Breeding saltwater feeder shrimp

[Bigpapi]

So my friend ordered some feeder shrimp online which stated they are SALTWATER SPECIES and not freshwater acclimated ghost shrimp. Their scientific name is Palaemonetes vulgaris. So anyways he gave me about 200 of them and I put them in a forty gal with a huge bunch of macro algae haha. They've been there for about a month now but I don't see any berried shrimps. I've looked online for anyone who bred them at home but I've haven't found any. Has anyone ever bred them with success? If so can you give me tips and tricks on how to? Haha thanks

 

[Reefing Madness]

 

[reefwiser]

Google Scholar is your friend.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?...ved=0ahUKEwiizJ3m1bjKAhUCkIMKHZDyCJEQgQMIGjAA

Marine Shrimp Culture: Principles and Practices

https://books.google.com/books?id=U...epage&q=Palaemonetes vulgaris culture&f=false

 

[Bigpapi]

Google Scholar is your friend.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?...ved=0ahUKEwiizJ3m1bjKAhUCkIMKHZDyCJEQgQMIGjAA

Marine Shrimp Culture: Principles and Practices

https://books.google.com/books?id=U...epage&q=Palaemonetes vulgaris culture&f=false

I've looked through scientific research and commercial cultures however I've never seen any "at home" cultures and personal experiences with them

 

[reefwiser]

People just read books like this an adapt it to their needs. Everyone I know in the breeding field has to adapt the culture of organisms to their needs.
Sadly there is no just do this and do that at home in your spare time kind of guide.
Have you read thru this page too:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/fdcultfaqmar.htm

An this book too:
https://books.google.com/books?id=4...epage&q=Palaemonetes vulgaris culture&f=false

 

[reefwiser]

There are companies that offer their services.
http://pentairaes.com/hobbyists/aquaculture-for-hobbyists
http://www.aquaculturestore.com/Salt-Water-Invertebrates/

 

[cu455]

They have bred for me. I didn't notice fry until my HOB filter broke. My guess is they were getting sucked up the filter and once the filter broke they took over my tank. I couldn't give then away faster then they were producing offspring. I had at least 2 different kinds of ghost like shrimp reproducing. The one in your picture is the ones that bury themselves in the sand.

 

[Bigpapi]

Alright hey thanks for the advice reefwiser

@cu455 Oh that's cool have any of them grew to adulthood?

 

[cu455]

They did fine. From my observations an increase in temperature triggers their breeding behavior. Let the temperture drop for a few weeks and then put a heater in a raise the temperture. The shrimp can survive in very cold water.

 

[Bigpapi]

@cu455 Cool thanks a lot. The temperature is around 70 right now. Through the week I'll try to raise it up to 75-78. Thanks again for the advice

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I've bred them. I found them very hard to breed. One things that can be an issue is they love to eat their brother and sisters. Silence of the Lambs is very much alive.

Mine were the saltwater variety as well. I had a business for awhile selling shrimp.

Can you take a couple more pictures so I can get a better idea of the genus?

 

[Bigpapi]

I've bred them. I found them very hard to breed. One things that can be an issue is they love to eat their brother and sisters. Silence of the Lambs is very much alive.

Mine were the saltwater variety as well. I had a business for awhile selling shrimp.

Can you take a couple more pictures so I can get a better idea of the genus?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Yup, that's what mine were like.

 

[Bigpapi]

Yup, that's what mine were like.

Oh cool! When you bred them how did you care for the babies?

 

[Duez]

So my friend ordered some feeder shrimp online which stated they are SALTWATER SPECIES and not freshwater acclimated ghost shrimp. Their scientific name is Palaemonetes vulgaris. So anyways he gave me about 200 of them and I put them in a forty gal with a huge bunch of macro algae haha. They've been there for about a month now but I don't see any berried shrimps. I've looked online for anyone who bred them at home but I've haven't found any. Has anyone ever bred them with success? If so can you give me tips and tricks on how to? Haha thanks

I would like to know where you ordered them from would like some

 

[Lionfish Lair]

These were the babies and right away they would eat that powdered cyclop eeze stuff in a in. That's really the only product out at that time of that kind. That's what the little dots are in there.

 

[Bigpapi]

I would like to know where you ordered them from would like some

Haha alright I'll ask him tomorrow for sure. Look around tho there's a bunch of websites selling them. I believe mine is from some company in Florida

 

[Lionfish Lair]

This is what I would feed them... not my picture. Just one I grabbed online.

 

[Bigpapi]

These were the babies and right away they would eat that powdered cyclop eeze stuff in a in. That's really the only product out at that time of that kind. That's what the little dots are in there.

Do you separate the babies from the main tank or should I just leave them in there?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

This is some sort of plant holder for ponds. I found it in the pond/fountain section at Home Depot. Can you see that I jammed rigid airline tubing through both the left and right top? That's so I could suspend it in a plastic tote.

This picture shows the rigid tubing.

Pretend that the cardboard box is a plastic tote. I couldn't find it when I was taking pictures. I would place all the berried shrimp in the black plantar. The babies would fall through the mesh to the main tote. When the shrimp dropped the berries, I would return them to the holding tank. I would remove the babies with a net and put them in their own container. Can you see how the rigid airline suspends it? Kindda like those baskets in a chest deep freezer.