@@sham3un I don't measure the salinity. Sea water salinity is about 35000ppm, what I do is, I use 1/3 of fresh water, the water where the zones were hatched, and 2/3 of sea water, which makes a salinity of around 23.333 if you want a number!!! I have tried many salinitys, and this one was the most successful for me.
@@sham3un yes since the beginning of the process until the end, but not an air stone because the fine bubbles kill the zoes, I use a straw which makes big bubbles and I make one bubble every half a second.
@@Pinhastubes this number seems to be good. someone else in BarrReport mentioned that 24ppt give the highest successful rate Thank you for your information. how much time takes you to add the seawater to the freshwater?
Great video. Some people might be confused with seawater salinity is 35000 ppm. We usually refer to it being 35 parts per thousand. I know it is the same. Not criticizing, just an observation :) Good info. It is difficult to find any info about breeding amanos
I am very happy that my video helped you!!! Keep the good work, and if you find out something important to increase the percentage of success let me know!!!
Thanks for this clear video. It inspired me to try breeding. I have one pregnant female. She is now in a separate tank. So fase one is waiting for the eggs.
Sorry jefrrey for the delay. For algae you must buy spirulina powder and mix with the water once a week, but just a little bit like the tip of your nail, to maintain the water quality. Filtration no need just one air stone to gasses exchange. I have got 2 buckets now with 50 amanos each, if you want I can post a video for you to see, there is no filtration there. Cheers.
@@Pinhastubes I did use chlorella, confirmed it work well. The way I did was add in 20 to 60 ml of the chlorella green water daily as part of replenish the water lost in evaporation.
Hello , a few questions. what is the temperature of the water or the room the water is in? I use RO water so what GH and KH for the adult amanos and the freshwater stage?
First of all.. i wud like to compliment you for replying to viewers, this is an old video and you still reply 2months back. I tried to reach out to some other video owners and they never did reply. Appreciate it n keep up the good work. This is my issue; I got my amano 3 times to hatch and move them to salt water abt 30ppt. The zoey start many but i will loose half of them each week and never got passed week 3. I use plankton for food, has a mini bubble filter and i kept the light on 24/7 for the algae. Water is nice, warm and green meaning there is food supply. Not sure if too much light or something else causing them not to survive. Yrs looks simple and natural. Any advise ? Do i change water for the zoes, do top up salt water as it does evaporate abit, do i clean the base ?
How would you go about adapting all this for bamboo shrimp? Me and my girlfriend had a welcome surprise when we were acclimating our new purchases the other day and we're currently in the process of trying to rescue the zoe, but we're kind of having to make it all up as we go along as we weren't prepared for it. One thing I'm really unsure about is how quickly we should acclimate them between brackish and back? Should it take all day or can it be done in a few hours?
Hi!!! I don't know much about bamboo shrimp, but I believe that to acclimate them from brackish water to freshwater it will be the same process, you can change 30% of the water for freshwater every 10 minutes until the water is completely freshwater, and then don't forget to acclimate again to the water of the tank that you want to put the bamboo shrimp!!! I hope this will help you.
Thanks for the nice support! Living in Paris, of I have no natural plankton, what artificial product do you sucessful recommend me! Thanks and have a great day! Patrick.
Hi Bruno! Thank you for this video. It has given me hope that I can breed my Amano who is heavily berried and in my community tank. All the other videos make it seem very complicated to get the salinity right but as I live right by the sea I thought I would give it a go with you very clear guidance. QUESTIONS .....do you heat the breeding tank, filter it and what do you mean by 'using a straw' to aerate? Thank you once again x
Hi, thanks for your message!! I don't use any heater because my water is always above 25C°. Don't use any filter, green alge and diatoms will work as a filter consuming the nitrates and phosphate. I use a straw connected to the clear pipe that is connected to your air pump instead of a air stone, because the air stone makes very little air bubbles which kills the zoes, and the straw makes bigger air bubbles which is fine for the zoes, just make three bubbles per second. Keep the good work and you will succeed.
@@Pinhastubes Thanks for getting back to me. Unfortunately I have just tested the ambient water temperature in my room and it only just 23C .....and that's in the daytime / summer here in England. If I bought a heater for the hatching tank I still have the problem of water temperature in the other glasses / bowls needed. Hey Ho, all that lovely sea down the road and a ready to drop berried Amano and I don't see a way I can do it. Not giving up just yet, I will put some more thought into it. Take care x
@@crystalstrata No, don't give up!!! Buy the heater for the hatching tank and keep the water at 26C°. For the other glasses you really don't need a heater, because those classes are to aclimate the baby amanos to fresh water and to the new tank. That you can do it in 30 minutes with the water from the tank where they are going to that is already heated!!! In theory the amano shrimp can go straight to fresh water, the problem is the PH, that is why you need thoes 30 minutes adding in the glasse where they/he are/is small quantities of the water every 5 minutes from the tank that they are going to. Please give it a try, you won't regret!!!
I didn't see a heater in with the zoe. What temperature do you keep the bucket? I have a shrimp that needs to be transferred soon. Another CZcamsr said 22C which is about 77F
Thank you for the video! I'm wondering how you would deal with high chlorine? Because I've heard bad things about adding chems to remove it from the water.
This is a good video and I really hate to have to point out a small criticism but I think you are way low on light. Not intense enough from what I can see. I may be mistaken that you didn't have a brighter light on because you were filming however, in my experience breeding amano shrimp for 5 years now my yields were always massively increased when the light was brighter and 8000K plus. Salinity for me has worked between 26ppt and 35ppt. Better at 26. Temperature has never been an issue as always at a stable 22c. Aeration is always a good idea. Filtration is pretty pointless.... the algae growing should consume any nitrite, nitrate or ammonia. This is where I believe the strong light accelerates the natural filtration process.
Hello ss ss, I am now trying to breed amano shrimp. I am on day 11. Zoes are light orange color, so I think day are eating well. Anyway, first days I didn't aerate water. Then at day 9 I add the air stone and I noticed massive zoes lost. I had hundreds of zoes now I think only tens. I would really appreciate your tutorial. Can be written. Because I can see, you have a lots of experiences. Can we share some ideas here or via email?
Congratulations!!! The best video explaining how to do the process successfully, how do you build the straw for filtration you mention in the other comments? I understand that is the only kind of filtration you use?And also, the 24 hours light start as soon as they hatch? Or some time before? Congratulations again!!!
Thank you very much for your message. It is just a normal straw, because air stone makes fine bubbles that build a kind of a foam on the surface that make the zoes float and die, so that straw makes bigger air bubbles just to give some movement to the water and gaseous exchange. As soon as you put the pregnant amano shrimp in the bucket you start 24/7 light. Thanks again for your message.
@@jmj5957 it depends how you want to do. You just need to respect salinity 23000ppm at the end. If you want you can add green water before you start do add salt water but respect 1/3 of fresh water which you must include the green water. Or you can first add salt water to the level to get 23000ppm and than wait for some water to evaporate and add green water to go back to level, like this you are feeding the zoes green water and eventually your water will go green. Keep going, you will succeed.
If you see this, any advice for getting enough food for the zoes? I had amano zoes hatch recently and tried to raise them in a small aquarium. I did a sponge filter, though, and had a desk light with a CFL bulb on 24/7 and I had zero algae growth in over two weeks until I bought some live rock to put in there, then I got SOME algae growth, but mostly on the bottom of the tank, some on the sides. I tried to feed with phytoplankton and ground up spirulina flakes but all of the zoes died. Also, what temperature do you keep them at? I was using a heater, but not sure if I should. I also hear so much mixed information about whether to do pure saltwater or almost pure (like 34ppt salinity) or do what you recommend, with the water being more brackish. Basically, I'm just hoping I can get some to survive next time, the same female has eggs once again and I'm still running the little tank with the light on 24/7. But definitely no green water like that. Is that because of the sponge filter? Anyway thanks.
Thanks for you nice message!!! If I was you I would take out the filter, it is really not necessary any kind of filtration for the all process, filtration just reduce the alge growth and makes water circulation that is to strong for the little zoes. If your water is above 20C° you don't need the heater also. Don't bother with food for them, we always worried about food, but you must remember if you have any green alge on the walls and bottom that means that you have algae spores in you water and that is exactly what they need for food. I also read different things about salinity, full salinity, half salinity, i respect all the theory's, but what workes best for me is around 23ppm. Apparently there is different kind of amanos shrimps that do better in different salinitys, I am talking about raising the zoes ofcourse, you just need to figure out what works better for you. Hi hope this message will help you, and if you have any question or any advice please let me know. Keep trying you will succeed. Cheers.
