Has Anybody Had Success With Breeding Inverts?

[BamboozleBean]

I’ve heard that breeding inverts can be quite tough, especially fire shrimp and cleaner shrimp.
But has anybody ever had success breeding any kind of inverts?

 

[Sallstrom]

Breeding Peppermint Shrimp

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[sabeypets]

yes, I have raised Berghia, peppermint shrimp, cuttlefish, and grass shrimp.

 

[BamboozleBean]

yes, I have raised Berghia, peppermint shrimp, cuttlefish, and grass shrimp.

Cuttle fish really? That’s awesome I’ve always liked those guys. Any picture by chance?
I want to raise peppermint shrimp maybe, but I only have a 10 gallon so I don’t think that would be possible.
Good for you though!

 

[sabeypets]

That's the pair

 

[sabeypets]

Egg cluster and female hiding in the sand with a few eggs that didn't attach.

 

[sabeypets]

Baby cuttles

 

[BamboozleBean]

That's the pair

Wow, that’s awesome they look so cool!

 

[sabeypets]

Babys cuttles at about 2 months

 

[BamboozleBean]

Babys cuttles at about 2 months

Do you sell them or keep them? I’ve never seen a cuttle fish for sale.

 

[sabeypets]

peppermints can be raised in a 10 gallon tank it's not optimal, a black round tub works best.

 

[sabeypets]

Do you sell them or keep them? I’ve never seen a cuttle fish for sale.

I no longer keep them, but sold the ones I raised @ $150 each.

 

[User]

yes, I have raised Berghia, peppermint shrimp, cuttlefish, and grass shrimp.

Any info on breeding aiptasia to feed the berghia?

thanks

 

[JasonK84]

Sure, asterina stars, isopods, copepods, amphipods, flatworms, etc. I’ve got great luck keeping populations up on these!

 

[ThRoewer]

Yes, I'm way too successful in breeding red planaria, Aiptasia, and vermetid gastropods...
At least the red planaria turned out to be a good food source for my mandarins - one has to be thankful for small favors these days.
I'm also trying to breed some Berghia to reign in the Aiptasia (or favorably eliminate them completely) but so far another of my pet inverts - Amphipods - seems to interfere with that.
And I'm actively breeding a ton of pods: Tisbe (just hanging in there for now), Apocyclops, and Tigriopus.

 

[ThRoewer]

... asterina stars,...

Those are more likely Aquilonastra sea stars (Asterina are from the Atlantic, get generally larger, and are rarely found in reef tanks), but yes I breed those as well - they make good cheap food for my harlequin shrimp.