I think Robert Ricketts owes us a shrimp article.
He's got experience keeping and breedint several
types of freshwater shrimp and I for one want to
hear about it in detail.
Shrimp article
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Ghazanfar Ghori
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Ghost shrimp has been done, and anybody can breed the advanced spawn types, provided they get the correct type initially (and don't ask, I can't tell them apart either).
Bumblebees were not written up. I knew they were breeding, but I did not realize they were infesting the canisters until a power outage. Maybe a horror story? No pictures, but I could probably paint a pretty good word picture of dumping Minikaskade balls into a tray by flashlight and having them writhing like a bed of maggots? I can do that...
The Amano breeding is by Wilma Duncan's protocol, plus some variants. That will be written up, but is not done yet - I lost another batch with the last power outage (likely O2, I doubt the mid- to low 60s in the tanks did in Amanos, but it could do to the babies, no issues with the adults in any tank) . So it will come, but not yet. Reproduceability is required. I would really like to get rid of the low salt requirement but have not to date.
Red Cherry shrimp would be a joke - the trick would be to find a non-reproductive pathway, right? Everybody says they are aquatic cockroaches, but I have no experience there yet - their tank-to-be was set this week (20-long, gravel/laterite, emersed Crinums, pounds of Java Moss -part of the circulating range filtration). Either this weekend (doubtful) or next week one day I'll hit Randallstown.
But I do want to try the Wood shrimp again. Maybe cyclopeeze (sp?) will substitue for the Daphnia tank. Or I could reset daphnia/Moina, but that requires still more tanks. I'm clearing or have cleared six for inverts, and don't really have room for more. Inverts have a lot of interest for me right now. Wilma is breeding Nerites also, so that has to be replicated as soon as she publishes.
Frank may get some of the Giant macrobrachium prawns next spring and I'd love to do that again (I love to have guests scream - they are a bit spooky), but they are not exactly planted tank subjects. <img border="0" src="smileys/smiley5.gif" border="0"> <edited><editID>RTRJR</editID><editDate>37966.7074884259</editDate></edited>
Ghost shrimp has been done, and anybody can breed the advanced spawn types, provided they get the correct type initially (and don't ask, I can't tell them apart either).
Bumblebees were not written up. I knew they were breeding, but I did not realize they were infesting the canisters until a power outage. Maybe a horror story? No pictures, but I could probably paint a pretty good word picture of dumping Minikaskade balls into a tray by flashlight and having them writhing like a bed of maggots? I can do that...
The Amano breeding is by Wilma Duncan's protocol, plus some variants. That will be written up, but is not done yet - I lost another batch with the last power outage (likely O2, I doubt the mid- to low 60s in the tanks did in Amanos, but it could do to the babies, no issues with the adults in any tank) . So it will come, but not yet. Reproduceability is required. I would really like to get rid of the low salt requirement but have not to date.
Red Cherry shrimp would be a joke - the trick would be to find a non-reproductive pathway, right? Everybody says they are aquatic cockroaches, but I have no experience there yet - their tank-to-be was set this week (20-long, gravel/laterite, emersed Crinums, pounds of Java Moss -part of the circulating range filtration). Either this weekend (doubtful) or next week one day I'll hit Randallstown.
But I do want to try the Wood shrimp again. Maybe cyclopeeze (sp?) will substitue for the Daphnia tank. Or I could reset daphnia/Moina, but that requires still more tanks. I'm clearing or have cleared six for inverts, and don't really have room for more. Inverts have a lot of interest for me right now. Wilma is breeding Nerites also, so that has to be replicated as soon as she publishes.
Frank may get some of the Giant macrobrachium prawns next spring and I'd love to do that again (I love to have guests scream - they are a bit spooky), but they are not exactly planted tank subjects. <img border="0" src="smileys/smiley5.gif" border="0"> <edited><editID>RTRJR</editID><editDate>37966.7074884259</editDate></edited>
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OK.... I'm looking forward to this article. <img border="0" src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0">
I see babies on my ghost shrimp, but never see anything past that.
I don't have access to any other species of shrimp to try them.
I have read several times where people add iodine to their tanks to help with moulting. Do you use it?
Ben
I see babies on my ghost shrimp, but never see anything past that.
I don't have access to any other species of shrimp to try them.
I have read several times where people add iodine to their tanks to help with moulting. Do you use it?
Ben
Yes, I do add iodine, very small amounts post-water change in the shrimp-containing tanks, but not every change. I started after losing two straight Macrobrachium rosenbergii to molting problems. I have no prof that it does that much good, but I rarely lose a shrimp in molt anymore. I use Seachem's reef iodine,which is potassium iodide. The dosing I use is pretty erratic, but no more than 2-3 drops per 10 gallons.
My casual Ghost Shrimp breeding write-up is available at
http://www.tomgriffin.com/aquasource/ghostshrimp.shtml
HTH
My casual Ghost Shrimp breeding write-up is available at
http://www.tomgriffin.com/aquasource/ghostshrimp.shtml
HTH
