Newborn Banded Coral Shrimp

[Microbot]

Hi all,

Just had my tank filled with many new born Banded Coral Shrimp.
My mated pair just gave birth and they're all over the place.
My question is, Is it worth trying to grow/feed these or is it a losing
battle?

They are not the only living creatures in my tank, I also have other fish,
Stripeys, a goby and a False Clown Fish as well as hermits, snails,
brittlestars and of course the proud parent Banded Coral Shrimps...
I have collected a few of these newborn shrimp but my guess is that there
would be no easy way to feed them seeing they are so small.??
Or should i just leave them as food for the tank?
Any advice is appreciated...

Cheers
Microbot

[Marc Levenson]

Odds are they will be consumed unless you could put them in a separate tank.
You couldn't even use a filter on it for risk of sucking up your babies.
Feeding baby CBS would probably be tough, but not impossible. Do they look like
mini CBS, or more like a dot? ;) I've never seen hatched ones, so I don't know
what they look like.

Rotifers are usually used to feed newly hatched anything, as it is a very small
live food source.

If you have tiny shrimp, perhaps dropping in a few small food pellets would
work, as they would pick off what they can eat, assumming they resemble their
parents at this point.

Congrats!

Marc


Microbot wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just had my tank filled with many new born Banded Coral Shrimp.
> My mated pair just gave birth and they're all over the place.
> My question is, Is it worth trying to grow/feed these or is it a losing
> battle?
>
> They are not the only living creatures in my tank, I also have other fish,
> Stripeys, a goby and a False Clown Fish as well as hermits, snails,
> brittlestars and of course the proud parent Banded Coral Shrimps...
> I have collected a few of these newborn shrimp but my guess is that there
> would be no easy way to feed them seeing they are so small.??
> Or should i just leave them as food for the tank?
> Any advice is appreciated...
>
> Cheers
> Microbot

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[Pszemol]

Hi Microbot,
I have some experience in rising shrimp larvae and I guarantee
you will lose this battle unles you quickly separate larvae to
another tank and feed it acordingly to their size and needs.
The reason shrimp spawn so many youngs is that only some of them
manage to survive in the wild. Conditions in your tank are even
more hostile for youngs than in the nature: you have centifugal
pumps which will destroy most of the larvae passing through...
You have skimmer, probably some filter sock in your sump, etc.
Not counting fish and other inverts snacking on them right now.
I bet if they are not gone already they will be in couple of hours.

If you are willing to put some effort rising them prepare for
the next spawn, set up some small tank with sponge filter only.
Prepare culture of live microalgae and rotifers and read some
reports dedicated rising shrimp larvae published in the net.
The good place to check would be Breeders Forum on the
http://www.reefcentral.com or it should be something about this
shrimp on http://www.breeders-registry.gen.ca.us/index.htm

This is not an easy task even if you have a dedicated rearing
tank, so do not expect getting lucky rising one by accident
in a comunity tank with fish, pumps and no proper food supply.

[Microbot]

I managed to collect some and now have them in a seperate container.
They look like miniture versions of their parents at this stage, they dont
have their claws or long feelers yet.
Some of them you can even make out their eyes.
They are much bigger than freshly hatched Brine Shrimp.
I have placed a close up pic of two of them on alt.binaries.aquaria Subject
Baby Coral Banded Shrimp.
Sorry about the quality, it was taken from my video camera.

