Honestly this is the first time I’m seeing someone take an organized and scientific approach about breeding these guys! Much respect for all the research you did and doing a great job communicating the facts. Deserves an instant sub and like 👍🏻Thanks!

Thank you so much for your detailed experiment. I followed every step, watching and rewatching your videos for each step, kept notes, and successfully have more than 100 babies now growing out in fresh water! I had been trying for 5 years before I saw your videos. I am on my second attempt now. So exciting! Thanks again!

@AvatarAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

This made my day Cathy:)

@cathys4056

2 жыл бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics 🙂

This video helped me successfully start my first batch of baby amanos. So far I haven’t had 100% survival but next time I will be with using a bigger nursery because the temperature fluctuates too much in the 2.5 gallon i’m using now. Still have a few survivors. Thanks for the information :)

That is what this hobby/educational hike is about for me, doing things other people don't. Subbed, keep em coming buddy!

I absolutely loved the way you approached this topic! Thank you for compiling all this information(:

Wow! Great job Ryan! I really appreciate these videos and documentation on breeding amanos. I have successfully gotten juvie amanos but I failed during the transition to freshman. I’m preparing to try again.

this is like a TED talk for a topic i'm actually interested in. super high effort post, thank you for sharing your findings with the world!

woah! you deserve more subs for these videos... will definitely go back to these when I'm ready to breed my newly acquired amano shrimps.. finished the part 1. Cheers!

Thank you so much!!! I am excited to try this. I have attempted breeding Amonos in the past with no success but you really do make this look as easy as 1,2,3.

Bravo man. By far the most comprehensive amano shrimp hatching guide. Good job!!

OMG, your channel deserves 100 times more subscribers.... well done! Great video

I can not tank you enough for this I have been looking at all your videos and I am happy to say I made it work I transferred successfully amano shrimp larvae into fresh water and shrimp is perfect thankfully many more to be going to this process it’s unreal :) thank you

Truly appreciate your efforts and thank you for the detailed explanations. Wish I had seen this video a little earlier though, but not too late to make some changes. Will surely follow every steps next time

Thanks so much for all of your hard work putting this together, I found the detailed information extremely helpful!

@AvatarAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

WOW! Such great detail! Thank you very much for all the research and documentation! I'll be trying my hand at this now...as I just found a buried female in the tank. 🤞🦐

Working on my first batch, we are at day 15. Your video has helped me greatly!

This is an incredible, academic-style video! I felt like I was at an Amano shrimp breeding conference! Very professional and informative. Well organized and delivered. ❤ 🦐

Wow, excellent presentation, information, and explanation of your experience. Great work.

I have watched this video over 20 times over and over again :) it’s amazing every time I get another piece of information which I may of missed the previous time… I am trying your way to see how far I get with my amano shrimp Zoe’s. At the moment this method brought me Zoe’s up to day 5 and they all seem to be doing good never had them this long before :) fingers cross they will make it 🤞🤞🤞 Thanks a lot for this amazing video !

Excellent & very thorough info..it’s a lot but if ur serious about wanting to kno how to succeed, it is so worth th time spent to learn, so as to do it properly..doesn’t even begin to compare to th time u hav spent to “teach” it..ur research, knowledge, & “hands-on” experience is unreal..very well done & thank u.. Georgia USA..😊

Super well done, thanks for the detailed description, i loved it, and you got a subscriber from this :)

Fantastic video, incredibly informative, and seemingly replicable - although I bet it's harder than you make it look :D Brilliant!

I just noticed my female was berried and I was trying my best to do research to ensure the survival of most of the babies. I came across this video and realized this is the only source of information I need!! Thank you so much for being so detailed!!

This was so interesting. Ty for taking the time sharing this xxxxx

Thank you so much for the details in this video! I’ve just discovered my female is expecting her first clutch (not planned) I’ve been in pure panic for the last couple of days not knowing what to do 🤣 I’m going to follow your advice and fingers crossed I get good results 😊

@shanejones578

Жыл бұрын

How’d it go?

Thank you for this really useful content. I think i'm gonna try your "protocol" summer ^^

Absolutely marvelous video sir. I enjoy practicing rearing these Amanos myself. Thank you so much for putting it together so well and including a valuable amount of information. Perhaps findings will vary depending on our unique conditions but so nice to hear your experience with the science behind it. Thank you

Love this mate. Can't wait to give this a go

@AvatarAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Hi Nick, I recommend watching my most recent video on Amano shrimp breeding - it has a lot more data and detail about the process. Thanks kzread.info/dash/bejne/gnuL0KWlocW6eag.html

Breeding during the winter: That's very interesting as I haven't notice this. I've not successfully raised the zoea yet, but constantly have berried females year round.

