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Unread 02/06/2011, 08:22 PM   #16
jayelblock
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Had another larvae release this evening. Almost missed it b/c I was watching the Super Bowl. Checked on the tank just in time to find the water full of baby shrimp. I caught quite a few--75 or so--but I need to refine my technique so that they don't get bashed around so much. Between scooping, siphoning and sucking them up with a turkey baster, I'm sure I maimed quite a few. Nevertheless, this looks like a much healthier spawn than the last time. They are hopping up and down like cockroaches.

On the negative side, I read that the survival rate is about 15%, so if I am successful, I should end up with 10 settled shrimp. I guess the evolutionary strategy is to produce several hundred babies every two weeks and hope a few make it...

Wish the spawn had happened while I was off work for a week (teacher), but that's the way it goes. Updates tomorrow.


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