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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 amboinensis
( Class:
D
, Points Awarded:
135
) 
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| Journal Thread: |
http://www.lsmac.org/smf/index.php?topic=969.msg7855#msg7855
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| Spawn Date: |
08/09/2014 |
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Time of Spawn: |
night
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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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9am on and 10pm off
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Filtration:
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Part of a 25 gallon system that has a marineland penguin bioewheel 100, lots of macro algae, 4 gallon water change on the system every other week
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Brood Stock Data
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Size of Female: |
2 inches
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Size of Male: |
1- 1 ¼ 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 the male on 7/30/14, so almost two weeks
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Feeding
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Food: |
pellets and a varied mix of frozen food (brine, mysis, rods original blend, ocean plankton, reef plankton…)
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Feeding Schedule:
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at least three times a day
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Spawn Details
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Pre-Spawn Behavior: |
not observed
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Spawning Behavior:
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not observed, they molt and then spawn but other than that nothing has been observed
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Post Spawn Behavior:
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the female maintains the eggs under her tail
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Egg Details
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Size: |
small, round, probably 1mm
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Color: |
greenish
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Quantity: |
hundreds at best guess
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Description:
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small round eggs stored under the female shrimps tail
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Location:
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under the female shrimps tail
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Other Details:
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Im using todays spawn (8/9/14) for the spawn report. In my journal I have the first spawn on 7/13/14 but one of those shrimp died, today is the first spawn since adding the new shrimp.
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