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Posted by Jen W on August 21, 2005, 4:49 pm
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I had just recieved this link and was reading it as I seen this post not
exactly what you want but might help
http://www.breedersregistry.org/Reprints/FAMA/v17_aug94/scarlet.htm
I have also been looking at raising clean up crews shrimp, snails, small
crabs
trent_willisAThotmail.com
>> Hi - I have 2 cleaner shrimp. I notice that one seems to have hundreds
>> of greeen eggs under its belly. Is she pregnant? I assume that all of
>> my fish are going to have a field day when the eggs hatch..... Am I
>> correct here and is it worth trying to rear any of them?
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> It is pretty common for Lysmata shrimps to breed in aquarium.
> It is enough to have 2 of them and they will mate with each other
> since their are hermaphroditic (having both male and female organs).
> Keeping shrimps like these in pairs makes a great addition to
> the plankton population: they release hundreds of tiny shrimp
> larvae every week (2 weeks period for each shrimp of the pair).
>
> As it goes with the rising larvae - this is not that easy and
> not many people could be proud of the success. I tied and I failed.
> Some reports available in the internet show that Lysmata wurdermanni
> (peppermint shrimp) larvae is easier to rise to adulthood...
> There is not much similar success with other Lysmata species.
> But maybe there is some new info out there - it is about a year
> or two I checked last time. If you find anything encouraging
> about Lysmata debelius, L. amboinensis or, about any Lysmata
> species other than L. wurdermanni please let me know :-)
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> greeen eggs under its belly. Is she pregnant? I assume that all of my fish
> are going to have a field day when the eggs hatch..... Am I correct here
> and is it worth trying to rear any of them?