@@Pinhastubes Hey, I just wanted to thank you for the great advice! As soon as I removed the sponge filter I did start to grow a lot more algae. Now I have quite a lot going in the tank. However, I just wanted to ask for your opinion on my most recent attempt. Just about five days ago now I got another batch of zoes, and I put them into the tank, feeling much more comfortable because I have lots of algae. Salinity was around 30-32ppt because I thought I would try just a little lower than last time first (and will think about going even lower next time.) However, my zoes didn't last nearly as long as last time (about two weeks last time, even though I had no visible algae), and have all disappeared now. But, interestingly, I have noticed that I not only have quite a few copapods living in the tank, but also some strange tiny creatures that look somewhat like jellyfish and have two long tentacles. They swim around the tank, though, rather than sitting in place like I would expect hydra to. I started to remove them when I noticed, but my zoes all still died. So I am now wondering if these creatures are predators that may have eaten up my zoes. In any case, it's strange to me that they all died so quickly this time, when there was far more food, and the salinity wasn't bad enough that I would think it would kill them. It's such a challenge to figure this out.
@@v.4549 I am very happy for you. That is the way, you must try different salinitys and strategies to figure out which suits you best. I did exactly the same, I had more fails then successes, and I kept trying until I discovered the best strategy for me, even now there is some batches that fail completely. For me when they die very soon it is because the pregnant amano release the zoes to early by stress or diferent water parameters, you can only put the pregnant amano in the breeding tank when you see the black dots on the eggs, that means that the zoes are ready to hatch. About those creatures, are you sure it is not algae? It is a life creature? If yes i am not happy then, I never had nothing alive besides the zoes in my breeding tank, I would start from zero again. Keep the good work and you will succeed.
Very nice video :) can you please tell me at which temperature are you keeping the salt water ? my 2 amanos are pregnant and i will be trying to save the babies, my amano tank has a temperature of 26 C and do i need to add a air pump to the salt water tank ? I would really appreciate your reply
Thank you for your message. Like you can see I don't use any heater in my tanks or containers where the larveas are. My water temperature during the whole year is between 24 and 30. So I believe any temperature inside this interval is ok but, 26 is the ideal temperature according to my knowledge. Keep up the good work.
Thanks. Yes lights on for 24=7 and in the begging of the process you need to help with spirulina powder, this will help you to get green water quicker.
I have a few amano larvae that are around 4 days old. Some of them just float on the surface while most of them seem to be actively grazing at the algae on the bottom of the tank. Is it normal to have amano larvae that just float on the surface?
@@siulancheung8728 hi!!! Those ones that are floating are the good ones, that is exactly what you want them to do. The ones at the bottom unfortunately are dying. Keep the good working.
green water! is it sea water or fresh water? in what quantity you gave green water? and at what intervals at the time of the water change from raw water to fresh water you did how to half raw and complete with fresh water? because I saw that you had to change the container, was not the same as at the beginning? your water is tap water or osmosis water? you do not make aeration for the zoes? just raw water or fresh water? did you give spirulina?
Howzit!!! You must remember, you must maintain water salinity at the whole process. So once the bucket is full to the line with sea water, from that point you will never introduce sea water again, from that point just add fresh water and when the water from the bucket evaporate, if the water evaporate 3 millimetre you add 3 millimetre of fresh water to the line again. You must remember when water evaporate is just the H2O that evaporates not the salt, that is why you add just fresh water to maintain salinity. When you add water you can put spirulina to that water to help feeding the zoes but little very little. Green water will come with 24 hours of light. I never change buckets. What you see there is different buckets in different stages so I can make the video in less days, otherwise I would need 45 days at least to make the video. Never change the bucket you will kill the zoes they are very weak, the less you touch that bucket the better. Cheers.
Hi thank you for your video, it's really helpful. I have a question, did you also leave your T5 light on the container with the zoes for your batch of 101? for 24h/7? thanks in advance
Hi!! Nothing, that is why you have lights on 24/7, to produce green water and diatoms. This is the food for them. Anything else you put in the water will rot and kill the zoes!!! Remember you have no filter to filter the water, so that water is very sensitive.
Howzit? No, I don't do water changes, that is why you don't want to feed them, so you can maintain the water safe for them for the whole process that should take round about 45 days. Cheers.
Hi ! Congratulate for the things you do. I have a question, is i do not have sea water and i make with sea salt, with what i need to feed the larvae? It is possible to make green water from the water with sea salt? Sorry for the bad english
Hi Alina. I hope everything is good with you. Thanks for your question. Sea water or water with sea salt doesn't matter. As you know sea water is 35000ppm. And for me the ppms with more results is 24000. So 1/3 tank water and 2/3 "salt water", other sea water or fresh water mixed with sea salt, just increase salinity slowly. For green water, just use spirulina powder, it works wonderful. See the video carefully, everything is in this video. Keep trying you will succeed. Keep well.
@@Pinhastubes hi again, my first batch died, now we have another one , they are 4 days old, i kept my tank on 24 hour light for 4 weeks now, but the algae don't want to grow. I feed them with liquizell and spirulina, but my water again is a little white, not clear. I use a sponge filter, and i don't know why the water is not clear. Maybe from liquizell? I only feed them with 1 or 2 drops of liquizell when i turn the lantern light to call them all to the food. Can you please tell me what i do wrong? If i feed them too much with spirulina will the water quality go wrong?
If the water is cloudy, that is very good, it means there is nutrients in the water to feed the zoes. I don't use any filter, not sponges, nothing, just air bubbles, one big bubble every 1/2 second, not the small ones, the small bubbles bring the zoes to the surface and kill them.
Hello, I'm going to give it a go... 1st attempt.. I have watched this helpfull video and read all your reactions here.. can I also use spirulina wafles or flakes for getting green water?
Sorry for the very late response. I never tried. But i believe yes you do that, but try very, very little quantities. Sorry for the delay. Let me know if you tried, and the results. Cheers.
@@Pinhastubes Thanks for the reply.. I have little zoeas now in fresh water. Three questions.. 1. Just for my knowledge.. What is the scientific reason why the zoeas die in fresh or low brackish water? Do they need a kind of salt-shock to activate the next step transformation? Or what else? Just brainstorming.. 2. What is the best way to aclimate the zoeas to the salt seawater or can they go directly in the seawater? 3. When I put some of the zoeas in the brackish water they die in less than an hour.. 😞 Temperature is 27 degrees Celsius, is green water a must in this stage? Are there other key parameters that are highly recommended? I assumed they need no food yet.. I have bought atyopsis shrimp food (by Dennerle), at what moment this is suitable? Besides all, I am enjoying the attempt, but it is getting a bit frustrating when you see the zoeas die.. I have more females carrying eggs, so more attempts will follow 😄😄😎👍
@Seth de Boer according to my knowledge, I must say I am not a amano scientist 😉, in nature the zoes are hatched in fresh water up the rivers, and they are so small that they go with the stream to the sea, and then they stay there until metamorphosis to small amano shrimps. At this stage they will swim back to the river because soon they will not tolerate salt water anymore. That is how it works and you must cimulate this process. Now what I understand from your process is, you take the zoes from the fresh water and introduce them in to brackish water, don't do this. After they hatched you take the mother out from the bucket and start to increase slowly the salinity(less then 12 hours to the final salinity level) of the bucket where the zoes were hatched until desaire salinity level. You must remember you must aclimate the mother to the new water otherwise she will die also. They don't need any kind of shock. They don't need any kind of food for the whole process, besides green water. Be persistent, you will succeed. Cheers.
@@Pinhastubes I have in the fresh water tank where the eggs have hatched, also very little white creatures.. some are little worms not bigger then 1-2mm, some are just very little white dots swimming very fast, like 0.1mm.. definitly no Amano zoeas. What are they, do you know? Can they do harm, or you think they die when I increase the salinity? Thanks for sharing your experience..
Hi, awesome video!! This is my first time keeping amano shrimp. I have a 29 gallon tall tank with soil covered with sand. The tank has pothos in the hang on the back filter, aponogeton mainly, and now I have a mini lotus seed sprouting in a net that I have hanging so the seed isn’t too far from the surface. I’m going to get some floating plants soon. There are 9 amano shrimp and two nerite snails. I was planning on getting some neon tetras and then eventually some hatchet fish. Today I noticed all the shrimp swimming around and at first was worried until I seen that they were chasing the biggest one around and then mounted on top of it. After doing some more research I found out that was the mating process and am now not sure what to do. I don’t really have money to buy the correct equipment at the moment for the breeding process. If I were to cover the intake of my current filter with a fine mesh or something would the other shrimp in the tank just eat the larvae? If not then they would die anyways?
Hi, thanks for your message. The larvae are so small and weak, that they will get stuck on that mesh because of the suction power of you filter, they will die anyway. The shrimps doesn't eat the larvaes.
@@DustySteel yes you can!!!! Once you can see the eggs and they are light grey, take the "mama" out of the tank and put in a 15 or 20 litres bucket like I did on my video, and follow the video. If you need any help, let me know. Don't bother with the running around the thank, just look for light grey eggs in the shrimps(amano) belly. Cheers!!!
