIMPS issue, March/April 2023, for FREE!

www.coralmagazine.com

I will say, I learned a lot of cool tidbits of info from this!

 

[F i s h y]

Hey Fishy!
I am currently editing my thesis and doing research when I stumbled across this and thought you would want to take a look! Open access CORAL magazine issue featuring sexy shrimp rearing in good detail!

Enjoy SEXY SHRIMPS—A New, Open-Access CORAL Issue - CORAL Magazine

Every few years, CORAL Magazine updates our FREE, digital sample issue of CORAL. Well, it's happened again! Everyone around the world can now read CORAL Magazine's SEXY SHRIMPS issue, March/April 2023, for FREE!

www.coralmagazine.com

I will say, I learned a lot of cool tidbits of info from this!

Thank you

 

[PharmrJohn]

Greetings and Welcome to our collective obsession!

 

[shakacuz]

welcome aboard the r2r board. hello from PA!

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Welcome aboard!