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General
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| Name: |
Mike Doty ( Mdoty ) Site: Lake Superior Marine Aquarium Club |
| Status: |
Approved |
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Species: |
Lysmata boggessi
( Class:
B
, Points Awarded:
15
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| Journal Thread: |
http://www.lsmac.org/smf/index.php?topic=932.0
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| Spawn Date: |
05/07/2014 |
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Time of Spawn: |
unknown
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Tank Parameters
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Temperature: |
80 ° F
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PH: |
not tested
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Salinity: |
1.025
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Size:
( Gallons) |
5 gallons
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Dimensions: |
16in X
8.5in X
10in
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Lighting:
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t8 florescent light, that sits on top of tank
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Lighting Shedule:
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The lights turn on at 9AM and turn off at 10PM, a small amount of ambient light from a sump light in an adjacent room that is on 24 hours a day.
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Filtration:
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This tank is part of a system with a ten gallon acting like a sump and two other 5 gallon tanks used for grow out of clown fish. The ten has a hang on back Marineland penguin bio 100 and a fair amount of macro algae, the 5 with the shrimp has a small sponge filter. I do a 3-5 gallon water change on this system every other week.
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Brood Stock Data
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Size of Female: |
1.5-2 inches
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Size of Male: |
1.5-2 inches
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Age of Female: |
unknown
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Age of Male: |
unknown
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Time Together:
(how long have you had the pair before this event)
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I added them to the tank as a group of 8 on 4/15/14.
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Feeding
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Food: |
I feed them thawed frozen foods. Brine, squid, mysis, hykari mega marine. I have added a bristle worm every once in a while also, the worms don't last long.
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Feeding Schedule:
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I feed them like I do my brood stock clowns, several times a day (3 maybe 4 times)
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Spawn Details
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Pre-Spawn Behavior: |
Pre-spawn behavior has not been observed.
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Spawning Behavior:
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Spawning behavior has not been observed.
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Post Spawn Behavior:
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Female carries the eggs under her tail, no noticeable difference in behavior just clearly visible eggs.
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Egg Details
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Size: |
I would guess about 1mm round.
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Color: |
yellowish, not bright more of a dull yellow
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Quantity: |
a few hundred at best guess
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Description:
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The eggs are small spherical in shape and yellow in color, solid color not transparent.
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Location:
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The eggs are held under the tail of the adults.
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Other Details:
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I have decided these are most likely Lysmata boggessi based on picture ID from this link found on MBI. http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/27306/27306.pdf
Also from the source http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/build_your_own_kit.cfm?id=1 where it is stated that most of the peppermint shrimp they collect for the build your own cleaner pack are Lysmata boggessi.
Because I have 8 in the same tank and several of them have eggs at the same time it is difficult to determine spawn dates. I used todays date 5/7/14 just as a starting point, not specifically that any spawned today. I plan on isolating a couple with eggs to determine hatch dates and to attempt rearing the larvae.
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