@@DustySteel that doesn't look like mating to me. What I see is, maybe your amanos are still juveniles, and they are simulating going up the river looking for fresh water. Do you notice that behave more intense after a water change? If yes, definitely they are "swimming up the river". How many centimeters are yours amanos? Less than 2cm they are still juveniles.
Hey question- once she releases the eggs/zoe's, can it sometimes take a day or two for them all to hatch if they're not when they're released? One of mine just released them Sunday before I was able to remove her to the hatch tank, and I saw them coming out of her, but I had to head out for a few hours before I could take them out. Now, I can't find hardly any, and I'm wondering what the heck happened. I had several juvenile amano's & ghost shrimp in there and lots of snails, is it possible they were all eaten?? I'm so bewildered as to what on earth happened.... it looks like there are a lot of eggs that went down into the substrate, but the last time I had zoe's it seemed like they were swimming immediately and I was able to remove them right away..
Hi Beth. Just switch off all lights in the room, make the room pitch black, point a torchlight into the aquarium close to the glass, all the zoe's alive will be attracted by the light, and you can use a hose or a big syringe to catch them. Don't forget that they are positively phototactic which means that they swim to the light, go to 3:43 on my video and you will see. Let me know if you manage to sea/catch any zoe please. Thank you very much for your message.
@@Pinhastubes Yeah, I've been doing that and i'm not finding any?! I'm just floored... the last time in March, they were so easy to catch, I think maybe the juvie ghost & amano's ate them? I just can't understand it.. I'd love to send you the video I took of her releasing them, it was really cool to catch that on video, but idk how i'd send it to ya
@@Bruble73 you can send it to my email, I will appreciate. bmpinheiro@gmail.com If you can't see any then they died already because they need salt water after maximum 5 to 8 days after hatched, or the "mama" released the zoe's to soon and they were not ready to be hatched, this is very common actually it happens more times than it should be.
Thanks a million for reply Bruno. I have one more question to you please : but you probably living in a warm country there because you do not have any type of heater in the whole process, what is the temperature of your water there?! And do you think it would have any influence about?! Thanks again in advance!😉
Reallyy nice and detailed information, can i ask a question? How long does the egg change colour from dark till light grey (ready to hatch condition)??? Thanks before 😁
Thank you and very good question!!! I really don't know, I would say between 20 and 30 days, but I really look for black dots inside the light grey belly, thoes black dots are the eyes, when you see them, they are ready do hatch in the next 2 to 3 days. Normally I have so many pregnant mamas that it is very difficult for me to follow just one. But I am pretty sure that between 20 and 30 days. Thank you for your question.
Hi bruno. Can you tell me how much the proportion or percentage That survive the metamorphosis state? For example in hundreds that hatch, it's about 100 or 50 that survive the metamorphosis state. I would really appreciate for your answer
Hi and thanks for your question. Metamorphosis is when they turn from larvaes into normal tiny shrimps. So until metamorphosis it is really very different numbers, most of the time zero get to that phase. Some times 1, some times 2, 3, 10, but my average is 15 to 20. My biggest batch was 101 that successes turned to little amanos. Once they metamorphosis then 100% will survive, it is very easy after metamorphosis. I hope I could help with my answer. Cheers.
It all depends on your lucky and how accurate you are doing things. My average must be around 30 success amanos, and my biggest batch was 105 success amanos!!!
How much is 17000 and 25000 ppm on ppt ? Please I have my tabk running but im confused cuz in other video says 35 to 36 ppt ? I have everything running.
Hi. Thanks for your message. ppm - parts per million. ppt - parts per thousand. 35000ppm=35000000000ppt. I don't know if this will help you, but I really hope it will. Thanks.
Howzit!!! The container size doesn't really matter. Just do 1/3 fresh water and 2/3 of sea water. The bigger the container the better because more stability to the water parameters. The ones that I use is 20 litres. I think the transparent would be better, because you can see through. Water temp between 22 and 28 should be fine. Thanks for your queries.
Hi! My one of my zoes metamorphosed already, I'm acclimating it to fresh water. Then as stated in your video, I need to change the water 50% every day right? My questions are how many days do I need to keep on changing the water? Do I still need the lights on for 24/7? Can I feed it with the adult amano food already? Thank you!
Ohhhhhh!!!!!! This is a very good news. Congratulations 👏 👏 👏. No, you can change 50% of water with fresh water every 20 to 30 minutes, 3 or 4 times. After this change again 50% of water with water from the tank where he goes, so he can get use to that water, every 20 to 30 minutes also 3, 4 times also. After this you put your shrimp into that tank. Done. This process should take you not more than 4 hours. Cheers.
Boa tarde Bruno neste momento tenho 3 fêmeas ovadas no aquário e já eclodiram alguns mas elas ainda estão cheias. Quanto tempo posso deixar as larvas em água doce? Obrigado
Hi, thanks for your message and sorry for the delay. Yes you do need to feed the "mama", she needs good diet, but just enough so she can finish everything.
Hi, that depends on you. If you want to maintain the mama from the beginning on a separate tank you can, if you want to follow the mama and maintain her in her normal tank and look for light grey belly and small black dots and then transfer her for the breeding tank, you also can do this way, it is up to you. Thanks.
I can't remember exactly, but around 15, 20. Once they metamorphose they are normal shrimps and you can do whatever you want with them, light, food, CO2, fertilisers, O2, they are normal shrimps.
Hi,I have few questions to ask: -I do is slowly drop water into the glass jar but how u know what is the sality of the glass jar. -Is it necessary to do water change because scare will kill the zoes. -what is the actual sality for the water 1.0_ _? -base on my understanding after read ur summary -is suck the zoes put in the glass jar and add water when the water evaporates -open light 24hour and remove zoes turn to shrimp is that correct if wrong please correct me.....thx
Ok, I will do my best to answer your question. Sea water salinity is 35000ppm, equivalent of 35 grams of salt for 1 litre of water. The salinity that works for me for the whole process is roughly 24000ppm. When you are acclimating the baby amano to fresh water, you don't need to know the salinity of the glass jar, you just need to change 50% of the water inside the jar for fresh water every 15 minutes until the water is fully fresh water, you need to do 5 to 6 times this process until the amano shrimp is considered acclimated. The water that evaporate you just need to add FRESH WATER NOT SALT WATER. Light 24 hours a day is to create algae and diatoms to feed the zoes. I hope I could answer your questions, if not let me know. Thanks.
@@Pinhastubes Thank for reply my message so fast... -where can i get diatoms to feed them? -At the beginning, you will move zoes to salt water directly after they born?
@@g4g5g656 it is a pleasure!!! Diatoms it will grow in a couple of days in your bucket/tank by themselves, because of your 24/7 light, don't bother with feeding the zoes, if you feed the zoes any artificial food the water will get rot because you can't do water change. You must put the pregnant mama shrimp in your hatch bucket/tank with water from the tank where the mama shrimp was, when the zoes hatched you must take out the mama shrimp from the bucket/tank and then start slowly to increase the salinity inside the hatch bucket/tank. Keep up with the good work, you will succeed!!!
@@Pinhastubes thank for the information.... -that mean u will use hydrometer to measure the hatch bucket/tank constantly to make sure it reach the salinity around 24kppm?
Thank you for your message. It depends on various factors. I have had success on 17000ppm, but I tried diferent salinitys and 23000ppm was for me the best success. Now I only do with 23000ppm. You can try this salinity, if it works good, otherwise try a little bit more or less, you must play around. Thanks.
@@willemh3319 I use sea water, I just go to the beach and collect some water, but any salt for marine aquariums will work, you just need to premix in a separate bucket until sea water ppm(35000) and then use on your breed tank/bucket.
@@Pinhastubes currently i have setup with ratio 1:1= seawater :fresh water, should i make the ratio 2:1,so that i could get the 23ppm salinity, does the instant increase of salinity will kill the zeo
Hi Rohit!!! Actually I don't measure salinity, I just use 1/3 of fresh water and 2/3 of sea water. Sea water has 35000ppm, so if I use 1/3 of fresh water and 2/3 of sea water, the salinity in my bucket where I raise my shrimps is ruffly 23.33ppm. There is a lot of tools for marine aquariums that measure salinity in ppm, you can buy one of these and monitor your salinity.
Hi s3p3rn. Unfortunately I have no experience using salt, because I use sea water. But, I believe that any marine salt at 34ppm will work, nothing is better than giving a try!!! Keep going.
