Been lurking on here for a while, absorbing all the advice I can for my tanks that I have at home, (5 g, 10g, 20g, 20g long, and a new 35g) But I wanted to ask about Shrimp babies as I've never had them before. I don't think I need to do too much as my team is kept at a consistent solid 82° f, and my parameters have been locked in for a while now with 0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, Nitrates at 0-5 depending on where I am since my last water changes. with a ph kept consistently at 7.2. I've had probably 5 Armano shrimp in my 20 long for close to 4 months now, and recently realized my biggest girl is heavily full. The second picture is of the tank she lives in.
My main concerns are if there's anything special I need to do or to watch for until she drops them with her next molt. It is a planted tank and has a decent assortment of Mollies, 2 Otocinclus in it and 3 dojo loaches that will be getting a bigger home soon which are about 4". (my wife got them as a surprise for me without fully knowing, and we've already come up with a plan to get them a bigger planted tank as they grow to suit their needs.)
Any and all Advice is welcome, and my bigge 99th 9 months 911 st questions are:
1) Do I need to adjust parameters?
2) Are there any sorts of Hides or extra things that I might need.
3) And Just in general things to look out for or pay attention to, as I would like at least a few to survive the feeding frenzy I ultimately expect will happen, so that I can slip them into other tanks to avoid paying 10$ a pop for Future shrimp aside to keep down any inbreeding.
An added extra question for anyone who has time is how do I keep my taller/short plants alive? They all seem to melt and completely die in my tank while mid growth do amazingly in comparison. The duckweed is well…. duckweed and gets turned into food.😂
Posted by NoThoughtsJustBirb
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The babies won’t survive. Amano shrimp fry requires brackish water parameters.
> My main concerns are if there’s anything special I need to do or to watch for until she drops them with her next molt
You do not have to do anything. Babies or rather larvae will be released by the female amano in the water column. They will either be eaten by fish or die within 48 hours unless moved to a marine tank. Turkey Baster and reusable K-cups work great if you want to move the babies between tanks in the future as a breeding project.
Unfortunately, unless you remove her to a completely separate tank, the babies will not survive. Amano shrimp can breed in a freshwater tank, but their babies will not survive outside of brackish water. Amano shrimp are pretty hard to breed successfully.
Get some Neo’s if you are wanting shrink babies. Mine are reproducing like mad. I have 4 Amano’s but mine are all males.
Amano shrimp fry need brackish or saltwater to survive. If you want to breed shrimp then you should look into neocardinias