Lucy Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 So I just performed a water change on my ten gallon aquarium. I come back to find one of my Amanos (Biggie), swimming around, literally pushing out hundreds, (thousands?), of babies all over the place. Why is this happening? I purposely chose Amano shrimp because I did not want this to happen. What will happen to all these babies? Of course with Coronavirus right now my local fish store is closed. I have 3 Amano shrimp and one Beta for reference, totally freshwater. Thanks, Lucy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danky808 Posted March 19, 2020 Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 You sure it’s an Amano,’ ? Seems like a little to many babies in my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy Posted March 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 I think so, here are two pictures of Biggie and one of another. Thanks for responding! Lucy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epitaph Posted March 20, 2020 Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 The larvae won't survive in freshwater because they require salinity to undergo metamorphosis. They will all get sucked into your filter, eaten, or eventually die. Danky808 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danky808 Posted March 20, 2020 Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 True story, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy Posted March 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 Yeah that’s what I feared, how sad. How often do shrimp reproduce? When can I expect this to happen again? Thank you, Lucy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epitaph Posted March 20, 2020 Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 You purposely chose amano shrimps because you did not want shrimps to breed but now you fear the babies won't survive? Shrimps reproduce when the males sense a female has just molted. If a male manages to mate with the female, the female becomes berried. Shrimps molt anywhere between 2-6 weeks depending on the age and species. Younger shrimps molt more frequently because they are growing quickly. Adult amano shrimps molt every 5-6 weeks on average. Water parameters can also affect how frequent they molt. Amano shrimps carry over a thousand eggs at a time while the common Neocaridina shrimps carry ~30 eggs and the common Caridina bee and tiger shrimps carry a bit less on average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy Posted March 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 Yes, I was under the impression that Amanos needed brackish water to reproduce and even then it was extremely difficult for them to do so in captivity. Obviously this does not seem to be the case. So yeah I feel very sorry that I wasn’t able to do anything to help the babies in this situation. I was hoping that by reaching out on this forum I could learn more and possibly do something differently next time. Lucy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danky808 Posted March 29, 2020 Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 You could’ve taken the babies out and put them into A salt/brackish water mixture in order for them to survive, then when they get older you acclimate them to fresh water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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