Ole Buissink the Zoe’s survived for 2 weeks... I guess you may need seawater from the sea that contains phytoplankton or what nots that the Zoe’s feed on. I supplied bright light to the reef salt mix tank for over a month and it didn’t turn the slightest green
Boas bruno posso te adicionar no Facebook? Estou aqui com uma dúvida, fiz recentemente a primeira tentativa mas usei água salgada e, de 50 tenho uns 20 prontos para aclimatizar a água doce, já se perecem todos camarões, mas só comecei a aclimatizar os q nadam bem para a frente os outros ainda não, devo aclimatizar todos, ou esperar mais tempo para os q ainda não nadam? Na minha segunda experiência usei água a 1.016 de salinidade que é 75 salgada 25 doce, já têm 2 semanas e até agora sem baixas. Um abraço, Francisco Sousa
Oi. Tens que ir aclimatizando à medida que vão começando a andar pra frente, como amanos adultos. Imagina que hoje começa um a andar para a frente, tiras esse e aclimatizas, pode ser que o próximo a andar pra frente seja só daqui a 2 dias, então nessa altura tiras esse e aclimatizas, esperas pelo proximo, e assim sucessivamente. Ok?
@@Pinhastubes OK, tenho todos em copos desde ontem, 3 copos, um com os primeiros a andar para a frente já estão quase totalmente em água doce, o segundo copo com 4, tb já nadam para a frente e comecei agora a colocar água doce e o 3º copo com os restantes, q ainda nadam torto. Quando eles nadam para frente e separas quanto tempo demoras até total água doce? Os primeiros tenho adicionado aos poucos água doce, ao longo de dois dias, hoje é o segundo dia e deve estar a uns 10% água salgada. Poderei fazer em menos tempo ou assim está bom?
@@franciscosousa5071 teoricamente os já amamos, poderiam passar logo para 100% água doce!!! Só não podes por causa da diferença de PH. Eu faço a minha transição para água doce em 2 horas mais ou menos.
Boas amigo, tem estado a resultar, duas dúvidas, se meter uma mãe adulta com filhotes no aquário de 20 lt onde tenho os, pequenos q se safaram da primeira tentativa a crescer, ela pode comê-los? A segunda tentativa usei um aquário com água salobra de 11 litros, com um filtro de esponja daqueles de ligar à bomba de ar, infelizmente alguns saíram disparados com as bolhas e ficaram colados ao vidro fora de água 😒, morreram, possivelmente tenho que ter pouca oscilação na água? Já agora vi os teus vídeos, és da África do Sul? Abraço
@@franciscosousa5071 Fico muito satisfeito que de alguma maneira o meu video esteja a ajudar. Amano shrimps não são canibais nem comem nada que esteja vivo, a não ser que esteja debilitado, mutilado, doente, etc. Eles são scavengers, ou seja alimentam-se de matéria morta para além de algas, por este motivo são uma ótima opção para fazer parte da equipe de limpeza de um aquário. Não tens que te preocupar, adultos não comem os juvenis. Em relação ao filtro de esponja, eu não uso qualquer tipo de filtro durante todo o processo que dura mais ou menos 45 dias, as bolhas provocadas por esses filtros e por pedras de ar, faz com que eles sejam arremessados para a superfície e fiquem a flutuar em cima das bolhas de ar acabando por morrer, se reparares no meu vídeo eu uso uma palhinha para obrigar as bolhas a serem grandes para que isso não aconteça, e mais ou menos 2 bolhas por segundo, não mais. Quanto a última pergunta, eu vivo em Moçambique. À disposição. Fica bem.
hi, may I know after the baby shrimp are catch into a separate glass, and u change 50% of freshwater every day, so should I remove them to a totally freshwater aquarium in how many days? is that 5days enough?
Howzit? Thanks for your message. You don't need to wait that much. When you separate the baby amano into a new glass, you just need 4 to 5 times 50% water change every 20 minutes, this water must be from the new tank so he can be acclimated for the new tank, after that you can put him into the new 100% fresh water tank. Cheers.
@@Pinhastubes pity no translations! if the texts were put below we could put them on google translate! in the lower ones, as every person around the world can have your very valuable information, thank you in advance (translated with googole translation)
@@Pinhastubes what is in your tape, try to put it below, so that people can do the translations for their languages, because your information is very valuable to many shrimp enthusiast. ps: I assume everything is still on your computer! so it should be easy for you to share it here! for the whole world, and I think that with his, you will win additional subscriptions too, thank you in advance (translation googole translatio
@@Bastien41 sorry for the inconvenience. I must be honest, I never thought about that, I really appreciate your input, my main language is portuguese, I did the video in ingles, thinking that most of the people would understand, but you are 100% Wright. I don't know what I am going to do, but I will do something. Thank you very much for your message, I really appreciate!!! 🙏
@@Pinhastubes proof that two people not knowing how to speak the same language, thanks to googole translation can work miracles, in France many people try to be able to succeed what you had done with japonica shrimps, and many dream of having zoes that grow up in their aquarium like you too, and not only in France, I think it's all over the world
this is the best and most informative amano shrimp breeding video out there
Thank you very much. I am glad that you enjoyed.
Well done, first video I have found where there was a successful outcome.
Thank you!!!
I tried watching this in the middle of the night but kept falling asleep.
Those are beautiful shrimp...
Haha. Same here
I was on the edge of my seat.
My last batch I had 101 zoes that metamorphosed to amano shrimps successfully with this method!!!
congrats
what was the salinity level used ?
and how many days for raising the salinity?
i have one more question. do you use any air stone in any stage?
@@sham3un I don't measure the salinity. Sea water salinity is about 35000ppm, what I do is, I use 1/3 of fresh water, the water where the zones were hatched, and 2/3 of sea water, which makes a salinity of around 23.333 if you want a number!!! I have tried many salinitys, and this one was the most successful for me.
@@sham3un yes since the beginning of the process until the end, but not an air stone because the fine bubbles kill the zoes, I use a straw which makes big bubbles and I make one bubble every half a second.
@@Pinhastubes this number seems to be good. someone else in BarrReport mentioned that 24ppt give the highest successful rate
Thank you for your information.
how much time takes you to add the seawater to the freshwater?
Thanks man, one of the best guides for amono breeding! thank you :)
Thank you for your message, I hope it will help you.
Great video. Some people might be confused with seawater salinity is 35000 ppm. We usually refer to it being 35 parts per thousand. I know it is the same. Not criticizing, just an observation :) Good info. It is difficult to find any info about breeding amanos
Just amazing. this is exacrly what i want to find so long time.
I hate the music jeje but this is with no doubt best guide for breeding Amano shrimps!!! Thanks a lot it help me a lot !!! 🙏
Thanks for your comment, I appreciate.
Very educational. I have some Amano’s who keep getting pregnant and I’ve been meaning to do this
hi and thanks u so much for this video. its help me a lot and finally get my baby amano last month.
Love the backsound, really relaxing 👍
Thank you!!!
Thanks 4 taking your time for making this video know thanks to you I can breed my amano shrimp with success
I am very happy that my video helped you!!! Keep the good work, and if you find out something important to increase the percentage of success let me know!!!
@@Pinhastubes i also enjoy the music
Nice informative video bro.finally found a video that really helps.
Thank you man!!! I hope it will help you, and you can enjoy.
Thanks for this clear video. It inspired me to try breeding. I have one pregnant female. She is now in a separate tank. So fase one is waiting for the eggs.
Sorry jefrrey for the delay. For algae you must buy spirulina powder and mix with the water once a week, but just a little bit like the tip of your nail, to maintain the water quality. Filtration no need just one air stone to gasses exchange. I have got 2 buckets now with 50 amanos each, if you want I can post a video for you to see, there is no filtration there. Cheers.
How about chlorella instead of spirulina ? They can eat rotifer?
@@user-pn7hn5nz8s i have no experience with chlorella so I can't say!!! But give it a chance and see.
@@Pinhastubes
I did use chlorella, confirmed it work well. The way I did was add in 20 to 60 ml of the chlorella green water daily as part of replenish the water lost in evaporation.
@@kevingek7533 indeed. I do the same but with spirulina. Thank you for your input.
very nice video 👍
Hello , a few questions. what is the temperature of the water or the room the water is in? I use RO water so what GH and KH for the adult amanos and the freshwater stage?
if you keep breeding in captivity it is a matter of time before a colour mutación appears, that will be exciting
That looks great!!!
Excellent video, thanks. I am wondering, after egg hatched, I need add green water, and sea water at same time?
Keep lights on continuously. 24 hrs. Algae will grow. U can make use of live phytoplankton.
Amazing video. THX. But what about temperature in all process?
Howzit? Thanks. Anything between 20 and 30 Celsius will work.
First of all.. i wud like to compliment you for replying to viewers, this is an old video and you still reply 2months back. I tried to reach out to some other video owners and they never did reply. Appreciate it n keep up the good work.
This is my issue;
I got my amano 3 times to hatch and move them to salt water abt 30ppt. The zoey start many but i will loose half of them each week and never got passed week 3.
I use plankton for food, has a mini bubble filter and i kept the light on 24/7 for the algae. Water is nice, warm and green meaning there is food supply.
