Yamato shrimp carrying eggs?

[cylap888]

Hi All,

Is it normal yamato shrimp carrying eggs in a planted tank. Will the eggs spawn in fresh water?

[imke]

Hi,

it is normal Yamato having eggs in freshwater. But the larves only survive and develop in brackish water.

Imke

[shanexu]

hey there

its normal but if you want to hatch them you need brackish water, and i heard its pretty troublesome to breed amanos

[mozaqua]

Hi All,

Is it normal yamato shrimp carrying eggs in a planted tank. Will the eggs spawn in fresh water?

The larvae will die within 10 days or less if they remain in ordinary fresh water. Also in your planted tank they will get pulled into the filter before that happens.

I attempted to breed them a couple times, but gave up due to the increase in availability and low price.

Regards

[juggler]

If interested to find out more, can read here Breeding Yamato (a.k.a. Amano) shrimp, Caridina japonica - By Mike Noren.

[mozaqua]

If interested to find out more, can read here Breeding Yamato (a.k.a. Amano) shrimp, Caridina japonica - By Mike Noren.

Yep, read that and a few other reports.... none will work!

I believe the problem is there are so many different Yamato shrimp, which are from different populations. Thus they have diff salinity requirements, and guessing the salinity is not easy. It is more like impossible, if you do not know where they originate. This guy Mike says he puts them in straight sea water from what I can remember. My Yamato larvae died instantly at anything higher than 17ppt.

Just some input for those who think it will be as easy as some claim.

Regards