Thanks for the fantastic information! I have 2 berried at the moment in my community tank and was wondering what I needed to do! Your videos have inspired me to give it a try. I live by the sea so will collect some ready for when I remove them. Will it be ok to remove both at the same time into the same container?

I just threw my amano shrimp in freshwater tank with my cherry reds and in another tank with velvet blues and now I have babies in both tanks

instant sub! wow what a great video

Great video, thank you!

This is amazing and I will try this ASAP. Are you able to provide us with a document that we can print as a reference? From time to incubate to gestation periods? This would be helpful to keep near the tanks as a guide. Thank you!

Well done and thank you!

Dude is an actual life save tysm

Very informative and very complete masterclass lol.

You are right that the video is long but it was definitely worth watching. Thank you very much for all the detail. I have an amano that molted yesterday and today I see she is berried. I live near the ocean and will go and collect some water. Do I need to filter the water in any way to remove unwanted organisms? Also do you have a filter running in the tank or just an airstone? This will be my first attempt at raising amano larvae, wish me luck!

@christianjacquet4095

Жыл бұрын

Salut , bonne chance !!!! Mais j'ai BEAUCOUP de retard !!! 2 ans !!!! Alors , vous avez essayé ? De bons résultats , ou encore quelques problèmes rencontrés ? Merci . 😉😎

Dude! Awesome!

Hello, thank you for the nice comprehensive video. I have an unexpected situation with my berried amano shrimp is alone in her isolation freshwater tank for a week but she has been burried for more than 5 weeks now. I can clearly see the eggs turned yellow about 2 weeks ago (so week 3). Any idea why she doesn't let go of the eggs and why it's so long ?

Hi Ryan. This is well done. Love you video's on amano shrimp. So very learn full and all the tips. Thank you so much for all the effort you've put into this video's. Doing it your way I'd raised 2 on my first attempt. The water changes seemed to be my problem, I'm using sea water . Should new water being dripped back in or can it be slowly run back in by air hose. Thanks so much and please let the new video's roll in. Nico from South Africa.

@AvatarAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

If you are more comfortable with dripping it in do that. But I haven’t noticed a difference

@nicoclaassen6427

3 жыл бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics Thanks Ryan. You're great. Want too see more Amano video's.

just great!

Thank you for the great video and the detailed information. I made it to almost the 3 week stage but lost them. I think it might have been due to not feeding enough or the bacterial problem you described. I wasn't supplementing the phytoplankton nor was I cleaning the bottom. I thought the algae growing there was doing good now I know better. How do you clean the bottom of the container without sucking out the zoas? Would it be alright to transfer them with some of their water (partial water change) to a similar clean container so that their current container can be cleaned and then used again when their container needs cleaning i.e. moving them back and forth?

@AvatarAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

if you arent feeding phyto, normal algae on the bottom is fine. its the other stuff that can cause a problem. moving containers is exactly how I clean the bottom. faster and more through than siphoning... be sure to check for zoeas that are sticking to the container though.

I bought 2 Amono shrimp and they successfully breed without doing anything...they are super cool and the fry stay close to the large ones.

@christianjacquet4095

Жыл бұрын

Bonjour , J'arrive avec pas mal de retard sur ce tuto !!! Vous avez eu des zoés dans l'eau douce et elles ont survécu ?? C'est ce que j'ai compris en tous cas ! Si j'ai bien compris ( la traduction n'est pas toujours au top !) , c'est assez incroyable et étonnant !!! Merci . 😉😎

Thank you so much for your research and time in making these videos!! Can you describe or show us how you perform 20% water changes every 2 days with out stressing or sucking out the larvae or juveniles ? What are your methods and techniques for small frequent water changes? How do you maintain a 1.026 salinity? Thank you again !!!!

@AvatarAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Anthony, I use a thin airline tube and brush to scrape off the detritus, scraping off and siphoning with one hand. You will definitely suck up some smaller zoes, so keep a container that you can shine a light on and remove them later with a pipette. As for bigger ones that you can see, I use my other hand to stop the water flow from the tube's opening when I get too close. To maintain salinity just test with a refractometer when you are changing water and refill with fresh or salt water to account for loss.

@anthonymartinez7763

3 жыл бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics Thank you so so much!!!!

