Breeding Journal, Species: Lysmata debelius

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CaptCrash
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Breeding Journal, Species: Lysmata debelius - Saturday, January 10, 2015 1:29 AM
Breeding Journal DataSheet
This first post should be updated regularly to include new information as events take place or changes are made to your system

General 
Species:  Lysmata debelius  
Social Structure:  Pair  
Size of Individuals:  2" (body/tail length)  
Age of Individuals:  Unknown  
Date added to Tank:  12 Nov 2014  

Broodstock Tank Details 
Size of Tank:  Display setup approx. 2000L total with seahorse Tank 920x350x450mm 145L 38US Gal  
Substrate Details:  White Marble Chips  
Filtration Details:  Skimmer, UV, Macro Algae, Live Rock  
Water Changes:  800L Fortnight  
Water Temperature:  26C  
Lighting:  LED  
Lighting Cycle:  9am to 8:45pm (complex setup with moon lighting, dusk/dawn across 8 colours, storms so light intensity changes etc)
Other Tank Inhabitants:  3 x Kuda seahorse, 10 x Peppermint shrimp, 4 x small Occy/Perc cross juvies  

Broodstock Feeding Details 
Food Types:  Frozen Mysis shrimp, Spectrum Thera A+, Spectrum Salt H20 flakes, Enriched Brine Shrimp, Marine Green, Home Made Mash (prawn, pipi clam, white bait, squid, garlic, norrie etc). Occasional live brine shrimp
Feeding Schedule:  Morning and night.  Pellets followed 10 minutes later with frozen food.  

Spawning Details 
Date of First Spawn:  1/02/2015   
Spawn Time of Day:  Unknown  
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: Not Yet       
Courtship Details:  not seen  
Egg Size: 0.25-0.5mm  
Egg Color:  cream (with red tinge)  
Egg Count:  many, 1000+  

Hatch Details 
Hatch Date:    
Hatch Time of Day:   
# Days after Spawn:   
Larvae Description: 

Larval Tank Details 
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Larval Feeding Details 
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Metamorphosis/Settlement 
Date of Settlement Start:   
Days after Hatch:   
Date of Settlement End:   
Description of Fry:   

Grow-Out Tank Details 

Temperature:   
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Lighting: 
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Size at Transfer: 
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Grow-Out Feeding Details 
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Additional Information 
(No Pictures or Videos in the Section Please) 
Miscellaneous Information:   
Molt occured about 7 days before eggs were seen.
Both shrimp stay in close proximity to each other but not particularly together.

Additional Spawns:  
S = Date of Spawn  
H = Date of Hatch 

You will be required to provide photographic evidence in this thread of each event submitted for the MBI Program.
If your thread does not contain these photos the MBI Committee will not be able to approve your reports.

<message edited by CaptCrash on Saturday, January 10, 2015 2:11 AM>
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CaptCrash
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Re:Breeding Journal, Species: Lysmata debelius - Saturday, January 10, 2015 1:42 AM
Images of both shrimp showing one carrying eggs (sorry pictures are not great, they are scaredy cats when ever the camera comes out).
    
 
   
 
 
 
   
 

 
<message edited by CaptCrash on Saturday, January 10, 2015 2:03 AM>
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