Not sure if too much light or something else causing them not to survive.
Yrs looks simple and natural.
Any advise ?
Do i change water for the zoes, do top up salt water as it does evaporate abit, do i clean the base ?
How would you go about adapting all this for bamboo shrimp? Me and my girlfriend had a welcome surprise when we were acclimating our new purchases the other day and we're currently in the process of trying to rescue the zoe, but we're kind of having to make it all up as we go along as we weren't prepared for it. One thing I'm really unsure about is how quickly we should acclimate them between brackish and back? Should it take all day or can it be done in a few hours?
Hi!!! I don't know much about bamboo shrimp, but I believe that to acclimate them from brackish water to freshwater it will be the same process, you can change 30% of the water for freshwater every 10 minutes until the water is completely freshwater, and then don't forget to acclimate again to the water of the tank that you want to put the bamboo shrimp!!! I hope this will help you.
Thanks for the nice support!
Living in Paris, of I have no natural plankton, what artificial product do you sucessful recommend me!
Thanks and have a great day!
Patrick.
Hi Bruno! Thank you for this video. It has given me hope that I can breed my Amano who is heavily berried and in my community tank. All the other videos make it seem very complicated to get the salinity right but as I live right by the sea I thought I would give it a go with you very clear guidance. QUESTIONS .....do you heat the breeding tank, filter it and what do you mean by 'using a straw' to aerate? Thank you once again x
Hi, thanks for your message!! I don't use any heater because my water is always above 25C°. Don't use any filter, green alge and diatoms will work as a filter consuming the nitrates and phosphate. I use a straw connected to the clear pipe that is connected to your air pump instead of a air stone, because the air stone makes very little air bubbles which kills the zoes, and the straw makes bigger air bubbles which is fine for the zoes, just make three bubbles per second.
Keep the good work and you will succeed.
@@Pinhastubes Thanks for getting back to me. Unfortunately I have just tested the ambient water temperature in my room and it only just 23C .....and that's in the daytime / summer here in England. If I bought a heater for the hatching tank I still have the problem of water temperature in the other glasses / bowls needed. Hey Ho, all that lovely sea down the road and a ready to drop berried Amano and I don't see a way I can do it. Not giving up just yet, I will put some more thought into it. Take care x
@@crystalstrata No, don't give up!!! Buy the heater for the hatching tank and keep the water at 26C°. For the other glasses you really don't need a heater, because those classes are to aclimate the baby amanos to fresh water and to the new tank. That you can do it in 30 minutes with the water from the tank where they are going to that is already heated!!! In theory the amano shrimp can go straight to fresh water, the problem is the PH, that is why you need thoes 30 minutes adding in the glasse where they/he are/is small quantities of the water every 5 minutes from the tank that they are going to. Please give it a try, you won't regret!!!
@@Pinhastubes Fantastic! Thank you. I'll let you know how it goes xxx
it is temperature important? i see that for zoes you didn't use an heater they survive also in cold water?
Hi. My water temperature is always between 23c and 28c. I believe this is very important. Successes, keep it up.
I didn't see a heater in with the zoe. What temperature do you keep the bucket? I have a shrimp that needs to be transferred soon. Another CZcamsr said 22C which is about 77F
Hi Chris! 22c it looks good to me. Where I live the water is always between 22c and 28c. That's why I don't use a heater.
Thank you for the video! I'm wondering how you would deal with high chlorine? Because I've heard bad things about adding chems to remove it from the water.
Howzit? You just need to treat your water before you use.
@@Pinhastubes thank you!
How do you get the algae in the salt water? Do you seed it with something? Also, what do you use for filtration in the container with the larvae?
Use 24 hrs light. Algae will grow.and avoid filtration.
This is a good video and I really hate to have to point out a small criticism but I think you are way low on light. Not intense enough from what I can see.
I may be mistaken that you didn't have a brighter light on because you were filming however, in my experience breeding amano shrimp for 5 years now my yields were always massively increased when the light was brighter and 8000K plus.
Salinity for me has worked between 26ppt and 35ppt. Better at 26. Temperature has never been an issue as always at a stable 22c. Aeration is always a good idea. Filtration is pretty pointless.... the algae growing should consume any nitrite, nitrate or ammonia. This is where I believe the strong light accelerates the natural filtration process.
Thank you for your input, I appreciate.
Hello ss ss, I am now trying to breed amano shrimp. I am on day 11. Zoes are light orange color, so I think day are eating well.
Anyway, first days I didn't aerate water. Then at day 9 I add the air stone and I noticed massive zoes lost. I had hundreds of zoes now I think only tens.
I would really appreciate your tutorial. Can be written. Because I can see, you have a lots of experiences.
Can we share some ideas here or via email?
@@adamhubalovsky4135 couldve been a slight change of ph caused by the rapid change of TDO
Merhaba. Amano karides üretiyor musun ?
Wow must be very rewarding something to try in the future id be happy to get one to survive
Try!!!! It is not that difficult.
Congratulations!!! The best video explaining how to do the process successfully, how do you build the straw for filtration you mention in the other comments? I understand that is the only kind of filtration you use?And also, the 24 hours light start as soon as they hatch? Or some time before? Congratulations again!!!
Thank you very much for your message. It is just a normal straw, because air stone makes fine bubbles that build a kind of a foam on the surface that make the zoes float and die, so that straw makes bigger air bubbles just to give some movement to the water and gaseous exchange. As soon as you put the pregnant amano shrimp in the bucket you start 24/7 light. Thanks again for your message.
Bruno Miguel Pinheiro Just wondering, you add the green water at the same time you add the salt water? 😬
@@jmj5957 it depends how you want to do. You just need to respect salinity 23000ppm at the end. If you want you can add green water before you start do add salt water but respect 1/3 of fresh water which you must include the green water. Or you can first add salt water to the level to get 23000ppm and than wait for some water to evaporate and add green water to go back to level, like this you are feeding the zoes green water and eventually your water will go green. Keep going, you will succeed.
Bruno Miguel Pinheiro I will do my best, I will let you know my final result 😱 🤣
@@jmj5957 I will be waiting. Cheers.
once the zoeas turn into prawns the change directly to fresh water?
Hi Rogelio Morales. No, you need to accommodate them to fresh water, one by one. Thank you.
If you see this, any advice for getting enough food for the zoes? I had amano zoes hatch recently and tried to raise them in a small aquarium. I did a sponge filter, though, and had a desk light with a CFL bulb on 24/7 and I had zero algae growth in over two weeks until I bought some live rock to put in there, then I got SOME algae growth, but mostly on the bottom of the tank, some on the sides. I tried to feed with phytoplankton and ground up spirulina flakes but all of the zoes died. Also, what temperature do you keep them at? I was using a heater, but not sure if I should. I also hear so much mixed information about whether to do pure saltwater or almost pure (like 34ppt salinity) or do what you recommend, with the water being more brackish. Basically, I'm just hoping I can get some to survive next time, the same female has eggs once again and I'm still running the little tank with the light on 24/7. But definitely no green water like that. Is that because of the sponge filter? Anyway thanks.
Thanks for you nice message!!!
If I was you I would take out the filter, it is really not necessary any kind of filtration for the all process, filtration just reduce the alge growth and makes water circulation that is to strong for the little zoes. If your water is above 20C° you don't need the heater also. Don't bother with food for them, we always worried about food, but you must remember if you have any green alge on the walls and bottom that means that you have algae spores in you water and that is exactly what they need for food. I also read different things about salinity, full salinity, half salinity, i respect all the theory's, but what workes best for me is around 23ppm. Apparently there is different kind of amanos shrimps that do better in different salinitys, I am talking about raising the zoes ofcourse, you just need to figure out what works better for you. Hi hope this message will help you, and if you have any question or any advice please let me know. Keep trying you will succeed. Cheers.
@@Pinhastubes Hey, I just wanted to thank you for the great advice! As soon as I removed the sponge filter I did start to grow a lot more algae. Now I have quite a lot going in the tank. However, I just wanted to ask for your opinion on my most recent attempt. Just about five days ago now I got another batch of zoes, and I put them into the tank, feeling much more comfortable because I have lots of algae. Salinity was around 30-32ppt because I thought I would try just a little lower than last time first (and will think about going even lower next time.) However, my zoes didn't last nearly as long as last time (about two weeks last time, even though I had no visible algae), and have all disappeared now. But, interestingly, I have noticed that I not only have quite a few copapods living in the tank, but also some strange tiny creatures that look somewhat like jellyfish and have two long tentacles. They swim around the tank, though, rather than sitting in place like I would expect hydra to. I started to remove them when I noticed, but my zoes all still died. So I am now wondering if these creatures are predators that may have eaten up my zoes. In any case, it's strange to me that they all died so quickly this time, when there was far more food, and the salinity wasn't bad enough that I would think it would kill them. It's such a challenge to figure this out.
