How do ornamental shrimps reproduce?

Ornamental shrimp is a general term for a class of shrimp with ornamental value. It is often loved by aquarium lovers because of its beautiful appearance and becomes a pet species of aquatic culture. So, how do ornamental shrimps reproduce?

1. How do ornamental shrimps reproduce?

Ornamental shrimp are oviparous. There are many kinds of them, and most of them reproduce in similar ways. Here, cherry shrimp is an example. After the female shrimp matures, the male shrimp will mate with it. The male shrimp will inject sperm into the female shrimp's genitals, and the female shrimp's ovaries will gradually mature. When the female shrimp lays eggs, she squeezes out a small amount of sperm, realizes in vitro fertilization, and then begins to hold eggs. At first, the eggs are golden yellow. If they turn black or green, the eggs are mature and the shrimps are hatching soon.

2. What are the types of ornamental shrimp?

There are 38 species of ornamental shrimp, including cherry shrimp, black-shelled shrimp, crayfish, extreme fire shrimp, giant algae shrimp, Australian freshwater shrimp, sky blue devil shrimp, bee shrimp, tiger shrimp, golden giant hand shrimp, golden rice shrimp, wolf shrimp, beautiful white shrimp, tennis shrimp, red nose shrimp, green crystal shrimp, dragon shrimp, zebra shrimp, black devil shrimp, three bee shrimp, diamond shrimp, orange rice shrimp, blue moon lobster, white-headed bee shrimp, blue tiger shrimp, lean shrimp, Guangdong rice shrimp, manning crayfish, Hong Kong wild rice shrimp, New rice shrimp serrate, spiny rice shrimp, Zhejiang rice shrimp, star pearl shrimp, new rice shrimp heteropod, new rice shrimp hoof, red gold back rice shrimp, new rice shrimp ryukyu, blue diamond shrimp

1. Cherry Shrimp: The adult shrimp is about 2 cm in length. The male shrimp has a transparent color band with blue spots, and the female shrimp is completely red. Distributed in China Taiwan, raised in grass vats, will not harm other organisms, but also can remove food residues, algae attached to the aquatic plants to do meticulous cleaning work.

2. Black-shelled shrimp: adult shrimp body length is between 2-3 cm, body color is variable, there are two pairs of small pincers, the inner surfaces of the two fingers of the pincers are concave, slightly spoon-shaped, and the tips of the spoon fingers have brush-like hair. It lives in clear streams in mountainous areas and has a very mild temperament. Its brush hair is a sharp tool for scraping algae and can inhibit the flooding of algae in fish tanks.

3. Extreme Fire Shrimp: Adult body length 2.5-3.0 cm, shrimp shell body opaque red. It is distributed in Taiwan, China. It will not harm other organisms if it is kept in a grass tank. It can also remove food residues and do meticulous cleaning work on algae attached to water plants.

4, bee shrimp: adult body length 2.5-3cm, the body is mixed with four black and white stripes, like the pattern of bees. Distributed in southern provinces of China, including Taiwan, like oxygen-rich clean water quality, water temperature 16-28℃ growth is better.

5, zebra shrimp: body length up to 12-20 cm, back pattern black and white, like zebra. It is widely distributed, distributed along the coast of our country, grows in low water temperature sea areas, slightly larger than ordinary base shrimp, more tender and compact meat, and richer nutrition.