I want shrimp!!!!!

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glenna
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I want shrimp!!!!!

Post by glenna » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:04 pm

Well, I have been looking on line and would like to get some cherry red or crystal red shrimp but am nervous about ordering on line, since i have never gotten live fish or inverts in this manner. Both pet Solutions and Foster and Smith sell them, but are out of stock, and have been for a while. I have 12 gallon nanocube in the kitchen which is well established and currently has five amano shrimp and a few guppies. All have been in there for months and months are are a happy and thriving little community. There are also a few otto in there, but I would LOVE to have some shrimp with the potential of breeding in the tank.
Has anyone ordered these on line?
Should I quarantine these new shrimp if I get some?
The order would have to be in the US, as I live in North Carolina.

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glenna
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Re: I want shrimp!!!!!

Post by KittyKat » Tue Nov 29, 2011 4:06 am

If the seller is reliable, knows how to post animals and takes all the necessary precautions, then I consider for there to be little risk involved in buying online.

It is always best to quarantine everything, before adding it to your tanks, for 4-6 weeks.

I assume it's starting to get cold in US? I personally prefer to not order live animals or plants once the temperatures start dropping below freezing overnight as the risk increases then, so something for you to keep in mind.
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Re: I want shrimp!!!!!

Post by glenna » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:03 pm

yeah, it is starting to get cold here, even in the South. I think we might even get a frost here tonight (I HATE cold weather!!!)
...so, I will keep shopping on line and see what comes up, with the plan to get some new shrimp in the Spring. I guess I could go ahead and mature up a holding tank in the New Year so that it would be nice and stable for new arrivals when (and IF) they ever become available.
I have given up on local LFS type dealers as I live in "Petsmart-ville".
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Re: I want shrimp!!!!!

Post by NancyD » Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:33 pm

Do you have a fish club nearby? I've gotten/sold/given shrimp that way. I also gotten them in the mail, they ship very well. Here's a link to msjinx site & current list, hobbiest & now importer http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/sh ... 1-Viewing). I've heard very good things of her. She'll do priority mail for the next week & that should be fine as she's in E. PA. so not far from you.
RCS (red cherries) are very easy, I started them as a possible live food but found them very interesting. Bee shrimp weren't as successful for me but I got them just before a vac. so I don't know what happened.
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Re: I want shrimp!!!!!

Post by glenna » Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:25 pm

haha....success!

Got some RCS at Pet Solutions. I ordered ten online and they were delivered, and came alive and well. I moved all the fish to a bigger tank and let the the new shrimp have the nanocube. All are in there ( I can't really count them as it is pretty well planted, but the ones I see seem to be healthy and happy).

I really hope that ten is enough to get some reproduction, but I will still be happy if these little guys live and thrive (even if they do not mate(.
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Re: I want shrimp!!!!!

Post by NancyD » Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:36 pm

That's great1 They should breed as long as you have some males(almost colorless) & females(get more red as they age) & don't overfeed. You can see the ovaries on the females back, called a saddle, yellow or sometimes green. Then when they lay them the females hold the fertilized eggs in their swimmerettes & move them aroung until they hatch in ~2 weeks. The shrimplets a tiny, be careful when vacuuming & check the bucket, they look like 2 specks of detritus that swim, lol, a real eye strain test.
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Re: I want shrimp!!!!!

Post by starsplitter7 » Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:00 pm

Did you get crystals or cherries? Cherries are definitely easier and easy to breed. I have a 20 gallon with a couple hundred cherry shrimp and some tigers mixed in. I never met a shrimp I didn't like. :)

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Re: I want shrimp!!!!!

Post by ClownLoachSharky » Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:43 am

just set up a 5 gallon planted for cherrys. will be postin pucs when their in. :D
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Re: I want shrimp!!!!!

Post by starsplitter7 » Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:13 pm

I just broke down a tank. I thought that all my blue bee shrimps had died, and while I was pouring out the water, there was a big well-colored blue bee swimming around. Unfortunately, just one. So now I have one blue bee, hundreds of red cherries and tigers, amanos and bamboo shrimp. I think my bamboos are thinking about hatching eggs.

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Re: I want shrimp!!!!!

Post by ClownLoachSharky » Sat Dec 24, 2011 2:49 am

Thats cool. I can only get cherrys, Glass and native ones which are usually big and eat fish.
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Re: I want shrimp!!!!!

Post by glenna » Sun Dec 25, 2011 9:30 pm

well, an update...only about three of my shrimp have lived :(
I never found any dead shrimp, they were just gone.
the amano shrip in there are thriving!!!
I wonder. I have assassin snails in that tank. Could they have EATEN the cherry shrimp that were smaller?

I can get bamboo shrimp, ghost shrimp. The store I bought the amano shrimp is since closed, so no longer available. The five I have are very happy.
I guess I am just disappointed that most of the cherry ones disappeared. In hind site, I should have ordered more than ten.

OH well. I will just keep trying
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Re: I want shrimp!!!!!

Post by NancyD » Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:23 pm

Are you sure they're really gone? They are really good hiders...My first 10 RCS were in a 10g with some small killies until I realized the fish would try to eat shrimp more than half their size :shock: I could only see a couple but when I took out the fish & plants etc there were 6 I think, enough to get a good colony going.
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Re: I want shrimp!!!!!

Post by glenna » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:46 pm

okay, well I guess I will not give up hope!.

There ARE a lot of hiding places in the tank and will occasionally see one or two eating algae.
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Re: I want shrimp!!!!!

Post by starsplitter7 » Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:10 am

I don't think the assassins are a threat. A shrimp will move away from the threat. Not like the assassins are fast. They have done a good job on the MTS population in my tank.

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Re: I want shrimp!!!!!

Post by ClownLoachSharky » Sun Jan 01, 2012 11:34 pm

i got about 40 cherrys today for 15 dollars from a local pleco breeder and they are stunning
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