@@v.4549 I am very happy for you. That is the way, you must try different salinitys and strategies to figure out which suits you best. I did exactly the same, I had more fails then successes, and I kept trying until I discovered the best strategy for me, even now there is some batches that fail completely. For me when they die very soon it is because the pregnant amano release the zoes to early by stress or diferent water parameters, you can only put the pregnant amano in the breeding tank when you see the black dots on the eggs, that means that the zoes are ready to hatch. About those creatures, are you sure it is not algae? It is a life creature? If yes i am not happy then, I never had nothing alive besides the zoes in my breeding tank, I would start from zero again. Keep the good work and you will succeed.
Very nice video :) can you please tell me at which temperature are you keeping the salt water ? my 2 amanos are pregnant and i will be trying to save the babies, my amano tank has a temperature of 26 C
and do i need to add a air pump to the salt water tank ?
I would really appreciate your reply
Thank you for your message. Like you can see I don't use any heater in my tanks or containers where the larveas are. My water temperature during the whole year is between 24 and 30. So I believe any temperature inside this interval is ok but, 26 is the ideal temperature according to my knowledge. Keep up the good work.
many thanks for the reply, i really appreciate that @@Pinhastubes
When the female first hatched does the water contain any salt?
No. First you need to take out the female and then you have 5 days to add sea water.
Amazing video :). Just want to ask, when you mean green water and diatoms, did you just have the lights on for 24/7 to get it?
Many Thanks :)
Thanks. Yes lights on for 24=7 and in the begging of the process you need to help with spirulina powder, this will help you to get green water quicker.
@@Pinhastubes Thanks for your response :)
I have a few amano larvae that are around 4 days old. Some of them just float on the surface while most of them seem to be actively grazing at the algae on the bottom of the tank. Is it normal to have amano larvae that just float on the surface?
@@siulancheung8728 hi!!! Those ones that are floating are the good ones, that is exactly what you want them to do. The ones at the bottom unfortunately are dying. Keep the good working.
Don't forget that the larveas are atracked by light that is why they are floating on the surface because is the closest to the light that they can be.
green water! is it sea water or fresh water? in what quantity you gave green water? and at what intervals at the time of the water change from raw water to fresh water you did how to half raw and complete with fresh water? because I saw that you had to change the container, was not the same as at the beginning? your water is tap water or osmosis water? you do not make aeration for the zoes? just raw water or fresh water? did you give spirulina?
Howzit!!! You must remember, you must maintain water salinity at the whole process. So once the bucket is full to the line with sea water, from that point you will never introduce sea water again, from that point just add fresh water and when the water from the bucket evaporate, if the water evaporate 3 millimetre you add 3 millimetre of fresh water to the line again. You must remember when water evaporate is just the H2O that evaporates not the salt, that is why you add just fresh water to maintain salinity. When you add water you can put spirulina to that water to help feeding the zoes but little very little. Green water will come with 24 hours of light. I never change buckets. What you see there is different buckets in different stages so I can make the video in less days, otherwise I would need 45 days at least to make the video. Never change the bucket you will kill the zoes they are very weak, the less you touch that bucket the better. Cheers.
Hi thank you for your video, it's really helpful. I have a question, did you also leave your T5 light on the container with the zoes for your batch of 101? for 24h/7? thanks in advance
Thanks for your message. Yes I always use the same method, which includes lights on 24h/7.
During 6 weeks of growing what should we give them as food?
Hi!!
Nothing, that is why you have lights on 24/7, to produce green water and diatoms. This is the food for them. Anything else you put in the water will rot and kill the zoes!!! Remember you have no filter to filter the water, so that water is very sensitive.
Hello. Do you make water changes in this proces?
Howzit? No, I don't do water changes, that is why you don't want to feed them, so you can maintain the water safe for them for the whole process that should take round about 45 days. Cheers.
Hi ! Congratulate for the things you do. I have a question, is i do not have sea water and i make with sea salt, with what i need to feed the larvae? It is possible to make green water from the water with sea salt? Sorry for the bad english
Hi Alina. I hope everything is good with you. Thanks for your question. Sea water or water with sea salt doesn't matter. As you know sea water is 35000ppm. And for me the ppms with more results is 24000. So 1/3 tank water and 2/3 "salt water", other sea water or fresh water mixed with sea salt, just increase salinity slowly.
For green water, just use spirulina powder, it works wonderful. See the video carefully, everything is in this video. Keep trying you will succeed. Keep well.
@@Pinhastubes hi again, my first batch died, now we have another one , they are 4 days old, i kept my tank on 24 hour light for 4 weeks now, but the algae don't want to grow. I feed them with liquizell and spirulina, but my water again is a little white, not clear. I use a sponge filter, and i don't know why the water is not clear. Maybe from liquizell? I only feed them with 1 or 2 drops of liquizell when i turn the lantern light to call them all to the food. Can you please tell me what i do wrong? If i feed them too much with spirulina will the water quality go wrong?
If the water is cloudy, that is very good, it means there is nutrients in the water to feed the zoes. I don't use any filter, not sponges, nothing, just air bubbles, one big bubble every 1/2 second, not the small ones, the small bubbles bring the zoes to the surface and kill them.
Hello, I'm going to give it a go... 1st attempt.. I have watched this helpfull video and read all your reactions here.. can I also use spirulina wafles or flakes for getting green water?
Sorry for the very late response. I never tried. But i believe yes you do that, but try very, very little quantities. Sorry for the delay. Let me know if you tried, and the results. Cheers.
@@Pinhastubes
Thanks for the reply..
I have little zoeas now in fresh water.
Three questions..
1. Just for my knowledge.. What is the scientific reason why the zoeas die in fresh or low brackish water? Do they need a kind of salt-shock to activate the next step transformation? Or what else? Just brainstorming..
2. What is the best way to aclimate the zoeas to the salt seawater or can they go directly in the seawater?
3. When I put some of the zoeas in the brackish water they die in less than an hour.. 😞
Temperature is 27 degrees Celsius, is green water a must in this stage? Are there other key parameters that are highly recommended? I assumed they need no food yet..
I have bought atyopsis shrimp food (by Dennerle), at what moment this is suitable?
Besides all, I am enjoying the attempt, but it is getting a bit frustrating when you see the zoeas die..
I have more females carrying eggs, so more attempts will follow 😄😄😎👍
@Seth de Boer according to my knowledge, I must say I am not a amano scientist 😉, in nature the zoes are hatched in fresh water up the rivers, and they are so small that they go with the stream to the sea, and then they stay there until metamorphosis to small amano shrimps. At this stage they will swim back to the river because soon they will not tolerate salt water anymore. That is how it works and you must cimulate this process.
Now what I understand from your process is, you take the zoes from the fresh water and introduce them in to brackish water, don't do this. After they hatched you take the mother out from the bucket and start to increase slowly the salinity(less then 12 hours to the final salinity level) of the bucket where the zoes were hatched until desaire salinity level. You must remember you must aclimate the mother to the new water otherwise she will die also.
They don't need any kind of shock.
They don't need any kind of food for the whole process, besides green water.
Be persistent, you will succeed. Cheers.
@@Pinhastubes
I have in the fresh water tank where the eggs have hatched, also very little white creatures.. some are little worms not bigger then 1-2mm, some are just very little white dots swimming very fast, like 0.1mm.. definitly no Amano zoeas. What are they, do you know? Can they do harm, or you think they die when I increase the salinity?
Thanks for sharing your experience..
how many shrimps did you get out of that whole batch of zoea
Hi!!! Thanks for your question. Average is 20, maximum success was 110. But there's some batches that not one survive. Enjoy.
Hi, awesome video!! This is my first time keeping amano shrimp. I have a 29 gallon tall tank with soil covered with sand. The tank has pothos in the hang on the back filter, aponogeton mainly, and now I have a mini lotus seed sprouting in a net that I have hanging so the seed isn’t too far from the surface. I’m going to get some floating plants soon. There are 9 amano shrimp and two nerite snails. I was planning on getting some neon tetras and then eventually some hatchet fish. Today I noticed all the shrimp swimming around and at first was worried until I seen that they were chasing the biggest one around and then mounted on top of it. After doing some more research I found out that was the mating process and am now not sure what to do. I don’t really have money to buy the correct equipment at the moment for the breeding process. If I were to cover the intake of my current filter with a fine mesh or something would the other shrimp in the tank just eat the larvae? If not then they would die anyways?
Hi, thanks for your message. The larvae are so small and weak, that they will get stuck on that mesh because of the suction power of you filter, they will die anyway. The shrimps doesn't eat the larvaes.
@@Pinhastubes so should I just do nothing then? How long do the shrimp normally swim around frantically during this process?
