Shrimp and reef lobster document!

[1epauletteshark]

My breeding stock of Thor amboinensis. (sexy shrimp) in my coral table.

WOW you breed sexy shrimp? Thats really cool! I am getting three in a few days.

This one is Donald my Donald duck shrimp. Leander plumosus

Love the name! Super cool shrimp

Hi @1epauletteshark , I love decapods, although technically not a "shrimp" (the taxonomy of shrimp can be complex) your inclusion of the Reef Lobster and the Reef 2 Reef FB page using my photo. I have included a few of my photos of my personal collection of decapods here, please feel free to use them.

Beautiful lobster. I would love to add these photos but do you have any in a rectangle format? If I use these photos they wont fit in the boxes and their full beauty wont be captured.

 

[Cthulukelele]

WOW you breed sexy shrimp? Thats really cool! I am getting three in a few days.

Love the name! Super cool shrimp

Beautiful lobster. I would love to add these photos but do you have any in a rectangle format? If I use these photos they wont fit in the boxes and their full beauty wont be captured.

As long as theyre happy and you got at least 1 of each sex, yours should breed as well especially if you have rock flowers or mini carpets to make them feel safe. They are prolific breeders in captivity

 

[1epauletteshark]

As long as theyre happy and you got at least 1 of each sex, yours should breed as well especially if you have rock flowers or mini carpets to make them feel safe. They are prolific breeders in captivity

Unfortunately I have neither but all the babies would be eaten by something or other in my aquarium. Is it possible to keep them in a 2.5L jar with an aerator and if they breed I take out the adults or would I not need to? Also what do the babies eat? Phyto or rotifers or something else?

 

[Cthulukelele]

Unfortunately I have neither but all the babies would be eaten by something or other in my aquarium. Is it possible to keep them in a 2.5L jar with an aerator and if they breed I take out the adults or would I not need to? Also what do the babies eat? Phyto or rotifers or something else?

The babies get eaten in almost all systems even commercial ones. Not sure what they eat, but I do know it's a pretty labor intensive process rearing them.

 

[Cthulukelele]

That being said I know because they do breed so prolifically a lot of people have tried their hand at rearing the fry, and you can follow along a dozen or so successful ventures over the years on the internet for more info

 

[1epauletteshark]

That being said I know because they do breed so prolifically a lot of people have tried their hand at rearing the fry, and you can follow along a dozen or so successful ventures over the years on the internet for more info

Hmm, ill take a look

 

[Tony Thompson]

As long as theyre happy and you got at least 1 of each sex, yours should breed as well especially if you have rock flowers or mini carpets to make them feel safe. They are prolific breeders in captivity

They change sex anyway, you will always end up with at least one female, even more. I have a post somewhere on this forum where I took all males, then observed sex change, The new female was removed and another male changed to female within 2 weeks.

 

[Tony Thompson]

Hmm, ill take a look

@Bugeater281 is breeding them successfully at the moment with settlement. You can follow his process on Humble.

 

[Cthulukelele]

They change sex anyway, you will always end up with at least one female, even more. I have a post somewhere on this forum where I took all males, then observed sex change, The new female was removed and another male changed to female within 2 weeks.

That's awesome! Is there a dominance based hierarchy? Did the largest one transition each time?

 

[1epauletteshark]

They change sex anyway, you will always end up with at least one female, even more. I have a post somewhere on this forum where I took all males, then observed sex change, The new female was removed and another male changed to female within 2 weeks.

I had a look, super interesting

 

[1epauletteshark]

@Bugeater281 is breeding them successfully at the moment with settlement. You can follow his process on Humble.

Sorry what is humble?

 

[Tony Thompson]

That's awesome! Is there a dominance based hierarchy? Did the largest one transition each time?

I did not observe any obvious dominant behaviour patterns, once transition began to female they would then increase in size. They would all often line up in a row and wag their tales at each other which was very amusing. As with most breeding, I believe food availability and profile is important. I found no observation of temp change signalling.

I found a vossen trap the best way to collect shrimp fry, once the larvae release they swim towards the light. You can breed them in your DT, as many fish are dormant at night.

 

[Tony Thompson]

Sorry what is humble?

Just do a search for @Bugeater281. on google. Sorry I don't want to step on toes by giving a direct link.

 

[1epauletteshark]

Found it, thanks.

Just do a search for @Bugeater281. on google. Sorry I don't want to step on toes by giving a direct link.

 

[1epauletteshark]

Added Hippolyte dossena Humpback soft coral shrimp however not much is known about them and there are no reports of them being kept in aquariums.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I figure this may be of interest here too (it’s titled for a specific species, but the OP notes they’ve used it for multiple kinds of shrimps including Thor amboiensis - the sexy shrimp):

Breeding Palaemon Elegans (Mediterrane Rock Pool Shrimp) Guide

Hi, Im going to post a breeding guide of palaemon elegans shrimps here. Two females are preparing for spawning so if you are interested you may want to stick with me. This breeding guide will be interchangable for every kind of shrimps but i stick elegans because: - With cleaner shrimp we are...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Gatorpa]

Just remember there are almost always exception.
I once had a small australian lobster, late one night I watched him whack a niger trigger of mine, run out of his lair and proceed to eat the stunned fish. He was gone the next day.

 

[1epauletteshark]

I figure this may be of interest here too (it’s titled for a specific species, but the OP notes they’ve used it for multiple kinds of shrimps including Thor amboiensis - the sexy shrimp):

Breeding Palaemon Elegans (Mediterrane Rock Pool Shrimp) Guide

Hi, Im going to post a breeding guide of palaemon elegans shrimps here. Two females are preparing for spawning so if you are interested you may want to stick with me. This breeding guide will be interchangable for every kind of shrimps but i stick elegans because: - With cleaner shrimp we are...

www.reef2reef.com

I have had a look through that and have found it very interesting and if I ever see any of my shrimp with eggs I’ll try to raise them

 

[1epauletteshark]

What the…

What is the world are these guys? I saw them at my LFS today and I would have bought them then asked questions later but they were already sold. I would like to add them to the list but I am not sure what they are. I’ll start a new thread if no one here knows

 

[Tony Thompson]

What the…

What is the world are these guys? I saw them at my LFS today and I would have bought them then asked questions later but they were already sold. I would like to add them to the list but I am not sure what they are. I’ll start a new thread if no one here knows

Saron shrimp. Saron Genus. very common in the trade. this is a purple leg saron , S. rectirostris