Peppermint Shrimp Spawn (Lysmata boggessi)

[DeneBanger]

Day 2 the larvae seem to be doing very well, this morning I noticed that they have developed stalked eyes so now we are at zoeae 2. At day two this batch seems alot larger than the first, best guess is that they are approx. 2 maybe 3 mm long. Here's another observation, when I shine a flashlight into the nursery at night I've noticed hundreds of little copepods in the range of 100-200 microns feeding off the microalgae, these weren't there for the previous batch or at least they went unnoticed. I can't tell if they are feeding on them or not but for now I'm going to assume that the presence of the copepods is a good thing.

Another note the shrimp that just spawned is holding eggs again, and its mate is still holding....I've lost track of how long the mate has been holding so I'll just keep an eye on the egg development for now.

[asylumdown]

You lost the larvae on day 5 last time, is there something special that happens to them at that time the's extra risky?

[DeneBanger]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

You lost the larvae on day 5 last time, is there something special that happens to them at that time the's extra risky?

Yes it is the molt from zoeae 2 to zoeae 3, so we'll see what happens this time around. For this batch I have not changed the diet for the larvae, but depending on what happens with them I might change the diet for the next batch to NHBBS. Once you have PS spawning they seem to be machines so it looks like I will have alot of opportunities to experiment.