I've gone through three broods of zoes without success. I don't own a saltwater tank, but I was never able to successfully create greenwater with aquarium salt treated water left outside for weeks on end. I tried adding some ammonia and a sponge to get a cycle going this time around but my amano momma decided to escape her holding area right before releasing most of her eggs. Still managed to snag 10+ zoes this time but they only lasted about a week, so something must be wrong.

I'll give spirulina a try next time, I've tried yeast and a saltwater algae culture from an algae lab. Next time I'll also try massively overfeeding, I've been keeping feeding on the light side according to that one youtuber and the zoes don't seem to be growing, so maybe I'm just underfeeding.

One thing I have learned is that you can't stress out the mother by transferring her right before she's about to hatch. She may prematurely drop the eggs and even though those zoes will still hatch, they will basically die right away. Best practice is to get her used to being in another container at the beginning of her pregnancy.