@@DustySteel yes you can!!!! Once you can see the eggs and they are light grey, take the "mama" out of the tank and put in a 15 or 20 litres bucket like I did on my video, and follow the video. If you need any help, let me know. Don't bother with the running around the thank, just look for light grey eggs in the shrimps(amano) belly. Cheers!!!
@@Pinhastubes how long is the mating process with all adult shrimps swimming around chasing the female? Hours? Days?
@@DustySteel that doesn't look like mating to me. What I see is, maybe your amanos are still juveniles, and they are simulating going up the river looking for fresh water. Do you notice that behave more intense after a water change? If yes, definitely they are "swimming up the river". How many centimeters are yours amanos? Less than 2cm they are still juveniles.
Hey question- once she releases the eggs/zoe's, can it sometimes take a day or two for them all to hatch if they're not when they're released? One of mine just released them Sunday before I was able to remove her to the hatch tank, and I saw them coming out of her, but I had to head out for a few hours before I could take them out. Now, I can't find hardly any, and I'm wondering what the heck happened. I had several juvenile amano's & ghost shrimp in there and lots of snails, is it possible they were all eaten?? I'm so bewildered as to what on earth happened.... it looks like there are a lot of eggs that went down into the substrate, but the last time I had zoe's it seemed like they were swimming immediately and I was able to remove them right away..
Hi Beth. Just switch off all lights in the room, make the room pitch black, point a torchlight into the aquarium close to the glass, all the zoe's alive will be attracted by the light, and you can use a hose or a big syringe to catch them. Don't forget that they are positively phototactic which means that they swim to the light, go to 3:43 on my video and you will see. Let me know if you manage to sea/catch any zoe please. Thank you very much for your message.
@@Pinhastubes Yeah, I've been doing that and i'm not finding any?! I'm just floored... the last time in March, they were so easy to catch, I think maybe the juvie ghost & amano's ate them? I just can't understand it.. I'd love to send you the video I took of her releasing them, it was really cool to catch that on video, but idk how i'd send it to ya
@@Bruble73 you can send it to my email, I will appreciate.
bmpinheiro@gmail.com
If you can't see any then they died already because they need salt water after maximum 5 to 8 days after hatched, or the "mama" released the zoe's to soon and they were not ready to be hatched, this is very common actually it happens more times than it should be.
@@Bruble73 most likely the ghost shrimp. people claim theyll even hunt down fish fry.
What type of light should we use?? It has to be on the whole day correct?? Is a small Led ok?!
Hi Doug Silva, I am using t5, but I believe that any light ON for 24H will work, because we want to promote algae growth.
Thanks a million for reply Bruno. I have one more question to you please : but you probably living in a warm country there because you do not have any type of heater in the whole process, what is the temperature of your water there?! And do you think it would have any influence about?! Thanks again in advance!😉
Reallyy nice and detailed information, can i ask a question? How long does the egg change colour from dark till light grey (ready to hatch condition)??? Thanks before 😁
Thank you and very good question!!!
I really don't know, I would say between 20 and 30 days, but I really look for black dots inside the light grey belly, thoes black dots are the eyes, when you see them, they are ready do hatch in the next 2 to 3 days. Normally I have so many pregnant mamas that it is very difficult for me to follow just one. But I am pretty sure that between 20 and 30 days. Thank you for your question.
@@Pinhastubes thanksss a lot, really really appreciate it,,, cause this is will be my 1st attempt 🙂🙂🙂
@@davidlioe4639 go for it... 😃
Hi bruno. Can you tell me how much the proportion or percentage That survive the metamorphosis state? For example in hundreds that hatch, it's about 100 or 50 that survive the metamorphosis state. I would really appreciate for your answer
Hi and thanks for your question. Metamorphosis is when they turn from larvaes into normal tiny shrimps. So until metamorphosis it is really very different numbers, most of the time zero get to that phase. Some times 1, some times 2, 3, 10, but my average is 15 to 20. My biggest batch was 101 that successes turned to little amanos. Once they metamorphosis then 100% will survive, it is very easy after metamorphosis. I hope I could help with my answer. Cheers.
@@Pinhastubes really" glad that you answer my question this fast. I really really appreciate it. Your answer really helps a lot
Hi sir. Thanks u very much. Just one question. The green water that u use, is from the sea or from where?
Hi. The water turns green because light is on 24/7. And if you can add a little bit of spirulina, it will help. Cheers.
@@Pinhastubes ok. Thanks u. I tried to do it and the lavaes died at the second day. Will try it again!
@@cristogutierrez9994 it is not easy to know when the mommy is ready, if it is to early the larvaes die!!! Keep trying you will get it wright.
how many amanos you can grow for one hatch?
It all depends on your lucky and how accurate you are doing things. My average must be around 30 success amanos, and my biggest batch was 105 success amanos!!!
How much is 17000 and 25000 ppm on ppt ? Please I have my tabk running but im confused cuz in other video says 35 to 36 ppt ? I have everything running.
Hi. Thanks for your message.
ppm - parts per million.
ppt - parts per thousand.
35000ppm=35000000000ppt. I don't know if this will help you, but I really hope it will. Thanks.
hello, how much is the container of shrimp? What about transparent plastic containers? and at what temperature was the water
Howzit!!! The container size doesn't really matter. Just do 1/3 fresh water and 2/3 of sea water. The bigger the container the better because more stability to the water parameters. The ones that I use is 20 litres. I think the transparent would be better, because you can see through. Water temp between 22 and 28 should be fine. Thanks for your queries.
@@Pinhastubes Thank you for your answers
Hi! My one of my zoes metamorphosed already, I'm acclimating it to fresh water. Then as stated in your video, I need to change the water 50% every day right? My questions are how many days do I need to keep on changing the water? Do I still need the lights on for 24/7? Can I feed it with the adult amano food already? Thank you!
Ohhhhhh!!!!!! This is a very good news. Congratulations 👏 👏 👏.
No, you can change 50% of water with fresh water every 20 to 30 minutes, 3 or 4 times. After this change again 50% of water with water from the tank where he goes, so he can get use to that water, every 20 to 30 minutes also 3, 4 times also. After this you put your shrimp into that tank. Done. This process should take you not more than 4 hours. Cheers.
@@Pinhastubes Thank you so much!! Can I feed it with the adult shrimp food?
@@tanbella8958 yes you can.
@@Pinhastubes Thank you so much for you help! ❤
@@tanbella8958 it is a really pleasure. Just enjoy now...
Boa tarde Bruno neste momento tenho 3 fêmeas ovadas no aquário e já eclodiram alguns mas elas ainda estão cheias. Quanto tempo posso deixar as larvas em água doce? Obrigado
Oi boa tarde, no máximo 8 dias mas para ser seguro eu não deixo mais de 5 dias. Obrigado pela mensagem.
Obrigado.
As dimensões no balde 12,5 e depois 27 correspondem a cm???
@@gazfel Correcto!!!
35000ppm is 35grams in 1Litre of wather?
Yes 100%!!! Thanks for your message.
Do you need to feed the female shrimp while she's in a different container?
Hi, thanks for your message and sorry for the delay. Yes you do need to feed the "mama", she needs good diet, but just enough so she can finish everything.
@@Pinhastubes Thank you so much! ❤
@@tanbella8958 my pleasure.
Hi! I just want to ask if how many days was the female Amano in a separate container before she gave birth?
Hi, that depends on you. If you want to maintain the mama from the beginning on a separate tank you can, if you want to follow the mama and maintain her in her normal tank and look for light grey belly and small black dots and then transfer her for the breeding tank, you also can do this way, it is up to you. Thanks.
@@Pinhastubes thank you so much! So, the eggs already hatched. Do I need to keep the light open 24/7 until metamorphosis?
@@tanbella8958 yes, that is a must, so you can have green water.
@@Pinhastubes Thank you so much! Some of them are still alive. Thank you!
@@tanbella8958 keep going, you will succeed. 👌
How many did you get on the batch? Once you returned them to the 5 gallon bucket to grow did you have the light on all the time
I can't remember exactly, but around 15, 20. Once they metamorphose they are normal shrimps and you can do whatever you want with them, light, food, CO2, fertilisers, O2, they are normal shrimps.
Hi,I have few questions to ask:
-I do is slowly drop water into the glass jar but how u know what is the sality of the glass jar.
-Is it necessary to do water change because scare will kill the zoes.
-what is the actual sality for the water 1.0_ _?
-base on my understanding after read ur summary
-is suck the zoes put in the glass jar and add water when the water evaporates
-open light 24hour and remove zoes turn to shrimp
is that correct if wrong please correct me.....thx
Ok, I will do my best to answer your question.
Sea water salinity is 35000ppm, equivalent of 35 grams of salt for 1 litre of water.
The salinity that works for me for the whole process is roughly 24000ppm.
When you are acclimating the baby amano to fresh water, you don't need to know the salinity of the glass jar, you just need to change 50% of the water inside the jar for fresh water every 15 minutes until the water is fully fresh water, you need to do 5 to 6 times this process until the amano shrimp is considered acclimated.
