American Glass Shrimp breeding program (update #2)

On October 22 the larva morphed into their adult form.  That was a little under a week of larval stage.  Now that they have morphed they are now kept in a 2.5-gallon aquarium to establish a breeding population.

Observations:

•  The larva seemed to eat from the water column as well as from the surface and bottom of their container.
•   The head down floating larva were attracted to light.
•  After morphing to adult for the young shrimp actively swam in the water column for 2-3 days.
•  The aggressive feeding response that adults display has not yet developed.

 Here is a picture of the young shrimp.  4 days after metamorphosis.

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