How do you care for the larvae of a long arm shrimp, possibly species Macrobrachium rosenbergii?

Question

We have a long arm/clawed shrimp at work (freshwater) who is carrying eggs. They are bright orange, and I'm not positive on the species identification. I was hoping someone could let me know how to properly raise them from larvae to shrimp. Any help is great. Should I start them on rotifers?

Answer 1

A mix of rotifer and phytoplankton is a good idea, but you will need to keep them in their own tank with a sponge filter if you are going to have any chance of keeping them alive as everything else in your tank will consider them dinner. My peppermint shrimp have young in my main tank, but only one or two manage to survive at any time.
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Answer 2

Hi i have bean breading long arm shrimp for a while and there is no problem apart from feeding them and stoping fish eating them.
There will be no larvae as will hatch out just like mum and dad just a lot smaller brine shrimp is good or small flake food but remember that small shrimp will be white in colour so hard to see.
Hope it works .

Answer 3

it will be a hard task... you will need to mimick a stream or flow... they need a high water flow and exchange.. in the wild they are totally dependent on the river currents, but if you get them to hatch, rotifers probably would be a little big to start them on, you need to wean them first on maybe a yeast diet, then an easier feed is artimia which can be bought by the can at egg stage then hydrated to come to life. and if this all works you should have a lot of offspring. so water quality is critical... tough job.. good luck

Answer 4

Checkout

http://www.shrimpcrabsandcrayfish.co.uk/Shrimp.htm?breedhig.htm~mainFrame

Answer 5

Put the Shrimp in a I cant think of the name ....but you use it in all fishtanks so the babies do not get ate....once born. put mother back .