The water that evaporate you just need to add FRESH WATER NOT SALT WATER.
Light 24 hours a day is to create algae and diatoms to feed the zoes.
I hope I could answer your questions, if not let me know. Thanks.
@@Pinhastubes Thank for reply my message so fast...
-where can i get diatoms to feed them?
-At the beginning, you will move zoes to salt water directly after they born?
@@g4g5g656 it is a pleasure!!!
Diatoms it will grow in a couple of days in your bucket/tank by themselves, because of your 24/7 light, don't bother with feeding the zoes, if you feed the zoes any artificial food the water will get rot because you can't do water change.
You must put the pregnant mama shrimp in your hatch bucket/tank with water from the tank where the mama shrimp was, when the zoes hatched you must take out the mama shrimp from the bucket/tank and then start slowly to increase the salinity inside the hatch bucket/tank. Keep up with the good work, you will succeed!!!
@@Pinhastubes thank for the information....
-that mean u will use hydrometer to measure the hatch bucket/tank constantly to make sure it reach the salinity around 24kppm?
my hydrometer don have ppm only got ppt & specific gravity(SG) so 24000 ppm is how many ppt & SG?
where to get green water to feed them?
Hi. 24/7 lights ON and the water will turn green. Try your will succeed. Cheers.
@@Pinhastubes thanks!
how high is the salinity and which salt my daughter has agroup of them 🙏🙏🙏help
Thank you for your message. It depends on various factors. I have had success on 17000ppm, but I tried diferent salinitys and 23000ppm was for me the best success. Now I only do with 23000ppm. You can try this salinity, if it works good, otherwise try a little bit more or less, you must play around. Thanks.
@@Pinhastubes thank you and which salt 😨👍
@@willemh3319 I use sea water, I just go to the beach and collect some water, but any salt for marine aquariums will work, you just need to premix in a separate bucket until sea water ppm(35000) and then use on your breed tank/bucket.
@@Pinhastubes obrigado
@@Pinhastubes currently i have setup with ratio 1:1= seawater :fresh water, should i make the ratio 2:1,so that i could get the 23ppm salinity,
does the instant increase of salinity will kill the zeo
How to measure salinity in ppm
Hi Rohit!!! Actually I don't measure salinity, I just use 1/3 of fresh water and 2/3 of sea water. Sea water has 35000ppm, so if I use 1/3 of fresh water and 2/3 of sea water, the salinity in my bucket where I raise my shrimps is ruffly 23.33ppm. There is a lot of tools for marine aquariums that measure salinity in ppm, you can buy one of these and monitor your salinity.
@@Pinhastubes thanks
What salt should I use? I have seachem salinity
Hi s3p3rn. Unfortunately I have no experience using salt, because I use sea water. But, I believe that any marine salt at 34ppm will work, nothing is better than giving a try!!! Keep going.
Bruno Miguel Pinheiro thank you.
Ole Buissink the Zoe’s survived for 2 weeks... I guess you may need seawater from the sea that contains phytoplankton or what nots that the Zoe’s feed on. I supplied bright light to the reef salt mix tank for over a month and it didn’t turn the slightest green
Ole Buissink temp was around 24.5-25C. Sponge filter was used. Around 35 watt led lighting
Ole Buissink it’s chihiros a series led. Works very well on a planter tank though
Boas bruno posso te adicionar no Facebook? Estou aqui com uma dúvida, fiz recentemente a primeira tentativa mas usei água salgada e, de 50 tenho uns 20 prontos para aclimatizar a água doce, já se perecem todos camarões, mas só comecei a aclimatizar os q nadam bem para a frente os outros ainda não, devo aclimatizar todos, ou esperar mais tempo para os q ainda não nadam? Na minha segunda experiência usei água a 1.016 de salinidade que é 75 salgada 25 doce, já têm 2 semanas e até agora sem baixas. Um abraço, Francisco Sousa
Oi. Tens que ir aclimatizando à medida que vão começando a andar pra frente, como amanos adultos. Imagina que hoje começa um a andar para a frente, tiras esse e aclimatizas, pode ser que o próximo a andar pra frente seja só daqui a 2 dias, então nessa altura tiras esse e aclimatizas, esperas pelo proximo, e assim sucessivamente. Ok?
@@Pinhastubes OK, tenho todos em copos desde ontem, 3 copos, um com os primeiros a andar para a frente já estão quase totalmente em água doce, o segundo copo com 4, tb já nadam para a frente e comecei agora a colocar água doce e o 3º copo com os restantes, q ainda nadam torto. Quando eles nadam para frente e separas quanto tempo demoras até total água doce? Os primeiros tenho adicionado aos poucos água doce, ao longo de dois dias, hoje é o segundo dia e deve estar a uns 10% água salgada. Poderei fazer em menos tempo ou assim está bom?
@@franciscosousa5071 teoricamente os já amamos, poderiam passar logo para 100% água doce!!! Só não podes por causa da diferença de PH. Eu faço a minha transição para água doce em 2 horas mais ou menos.
Boas amigo, tem estado a resultar, duas dúvidas, se meter uma mãe adulta com filhotes no aquário de 20 lt onde tenho os, pequenos q se safaram da primeira tentativa a crescer, ela pode comê-los? A segunda tentativa usei um aquário com água salobra de 11 litros, com um filtro de esponja daqueles de ligar à bomba de ar, infelizmente alguns saíram disparados com as bolhas e ficaram colados ao vidro fora de água 😒, morreram, possivelmente tenho que ter pouca oscilação na água? Já agora vi os teus vídeos, és da África do Sul? Abraço
@@franciscosousa5071 Fico muito satisfeito que de alguma maneira o meu video esteja a ajudar.
Amano shrimps não são canibais nem comem nada que esteja vivo, a não ser que esteja debilitado, mutilado, doente, etc. Eles são scavengers, ou seja alimentam-se de matéria morta para além de algas, por este motivo são uma ótima opção para fazer parte da equipe de limpeza de um aquário. Não tens que te preocupar, adultos não comem os juvenis.
Em relação ao filtro de esponja, eu não uso qualquer tipo de filtro durante todo o processo que dura mais ou menos 45 dias, as bolhas provocadas por esses filtros e por pedras de ar, faz com que eles sejam arremessados para a superfície e fiquem a flutuar em cima das bolhas de ar acabando por morrer, se reparares no meu vídeo eu uso uma palhinha para obrigar as bolhas a serem grandes para que isso não aconteça, e mais ou menos 2 bolhas por segundo, não mais.
Quanto a última pergunta, eu vivo em Moçambique.
À disposição. Fica bem.
hi, may I know after the baby shrimp are catch into a separate glass, and u change 50% of freshwater every day, so should I remove them to a totally freshwater aquarium in how many days? is that 5days enough?
Howzit? Thanks for your message. You don't need to wait that much. When you separate the baby amano into a new glass, you just need 4 to 5 times 50% water change every 20 minutes, this water must be from the new tank so he can be acclimated for the new tank, after that you can put him into the new 100% fresh water tank. Cheers.
@@Pinhastubes thanks for your sharing
dommage pas de traductions ! si les textes était mis en dessous ont pourrait les mettre sur google traduction !dans les plus
😞 sorry I really don't understand French.
If you can write in ingles I would appreciate. Thanks.
@@Pinhastubes pity no translations! if the texts were put below we could put them on google translate! in the lower ones, as every person around the world can have your very valuable information, thank you in advance (translated with googole translation)
@@Pinhastubes what is in your tape, try to put it below, so that people can do the translations for their languages, because your information is very valuable to many shrimp enthusiast.
ps: I assume everything is still on your computer! so it should be easy for you to share it here! for the whole world, and I think that with his, you will win additional subscriptions too, thank you in advance (translation googole translatio
@@Bastien41 sorry for the inconvenience.
I must be honest, I never thought about that, I really appreciate your input, my main language is portuguese, I did the video in ingles, thinking that most of the people would understand, but you are 100% Wright.
I don't know what I am going to do, but I will do something.
Thank you very much for your message, I really appreciate!!! 🙏
@@Pinhastubes proof that two people not knowing how to speak the same language, thanks to googole translation can work miracles, in France many people try to be able to succeed what you had done with japonica shrimps, and many dream of having zoes that grow up in their aquarium like you too, and not only in France, I think it's all over the world
Boas preciso de ajuda !!!!
Se estiver ao meu alcance...
@@Pinhastubes podemos falar pelo face ou mail ??
@@persianMatix sim pode ser no Facebook!!!
@@Pinhastubes pode me adicionar ? o meu mail = clima.maxi@gmail.com sff
@@persianMatix não estou a conseguir!!!
Your scrolling text made me sea sick.
Sorry for that. Thank you for the input, I appreciate.