Cheers
Microbot

"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
...
> Odds are they will be consumed unless you could put them in a separate
tank.
> You couldn't even use a filter on it for risk of sucking up your babies.
> Feeding baby CBS would probably be tough, but not impossible. Do they
look like
> mini CBS, or more like a dot? ;) I've never seen hatched ones, so I
don't know
> what they look like.
>
> Rotifers are usually used to feed newly hatched anything, as it is a very
small
> live food source.
>
> If you have tiny shrimp, perhaps dropping in a few small food pellets
would
> work, as they would pick off what they can eat, assumming they resemble
their
> parents at this point.
>
> Congrats!
>
> Marc
>
>
> Microbot wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Just had my tank filled with many new born Banded Coral Shrimp.
> > My mated pair just gave birth and they're all over the place.
> > My question is, Is it worth trying to grow/feed these or is it a losing
> > battle?
> >
> > They are not the only living creatures in my tank, I also have other
fish,
> > Stripeys, a goby and a False Clown Fish as well as hermits, snails,
> > brittlestars and of course the proud parent Banded Coral Shrimps...
> > I have collected a few of these newborn shrimp but my guess is that
there
> > would be no easy way to feed them seeing they are so small.??
> > Or should i just leave them as food for the tank?
> > Any advice is appreciated...
> >
> > Cheers
> > Microbot
>
> --
> Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
> Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
> Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
>
>

[Microbot]

Thanks,
I have some seperated in a tank.
I read on the net that usually within an hour of lights off they may drop
the eggs.
I just happend to turn the lights on and saw the tank filled with them, so i
removed as many as i could and stuck them into a container.
They are about three times larger than newly hatched Brine Shrimp, is that
their normal size for newborn or have they been behind rock growing and only
just come out now?.
I posted a picture of 2 of them as they are now on alt.binaries.aquaria
Thanks again.

Cheers
Microbot

"Pszemol" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Microbot,
> I have some experience in rising shrimp larvae and I guarantee
> you will lose this battle unles you quickly separate larvae to
> another tank and feed it acordingly to their size and needs.
> The reason shrimp spawn so many youngs is that only some of them
> manage to survive in the wild. Conditions in your tank are even
> more hostile for youngs than in the nature: you have centifugal
> pumps which will destroy most of the larvae passing through...
> You have skimmer, probably some filter sock in your sump, etc.
> Not counting fish and other inverts snacking on them right now.
> I bet if they are not gone already they will be in couple of hours.
>
> If you are willing to put some effort rising them prepare for
> the next spawn, set up some small tank with sponge filter only.
> Prepare culture of live microalgae and rotifers and read some
> reports dedicated rising shrimp larvae published in the net.
> The good place to check would be Breeders Forum on the
> http://www.reefcentral.com or it should be something about this
> shrimp on http://www.breeders-registry.gen.ca.us/index.htm
>
> This is not an easy task even if you have a dedicated rearing
> tank, so do not expect getting lucky rising one by accident
> in a comunity tank with fish, pumps and no proper food supply.

[Richard Reynolds]

> I managed to collect some and now have them in a seperate container.
> They look like miniture versions of their parents at this stage, they dont
> have their claws or long feelers yet.
> Some of them you can even make out their eyes.
> They are much bigger than freshly hatched Brine Shrimp.
> I have placed a close up pic of two of them on alt.binaries.aquaria Subject
> Baby Coral Banded Shrimp.
> Sorry about the quality, it was taken from my video camera.

several common to the hobby shrimps reproduce with fry able to eat babby brine shrimp or
brine shrimp nauplii

if you dont have either then get some brine srimp cysts, and start with nauplii

from the pic I couldnt say either way.

--
Richard Reynolds

[Pszemol]

"Microbot" > wrote in message ...
> They are about three times larger than newly hatched Brine Shrimp, is that
> their normal size for newborn or have they been behind rock growing and
> only just come out now?.

This is normal size for them. If you do not have anything else
ready for them you can try feeding them with newly hatched
artemia (brine shrimp). It is also possible, artemia are too
big for them, but you can always try this first...

My experience is mostly with Lysmata amboinensis shrimps
(skunk cleaners), so you need to do the research on your
own to learn about specifics of coral banded one...

