Cleaner Shrimp Babies, How to raise them?
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fshhub
Active Member
get an isolated tank, and keep them in it, you need a filter that would be safe for them as well, and feeding, they eat about anythingyou put in the water, i have no idea as to their success rates, but hey, if you have them, why not try
if you have a q't that has been up and empty and has never ahd copper, you cna use that for now, to try if you like
oh yeah, good catch, it is not easy ot even be ready, let alone get them, before the others eat tehm
if you have a q't that has been up and empty and has never ahd copper, you cna use that for now, to try if you like
oh yeah, good catch, it is not easy ot even be ready, let alone get them, before the others eat tehm
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zainsreef
Guest
cool do you know how many babies?
holacanthus
Member
I don't think that they eat just about anything you throw into the water! You are probably be hard pressed to find a food small enough for them t eat and a filter of any kind would most likely kill them all. Most reef aquarists tend to treat shrimp and other invert spawns (except coral and cucumber spawns which can be disasterous in captive systems) as food for filter feeders since they cannot be raised with ease. I think they Wikiki aquarium has sucessfully raised a species of shrimp to final molt. Sorry 
But hey you're doing something right to have them spawn in your aquarium in the first place! Good fishkeeping
But hey you're doing something right to have them spawn in your aquarium in the first place! Good fishkeeping 
k.lee
Member
Originally posted by madd catt:
<strong>The product marine snow might work for that being differnt size plankton.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yes, I think that would be right, or "green water". I had my pair of CBS spawn many times, but after the third molt (think that was it), when the "fry" leave the mother, I always lost them all to filtration.
<strong>The product marine snow might work for that being differnt size plankton.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yes, I think that would be right, or "green water". I had my pair of CBS spawn many times, but after the third molt (think that was it), when the "fry" leave the mother, I always lost them all to filtration.
joe's reefer
Member
turn off your powerheads the pwer of the water jetting will kill the baby shrimp
holacanthus
Member
Try looking at the Wikiki Aquariums web site they tell you in detail how they did it but they did mention that the first larvae foods were much smaller than brine naupalli, an thats why they lost the first couple of spawns.
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obatang
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how many cleaners do u have?