How to breed those feeder shrimps?

05-11-2007, 02:36 AM

Hi,

Anybody can provide some guidelines in breeding those feeder shrimps we buy from fish shops as feeders? What are the basic conditions and how long will it take?

i am planning to use a 2 ft tank to keep them so i do not need to buy them so frequently. Thanks.

05-11-2007, 03:41 AM

the shrimp's hatch as larvae and need brackish water if im not wrong

06-11-2007, 12:49 AM

If i'n not wrong those shrimps have pinser and will try to pull plants out so u cannot really keep a good planted with those shrimps unless u just keep a tank with plants

07-11-2007, 10:30 PM

They need saltwater to breed and their young have to go thru a larva stage.
I think it would be better if u tried to breed Cherry shrimp. Once they start breeding they are indestructible

lucas_1957 · 07-11-2007, 10:41 PM

i thought those type of shrimp is glass shrimp, can breed in freshwater. it is just that the young will swim to brighter places and will bang head on the tank if outside is brighter until it die.

07-11-2007, 10:42 PM

The OP is looking to breed the feeder shrimps as live food for his fish(?)

Cherry shrimp is too expensive to be used as feeder, dont you think?

07-11-2007, 10:46 PM

not if they are breeding by the hundreds

EvolutionZ · 07-11-2007, 11:10 PM

cherry too small.. ghost shrimp are much bigger..

onlyyouknow · 07-11-2007, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by niordian

Hi,

Anybody can provide some guidelines in breeding those feeder shrimps we buy from fish shops as feeders? What are the basic conditions and how long will it take?

i am planning to use a 2 ft tank to keep them so i do not need to buy them so frequently. Thanks.

Unless you have the place to mass breed them, I can tell you to forget about it. Just not worth the effort and time taken.

ray2828 · 07-11-2007, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by niordian

Hi,

Anybody can provide some guidelines in breeding those feeder shrimps we buy from fish shops as feeders? What are the basic conditions and how long will it take?

i am planning to use a 2 ft tank to keep them so i do not need to buy them so frequently. Thanks.

Bro, many many yrs ago i tried liao. Got them to breed and grow the shrimp to half inch...but process too long, yield too low. Better to buy.

For your info, the shrimps in lfs are wild caught in sg and malaysia. Not that viable to commericially breed them as well.

05-11-2007, 02:36 AM	#1
niordian Guest Posts: n/a	How to breed those feeder shrimps? Hi, Anybody can provide some guidelines in breeding those feeder shrimps we buy from fish shops as feeders? What are the basic conditions and how long will it take? i am planning to use a 2 ft tank to keep them so i do not need to buy them so frequently. Thanks.

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05-11-2007, 03:41 AM	#2
plausible Guest Posts: n/a	the shrimp's hatch as larvae and need brackish water if im not wrong

06-11-2007, 12:49 AM	#3
nne Guest Posts: n/a	If i'n not wrong those shrimps have pinser and will try to pull plants out so u cannot really keep a good planted with those shrimps unless u just keep a tank with plants

07-11-2007, 10:30 PM	#4
HeiBee Guest Posts: n/a	They need saltwater to breed and their young have to go thru a larva stage. I think it would be better if u tried to breed Cherry shrimp. Once they start breeding they are indestructible

07-11-2007, 10:41 PM	#5
lucas_1957 Dragon Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 996	i thought those type of shrimp is glass shrimp, can breed in freshwater. it is just that the young will swim to brighter places and will bang head on the tank if outside is brighter until it die.

07-11-2007, 10:42 PM	#6
kenghua Guest Posts: n/a	The OP is looking to breed the feeder shrimps as live food for his fish(?) Cherry shrimp is too expensive to be used as feeder, dont you think?

07-11-2007, 10:46 PM	#7
HeiBee Guest Posts: n/a	not if they are breeding by the hundreds

07-11-2007, 11:10 PM	#8
EvolutionZ Endangered Dragon Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 8,566	cherry too small.. ghost shrimp are much bigger..

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