Shrimp With Dark Underbelly

[treelo]

anyone know what this is?

one of my amano shrimp has had a black underbelly now as if its stomach is full for about 3 or 4 days, the other shrimp are all normal and clear and im getting a bit concerned

 

[iSnail]

Are you sure they are not eggs?? Amano eggs are very very tiny. The eggs change colour at various stages of the pregnancy. Here's one of my pregnant amanos.

 

[treelo]

thats exactly what it looks like

how many eggs do they normally lay?

i only have snails, amanos and ottos in the tank, will they be ok to just grow?

and WTF am i gonna do with a pile of baby amanos?

 

[iSnail]

Not sure how many eggs but it looks like a thousand to me They won't breed in fresh water unfortunately . The newborns will need brackish to marine conditions to grow and after a period, back to fresh water. Here are a couple of links on breeding if it helps.

http/mikes-machine.mine.nu/breeding_yamato.htm

http/caridina.japonica.online.fr/English/index.html

 

[treelo]

make that 2 pregnant shrimp

 

[treelo]

after reading them articles it kind of sucks that i cant try and raise the shrimp as i dont have the resources

i have a really small tank(maybe only 3l) and was wondering whether that could be filtered with an air pump box filter

 

[iSnail]

after reading them articles it kind of sucks that i cant try and raise the shrimp as i dont have the resources

Too much a challenge for me too

i have a really small tank(maybe only 3l) and was wondering whether that could be filtered with an air pump box filter

No idea if that will work but the zoes (larvae) are super super tiny so you can't have anything causing too much current in there.

 

[treelo]

i think im gonna try and scoop them out and leave them unfiltered in the tiny tank

i feel i should at least have some sort of effort at growing them

very small water changes a few times a week and a bit of salt, ill see how they go

got nothing to lose really

 

[iSnail]

You will need a pipette to suck the larvae out. Good luck