From: haika@drizzle.com
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Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Tank Bred Shrimp
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:22:22 -0700 (PDT)
Hmmmmm....I've got 5-7 in each tank. Maybe I'll consolidate two tanks and
see what happens. They DO develop egg saddles.
Betty Goetz
> Betty, one of my friends said the secret to having shrimp breed is to
have
> at least 10 shrimp. I started with 12, and did nothing special other
than
> good waterchanges and a bit of salt in the water. Mine have been
breeding
> like mad and I have TONS of shrimp. I think I have at least 200 right
> now.
> Monica
>
>
>>From: haika@drizzle.com
>>Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member
>>chat<gsas-member@thekrib.com>
>>To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat"
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>>Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Tank Bred Shrimp
>>Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:35:21 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>And there's a yahoogroups list about fresh water shrimp that Frank
>>owns/moderates. I subscribe to that list. They've talked about lots of
>>different species! I'm still trying to get my red cherries to produce
>>babies! They grow, they develop egg saddles....but nothing beyond that
>>(sigh). I've tried marine salt, freshwater salt, they get Crab Cuisine
>>and/or flake food regularly plus the thread algae....still no little
>>shrimpies.
>>
>>Betty Goetz
>>
>> > I don't know, Susan, but there's a guy at www.Uniquaria.com who's
>>somehow
>> > associated with the New York Aquarium; his name is Frank Greco. He
>>KNOWS
>> > HIS SHRIMP. You might want to check there.
>> >
>> >
>> > Growing old is inevitable; growing up is optional.
>> >
>> > -- "Susan Welenofsky" <welenofsky@comcast.net> wrote:
>> > Does anyone know of other shrimp that will breed in aquariums as
>> easily
>>as
>> > the cherry shrimp? There is a Brazilian shrimp I was looking at,
>>Palaemon
>> > pantanal, and the Bumble Bee Shrimp, Caridina trifasciata, a nice
>> black
>> > and
>> > white shrimp. I can't find much on the web.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Susan
>> >
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