Malayan shrimp...

[slacker04]

Hi all...i would like to ask the experts here for some tips on breeding malayan shrimps and is it true that they require a certain amount of salinity to breed...any info would be greatly appreciated...thx in advance

[Walter]

I'm no expert but I hear the larvae have to be in saline waters and full of micro organisms as food as well. Very tough I would say. You might want to do a search on breeding Yamatoes though as I believe the way of breeding will be the same way. :)

[kenkht]

OK I just bought a bunch of Malayan shrimp and noticed some of them are carrying eggs. I suppose they are raised in freshwater. Is it possible they can breed in freshwater?? :undecided

[silane]

Some members have sucessfully bred them in freshwater with no special setup to increase salinity. Do a search for the threads. :)

[Walter]

Oh ya, fruitpie is right. I know of some members in another forum having increased yamato shrimp numbers too in their freshwater set-up. But, do note it is only a small proportion of the number of larvaes that these shrimps are supposed to carry. :)

[nano]

hi all...
what do you feed them? am not really into breeding them but i have couple of yamato larvaes survivors in my new tank. it's been more than 1 week now but they seems to be still very small.

[simcb]

Larves requires green water or liquid fry food to grow well.

[nano]

Larves requires green water or liquid fry food to grow well.
i saw 2 type from LFS. one for live bearers and another egg layers (i think). which one is suitable since they are made for fish fry.

[simcb]

i havent tested any brand...i used to make green water... i guess any type will do as long as its liquid food for fresh water fishes. Maybe those who is currently breeding malayan can answer this.

[Chris Low]

No special prepared food in my 2 feet tank, but natural algae and light green water is best for larvae or shrimplet. Larvae should be feeding best in green water and not to rule out other micro organism present in it, serving as food. Green water secondary function serve to take in ammonia waste thus dual purposes. If shrimplet, best food should be natural glass aglae or tiny young hair algae that grows on leaves and especially java moss. You can hardly see the tiny algae growing on the moss but they are food all right. Sorry to say, I don't maintain tip top clear clean tank but there are lots of shrimplets grown to adult. :rolleyes:

[silane]

Hi Chris,

What is the water temperature they are in? Do you use filter or aeration in the 2 feet tank?

[NanoDave]

i saw 2 type from LFS. one for live bearers and another egg layers (i think). which one is suitable since they are made for fish fry.


I have experience with liquidfry for egg layers.. its not really good. I used it to feed betta fry but they don't seem to eat it.

[simcb]

Green water works best more survivors but take more effort to maintain a healthy culture for the long run. Its all up to whether you have to time to play with breeding low order shrimps its as tiring as breeding betta lol .

[Chris Low]

Hi Chris,

What is the water temperature they are in? Do you use filter or aeration in the 2 feet tank?

Temperature about 27 to 28. Not filter but slow and big bubble aeration - 2 to 3 bubbles/sec, so that CO2 produces by aerobic bacteria and shrimps would not be carry away too much. Is also like a jungle out grown with only a single type of very fast growing plant. Would anyone like to see a lowest tech tank? It would probably be no "Star" grading?

[Chris Low]

Green water works best more survivors but take more effort to maintain a healthy culture for the long run. Its all up to whether you have to time to play with breeding low order shrimps its as tiring as breeding betta lol .
Hi simcb
I have seen green water production as such: Put a few guppies in a haft filled 2 feed tank with no air pump or any sort of filtration. Feed them with flake sparsely and within 2 weeks under window light or shelter sunlight - not direct sunlight, "Green Water" would appear and start as a form of natural waste filtration for the guppies, oxygen production and also food as well. Are you referring to this "Green water" as 1st food for shrimp larvae? Hope to learn more from you. ThanK in advance.