@erick6102

7 ай бұрын

@@anthonymartinez7763how about using a regular siphon tube with a fine sponge filter attached to the end of it? Maybe like 30 ppi?

Respect! Interesting and great work with the science behind. Never heard about these subspecies of "Amanos" As of my experiecnce I had berried Amano twice or three times, but never encouraged myself to breed them. I may try it now with the gained information. And I succesfully made FRESHWATER green algae to live in SALTWATER by adding the evaporated water from my freshwater tank (in 2 liter jar) I use it for rising my brine shrimp to bigger stage now without feeding just light and the algae :D

Hi there!! Hope it’s not to late! But... what was the survival rate with this method ?? 10% 20% ? More? 🤔🙏

This was an awesome video, I really loved it! Thank you!

@AvatarAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

LIFE IN JARS!!! What an honor:)

When the eggs turns into larvas, we imediately transfer them to salt water tank or wait until 4 weeks?

Do you leave the airstone running when they are hatched and in saltwater ?

Have you tried using this same procedure with bamboo and vampire shrimp?

Do you have any experience breeding short nose algae shrimp (caridina longirostris)?

It is really interesting topic for sure. I don't know if this will work but what if you use 20G tank and place a divider in the middle where shrimplet can't pass but the plankton can? then on the plankton side you can run really high flow and by the time water get over to the side where the shrimplets are they won't be blown around too much. Also I always find small containers are very hard to maintain water quality. Regardless! Great work :)

@AvatarAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, i would recommend containers 2.5-5gallon. For some people saltwater is easy to get and in that instance the larger the better. sadly i have to mix my own and its quite expensive :( I think with your method, the water will mix anyways and the bottom will still get dirty.

At what age can baby Amano be transferred back from salt water to fresh water?

Hello! I have failed my first attempt today at day 32. It was going great until day 25, after which population started to decline fast, and shrimps started to have less.movement and keep staying at bottom. I was cleaning the bottom every day changing like 5 percent of water and after day 25 I started to find so many of dead or semi alive shrimps every day. Today after I realized only a dozen of shrimps left I started thinking they morphed already and I moved them to 15 ppm water out of current 33 one. Few hours later they all died. Still I don't think it's water issue as I have second batch of newborns mixed with them since 2 days and they look all healthy. NO3 has been decreasing from 10 at start to around 1 now, so it's not that . I have "green water" from phytoplankton but no rotifers,I don't know if that was issue? Do you think it could happened because of starvation even at green water?

Hi Ryan, on your video you mention you switch to flakes after 10 days or so, at that point do you still use that green tetraselmis algae water?

@AvatarAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

yes

This is a fantastic video! I do have one question though. This will be my first forray into saltwater aquatics and everything is going smoothly except for the PH. I don't really know how to lower it. Have you experienced this as well and if so how did you lower it? Thanks in advance!

@AvatarAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Saltwater pH should be higher at like 8 to 8.5

@eliascaicedo5007

3 жыл бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics Than I'm good! Thank you so much!

I have a question. I live close to the Puget sound saltwater in WA STATE. That water is around 45. Once I heated up will all the critters living in it die because they are used to very cold water? I also bought some Marine saltwater because I was thinking our cold water may not do the trick. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE GREAT VIDEO. I have a berried Amino shrimp right now right now. I have put her in a jar with 1/2 tank water and half dechlorinated tap. ( I did not have enough in her small tank with 2 other amonos to fill it up. ).

@AvatarAquatics

7 ай бұрын

depends on the amount of heat. boiling should get rid of most if not all of the pests.

you are great

How do you do water changes without accidentially sucking out your larvae?

Hi! Are you using the real seawater 100% in the zoe tank? Or are you using the small bottle of real seawater to make 'algea water' for feeding? (I dont have acces to real seawater, and not sure to mix in the phytoplankton in the tank, or just use to feed)

@AvatarAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

The phytoplankton will reproduce and make the water green. As long as you have live phyto u don’t need real seawater.

Thanks Ryan for the informative video. Unfortunately, the number of my Amano shrimp babies has decreased significantly after 7 days. :( I used to feed them Bacter AE for the first 5 days and everything seemed to be fine. On day 6 I started feeding them cold Phytomaxx. A day later I noticed that 90% of the babies disappeared. (P.S: I added a sponge filter to their container on day 3. No water changes made during the first week. No Ammonia detected).

@terryterry1655

Жыл бұрын

how did they disappear?