[Microbot]

I placed some newly hatched Brine Shrimp in the container.
They are only about 1/8th the size of these BCS.
No action so far ecept for when the BCS bump into the Brine, the BCS flick
away.. lol

Cheers
Microbot

"Richard Reynolds" > wrote in message
news:dnb3c.14481$PY.2403@lakeread05...
> > I managed to collect some and now have them in a seperate container.
> > They look like miniture versions of their parents at this stage, they
dont
> > have their claws or long feelers yet.
> > Some of them you can even make out their eyes.
> > They are much bigger than freshly hatched Brine Shrimp.
> > I have placed a close up pic of two of them on alt.binaries.aquaria
Subject
> > Baby Coral Banded Shrimp.
> > Sorry about the quality, it was taken from my video camera.
>
> several common to the hobby shrimps reproduce with fry able to eat babby
brine shrimp or
> brine shrimp nauplii
>
> if you dont have either then get some brine srimp cysts, and start with
nauplii
>
> from the pic I couldnt say either way.
>
> --
> Richard Reynolds
>
>
>

[Microbot]

Thank you greatly...
They seem to be attacking something in the enclosure.
I assume it must be the new Brine Shrimp.
If all fails then i will be better prepared next time. How long till next
time would that be.? lol
Once again thanks.

Cheers
Microbot

"Pszemol" > wrote in message
...
> "Microbot" > wrote in message
...
> > They are about three times larger than newly hatched Brine Shrimp, is
that
> > their normal size for newborn or have they been behind rock growing and
> > only just come out now?.
>
> This is normal size for them. If you do not have anything else
> ready for them you can try feeding them with newly hatched
> artemia (brine shrimp). It is also possible, artemia are too
> big for them, but you can always try this first...
>
> My experience is mostly with Lysmata amboinensis shrimps
> (skunk cleaners), so you need to do the research on your
> own to learn about specifics of coral banded one...

[Pszemol]

"Microbot" > wrote in message u...
> If all fails then i will be better prepared next time.
> How long till next time would that be.? lol

Mine were releasing new larvae every week.
Lysmata amboinensis are hermaphroditic
so each one from the pair had new eggs
every two weeks and exchange roles of
male and female mating every week.

Yours are different shrimps, so it
might be a different story with them :-)

[Richard Reynolds]

> I placed some newly hatched Brine Shrimp in the container.
> They are only about 1/8th the size of these BCS.
> No action so far ecept for when the BCS bump into the Brine, the BCS flick
> away.. lol

1/8 is probibly rotifer size then, also i did say able to eat, I did not say willing :D

a problem with breeding anything!


--
Richard Reynolds

[Microbot]

The female is considerably larger than the male and she also has
a larger section under her belly which is where the green eggs were.
The male doesn't have that green under section but i have read that the male
will carry some of the eggs on his back, she will do this also.

Cheers
Microbot

"Pszemol" > wrote in message
...
> "Microbot" > wrote in message
u...
> > If all fails then i will be better prepared next time.
> > How long till next time would that be.? lol
>
> Mine were releasing new larvae every week.
> Lysmata amboinensis are hermaphroditic
> so each one from the pair had new eggs
> every two weeks and exchange roles of
> male and female mating every week.
>
> Yours are different shrimps, so it
> might be a different story with them :-)

[Jay]

I have used cyclops ez for a food source, and had only about 12 out of 18
survive to adulthood. I removed them to a five gallon tank with plenty of
live rock, a deep sand bed, and only airstones.
"Microbot" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all,
>
> Just had my tank filled with many new born Banded Coral Shrimp.
> My mated pair just gave birth and they're all over the place.
> My question is, Is it worth trying to grow/feed these or is it a losing
> battle?
>
> They are not the only living creatures in my tank, I also have other fish,
> Stripeys, a goby and a False Clown Fish as well as hermits, snails,
> brittlestars and of course the proud parent Banded Coral Shrimps...
> I have collected a few of these newborn shrimp but my guess is that there
> would be no easy way to feed them seeing they are so small.??
> Or should i just leave them as food for the tank?
> Any advice is appreciated...
>
> Cheers
> Microbot
>
>