[Carpenter]

Hatched 2 days ago and now in my salt water rearing tank. Pretty happy with everthing , wish me luck.:bigsmile:

 

[shaobo]

Really cool~ please keep us posted~~

 

[effox]

Very cool! Don't believe I've seen someone post pics of the process.

What's the salinity?

 

[jay]

wow thats amazing!. please update with more pics!

 

[Carpenter]

Day 2 a couple men down but water at 78 deg ,salinity about 33 ppt, light 24 hrs , to grow algae ,slowly siphoning left over swimmers from the fresh water tank today. The little tank makes it hard to keep salinity steady but I'm taking my sweet time . Will take pics again tomorrow.

 

[jagermelifter]

cool, following


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[Carpenter]

Day 3 babies kickin it everthing seems steady

 

[Carpenter]

Sorry about the pics im still figuring this out .

 

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Thanks for posting these. Very cool project. Best of luck my friend.

 

[mysticalnet]

Ooooo... cool project, keep us updated!

 

[outsider]

Seems a lot of work. =/

I have a berried Amano shrimp in my 45 gallon and I dunno what to do with it.

 

[Carpenter]

So one week and it seems like I have had very few casualties. Just did 20 % water change with a little algae and water out of my other tank. FYI i believe the Fluval sea hydrometer to be a little off after sitting in the salt tank for a while, rinsed it with fresh and it seemed better. So far so good. Keep you posted.

 

[trixy]

wow great work! keep us posted i would really like to see the progress of the little ones!

 

[Carpenter]

It sure is a lot of work outsider and a bigger rearing tank would make it alot easier to control salinity. As i found out mine was just over 36 ppt and i had a 60 - 70 % loss �� .I have approx 20- 30 remaining but i will try again as i have 2 berried amanos in my other tank right now and i have a little better idea of how to do this. I will get some pics again in a day or two of the survivors.

 

[matedogg]

Looks awesome

 

[Carpenter]

Well I'm pretty disappointed as my last survivors passed . Some had even started to move slightly horizontal which I assume means I was close. Like I said before I will try again once my other amano are ready .

 

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Sad to hear. I've read Amano are tricky to rear from babies.

 

[ReillyP]

Wow, I've never seen anyone even try to breed these guys. If you ever grow any out please PM me, I love these little guys

 

[Sean's Ponds]

Any more tips or tricks as I also have a berried female at the moment and would like to try rearing them. Is it easier to separate the female now to a rearing tank then remove her after the eggs hatch take her out and start the increase in salinity?



What are the best options?

Cheers,
Sean

 

[greatdanes]

A little late on the reply, but I found this article with information that might answer some question
https://gabhar.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/breeding-amano/

Any more tips or tricks as I also have a berried female at the moment and would like to try rearing them. Is it easier to separate the female now to a rearing tank then remove her after the eggs hatch take her out and start the increase in salinity?

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What are the best options?

Cheers,
Sean