@moringsdaughter

9 ай бұрын

The bottled bacteria and phytoplankton contain dead microorganisms. As they break down they create ammonia. Live Phytoplankton is better because it won't add to the ammonia. The filter isn't necessary for them. They probably disappeared by being sucked into the sponge.

Success!! My mother dropped her Zoes last night per your advice… high flow in the small 3 gal tank and dropped overnight. I have a couple questions now. 1) The mother looks to still be carrying lots of eggs, but it’s 9am now and there are lots of Zoes in the water. Should I leave her in there longer to let her drop the rest? Or remove back to community tank and begin salt transition? 2) I’ll have to do water changes often since I’ll be trying to feed them preserved tetramesis and nanochlorosis, what is the best way to do water changes without removing the Zoes? Thanks again for all your work on this subject. I’m hoping to try and document and share my efforts in the same spirit you are.

@AvatarAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

you can leave mother in her container. provide clean water and some food you can easily remove. use a flashlight to attract zoea to one side, siphone from the other (at night). you still have to check the dirty water for stragglers though.

@MattyP650

3 жыл бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics Thank you for the response! Considering the Zoes are free swimming now in fresh, how long should I leave the mother in there? Also, should I remineralize the sea water with gH? I’m going to drip in highly concentrated salt water until the hatch tank is 35ppt. Does this new salt water need to have the same gH and kH as the community tank? Or just pure salt?

great video, good job, I am following your advice with my larvae, please write do you catch the prawns as soon as they start swimming forward or do you leave them for a while in this salt water? what's your way to catch already transformed prawns ... they are really fast! thank you in advance and best regards

@AvatarAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

you can use a turkey baster

@maciejpers665

2 жыл бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics Turkey baster I know it, it's not easy anyway, but about the time when you start catching the prawns .. As soon as they start swimming forward or do you let them stay in the salt water for a few days?

@AvatarAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

@@maciejpers665 I let them stay in saltwater until their color has changed to clear instead of orange. Should be within a day or two of swimming forward.

@maciejpers665

2 жыл бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics That's what I meant, thanks, greetings, as soon as I get the little amano I will send you a video link, best regards

Do you keep your juveniles with your adults in the same tank or do the juveniles have their own tank following their metamorphosis?

What microscope is that

So if I use a sea water I will give them the best natural environment? If the phytoplankton from the sea going to be enough? Thanks

@AvatarAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

You get lots more variety of nutrition, but not a lot so your yield will be less.

You ever tried food grade blue green algae? Versus Hikari first bites or phytoplankton? The type you get in the health food stores.

@AvatarAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Any non living food runs into the same problem, rotting and water quality

@The_Conqueeftador

Жыл бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics Odd. Never had rot issues or blooms with my Spirulina before (5000 neocaradina breeding and still going) . My tanks are all dirted and heavily planted so maybe the plants are absorbing the ammonia. I said blue green algae before but it's actually cooked and baked and renamed Spirulina. I was wondering if you personally have tested spirulina as a food source.

wow

After waiting for so long I found my first berried Amano shrimp yesterday! I really want to try to raise them as I could use way more of these excellent cleaners. You said it's best to use sea water. I live just 5 km from the sea, but the salinity here is only 18‰ and 26‰ (Kattegat). That's too low as I understand. Can I still harvest this sea water today and put on my terrace for algae to grow? For the salinity tank should I use actual sea water and then add "Middeterrenean sea salt" from the shop to raise to 35‰?

@AvatarAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Yes definitely!! you can add artificial salt for saltwater aquariums to bring up the salinity!

@tobiashenrikandersen

2 жыл бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics OK I now have movie of the males chasing the unberried female there is like 4 on her. So I will have second pregnant female tomorrow. Should I filter the sea water through a fine fish net to get any potential predators out (I assume the "good stuff" will pass even a fine masked fish net?

@AvatarAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

@@tobiashenrikandersen good idea, I use a stack of coffee filters

Much appreciate this information. I've got an Amano with the black eyes on her eggs. I will move her into a hatch tank tonight, can I feed them with the Seachem Reef Phytoplankton?

@AvatarAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Better to use live phyto as the seachem one is preserved and will foul the water. you can order it on Amazon from my (affiliate) link amzn.to/3nsLgZy for cheap or call a local fish store for availability. Thank you :)

@MattyP650

3 жыл бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics I’ll happily order through your link, except it’ll take over a week to arrive since it’s out of stock. If they hatch tonight, I’ll have to feed them tomorrow, right? I’ll have to try the Seachem phyto and then try yours if it fails.

