Thusly "Nitesbane" Spake Unto All:

Here is a nice artle Wilma Duncun wrote on
breeding these guys

http://www.fish-forums.com/board/cms...cle.php?aid=77



Thanks for the link, it confirmed most of my research on this subject.
However, there was no mention of anything relating to the question I really
had: Is regular aquarium salt (meant for freshwater fish) adequate for
creating salt water for raising these shrimp? The article you posted
mentioned using aquarium salt to create a brackish environment for the adult
shrimp, but did not say what he used for raising the fry. I'm afraid I
don't know much about salt and there are so many varieties out there!

Although... I don't know what species of shrimp Wilma Duncan bred, but
it wasn't Amano shrimp. I might guess cherry shrimp.

Amano shrimp don't hatch as miniature shrimp (like e.g. cherrys do),
and the larvae *require* salt water, significantly more salty than
Duncans "one table spoon of salt per five gallons".

I've written about my breeding of Amanos he
http://mikes-machine.mine.nu/breeding_yamato.htm

Regarding which salt to use, I would strongly recommend filtered
natural seawater. If you can't get hold of that, I would recommend a
high-quality salt mix intended for coral reef aquaria. If you can't
get hold of that, it *might* be possible to use table salt and liberal
amounts of bicarbonate (to maintain pH).