@MattyP650

3 жыл бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics I also found a comment online from someone who had success feeding 10 drops of Seachem phyto every 2 days. I’m gonna try that and then transition them to Hikari first bites as you recommend!

@MattyP650

3 жыл бұрын

@@AvatarAquaticsAlso, is there an ideal temp to hatch the mother, and an ideal temp to raise the Zoes? Thanks :)

*Breeding Amano Shrimp is EASY!* Finishes video with a degree in Biology

@AvatarAquatics

Жыл бұрын

anything for the clicks

got a small but crucial question, would it be possible to breed these by just adding places to hide near the surface "to prevent adults from eating babies" where the light and algae is- maybe even feeding the babies algae tabs, as well as adding a small amount of salt to make the water brackish rather than fresh? I really want to make it work without having a separate tank, as I live in an apartment and separate tanks are kind of against the rules.

@H2SO4pyro

3 ай бұрын

As said in the video brackish water seems to yeald less results than plain salt for the larvaes. Meanwhile the adult will not like at all brackish water. If you're willing to take the risk go ahead, but personnaly i wouldn't want my adults to die from this.

Salut , Très très très dommage que ce ne soit pas sous-titré en plusieurs langues !!! Pas tout compris , mais j'ai un petit aperçu !!! Je vais voir dans les commentaires si , avec la traduction du texte , je peut rattraper quelques détails ! Merci du partage en tous cas ! 👍 😉😎

Hi again, great tip of using sea water, the guys are seemingly all still alive in my 10L tank, but don't seem to be growing very well on algae alone, I'm debating buying 100ML of tetraselmis as a feed for them, my question is can i feed this to then directly (e.g. 1ML per 10 litres daily maybe? Or is that too much), or do i have to cultivate a colony using the tetracelmis that i purchase and feed them from the colony, probably a silly question but my marine knowledge is poor! Many thanks!

@AvatarAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

You can feed directly. Cultures usually last a month in the refrigerator if you shake it every day, culturing more yourself just makes it so you can keep the tetraselmis growing fresh and not have to buy more. You can ask around your saltwater community if some hobbyists will sell you for cheaper than stores

@twinz0wn4

3 жыл бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics my phyto has arrived today! How much would you recommend i put in? I have a 10 litre set up. Hundreds of shrimp still alive and kicking

@twinz0wn4

3 жыл бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics too add, I've just spotted a shrimp thats around 4 times the size of the others! Very excited

@MattyP650

3 жыл бұрын

@@twinz0wn4 how’d it go? Like my comment so I can see if you reply :)

@twinz0wn4

3 жыл бұрын

@@MattyP650 1 survived! Was happy i managed to get that far but won't be bothering again, too much hassle

Hi Ryan I have two berried females in a separate tank, it is 15 and 17 days since i saw them with eggs. They have been in the tank for 3 days now and still nothing has happened. I have a air sponge filter and also a airhose in the tank, so there is alot of movement i the water. I have done two water change. Do you have Any suggestions? Thanks in advance Regards Dennis

@AvatarAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

As long as there is clean water, food, and a normal light/day cycle, your females will be happy and drop eggs. Sometimes it can take longer than what I said in the video. I wouldn’t worry about being a few days late(some sources even claim 1-2 weeks late, a testament to the variety of conditions these shrimps come from) and I would not move the females back into the community tank in case the changing water triggers them to release into the community tank.

@dennisnielsen4457

3 жыл бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics Thanks for the reply, i will wait and hope for the best

@kevinw1980

3 жыл бұрын

What I have noticed right before the mama drops her eggs, you will see the dark spots on the eggs.

Hi! This is the most info I’ve found anywhere! I currently have about 2000 Zoe’s in a 5 gallon of 35ppm saltwater that I’ve gotten from 3 different mama’s that I convinced to drop eggs in mason jar with fast bubbles. I now have 10-15 larger and orange colored Zoe’s in a separate 2.5 gallon that I’m watching closely, they’re the largest ones I separated at night (flashlights, etc.) I have third container on standby with reverse osmosis water, waiting for post-de-salivated amanos. WHEN DO I start drip acclimation? I will do them one at a time, but what exactly is the final sign? Not going towards light? Moving forwards? Going clear and swimming fast? Help! Please. How do I know to start the change?

@AvatarAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/qIiot5lymtrVY7g.html check out this footage of the post larvae that is ready for transfer and compare it to what you have now. in general, the answer to your question is all of the things you listed will be signs that it is time.

@darilove266

3 жыл бұрын

Avatar Aquatics thank you. I think I am waiting for one more molt, they swim half forward/half back, not attracted to light, but don’t seem to have proper legs or look quite like adults. I don’t have microscope but I have decent magnifying glasses. I’m worried about not feeding enough or feeding too much, but I’ve been trying to keep bottoms of tanks clean. Thank you for all these awesome videos!

@darilove266

3 жыл бұрын

Yay! Thank you so much! I now have eight fully transformed and moved into (almost fully) freshwater! I know eight might seem paltry, but I’m just so happy I pulled it off and NONE DIED! (I also most likely had “cleaned” unhatched eggs from bottom of tank.) I put them in 300 ml of their tank saltwater and put in about 30 ml reverse osmosis water every hour, when I wasn’t sleeping or away from the house. I did this over about 34 hours. What I wasn’t expecting was for them to turn into little rocket ships! There was no way I could catch them so I dumped them with that water into a 2.5 gallon tank with waiting freshwater. Still working on getting all the rest of the salt out. I just started the process with another 5 in various stages, one already in rocket ship form. This time, beginning with 100 ml instead of 300ml so I don’t have to worry about the extra salt. I am using the tetraselmis phyto you recommended. I have a ton of Zoe’s in a different tank that I’m feeding with it and the water seems so much more clear! Thank you for all your help, I could not find this info anywhere else. You are a gem.

Hi I've successfully bred Amano shrimps already with about 5% success rate but I never figured out why some float at the top. They would swim at the top only and can't go back down

@AvatarAquatics

3 ай бұрын

Congrats! It’s surface tension

@phengv12

3 ай бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics so how do I go about that since I'm not familiar with salt water and any down sides to the surface tension? Because wouldn't that kill off the babies that can't swim correctly im just trying to have a bigger survival rate to help out my community when pet stores are out of stock and keep some for myself for future breeders. Thank you for replying back so fast.

I isolated my female at 3 weeks incubation, it have been almost 10 days now. She started letting the babies go 4 days ago but most of the eggs still are under her belly and every day i'm harvesting 10~20 zoes. She got an airpump and i'm doing waterchange when the tds stats getting 10 points above the main tank, and still she doesnt lay... I'm getting a bit worried about her getting isolated for too long :/

@AvatarAquatics

3 ай бұрын

She’ll be okay as long as she has clean water and food. You can try a bigger isolation tank as long as you guard against her climbing out

@H2SO4pyro

3 ай бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics Thanks for answering so quickly! I'll make sure to watch the water quality closely. From your video and everything i gathered online they are supposed to lay the eggs pretty quickly, do you thinks it's normal that mine is taking so long after the first hatches?

So a few hours ago I noticed eyes in the eggs my Amano was carrying. I put her into a jar of tank water with an air stone and she almost immediately hatched the eggs. I've mixed some instant ocean saltwater in a large fish bowl to 34ppt and have transferred the Zoe into the saltwater. I'm moving the air stone across to the saltwater shortly after I've returned the adult to her tank. I have also ordered some phytoplankton but it won't arrive for another 5 days as I live on an island. Would I be able to feed crushed up flake food or bacter AE powder until the phytoplankton arrives?

@AvatarAquatics

3 ай бұрын

How big is your tank? Bacter AE should be okay but make sure you do water changes to keep the bottom clean.

@GuyFromSheffieldUK

3 ай бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics thank you for your fast reply. I would say it's about 20 litres.

@AvatarAquatics

3 ай бұрын

@@GuyFromSheffieldUK that should be okay

@GuyFromSheffieldUK

3 ай бұрын

@@AvatarAquatics I just checked and they are all dead. 😢 That's the shortest time I've ever had them survive. 😢 It's the first time using instant ocean though. I had mixed it to 34ppt but after putting the m in it has been diluted down to about 31ppt. I can't see that making any difference though? I'm so disappointed.

@AvatarAquatics

3 ай бұрын

@@GuyFromSheffieldUK dechlorinated water? No worries, took me a few tries too. Next time you will have the phyto ready.

Can a nano breeding setup be profitable?

@AvatarAquatics

2 ай бұрын

I don't think so, water needs to be pristine, you should try a bigger tank (20G) if you want to make some money.

That îs what i like about USA. You, can buy anything.

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