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Neocaridina: Blue Pearl Shrimp | Red Cherry Shrimp | Neocaridina heteropoda | Yellow Shrimp Other: American Glass Shrimp | Bamboo Shrimp | Green Lace Shrimp Caridina: Amano Shrimp |
Bee Shrimp |
Crystal Red Shrimp | Cardinal
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Malaya Shrimp
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100 Posts – A Dwarf Shrimp Blog Mile StoneThe Dwarf Shrimp Blog has officially reached its 100th post. The goal of this blog has been to inform and sometimes entertain those who are interested in this wonderful hobby. Since I started this blog in September of 2007, with my first post “The Cherry Shrimp Gets a New Name” this blog has grown quite a bit. Here are a few of my favorite posts and the 5 most popular posts (according to amount of visits). My Favorites 5. American Glass Shrimp Breeding Program - (A Series) – I dive into breeding American Glass Shrimp for multiple generations. Sadly, this program was put on hold due to covering Hurricanes and the election for ABC News. Most Popular 5. Birth to Berry – Yellow Shrimp Edition – A detailed observation of Yellow Shrimp from the day they are born until the first female is observed to be berried. Well, the first 100 posts have been fun for me (for the most part) and I really look forward to the next 100. Please feel free to comment! 5 months on the road, the affects on TheShrimpFarm.comWell, as some of you may know, I work in the TV industry as a Cameraman. The majority of my work is covering news at the network level. With that in mind it is easy to see why I had such a busy year! A few large hurricanes and a historic election season kept me on the road for over 5 months off and on. I am happy to say both hurricane and election season are over! With these months on the road most of what I would normally do at home suffered, TheShrimpFarm.com included. I am lucky to be married to a wonderful woman who also has a marine biology degree, so my shrimp were left in capable (but unenthusiastic) hands. She did a great job caring for my vast collection and losses were minimal. So what happened to the projects I had going when it all got so busy?
There will be more updates to come soon! American Glass Shrimp Breeding Program (update #5)After observing my 2 100% captive raised berried females for a while now I have decided to move them to their own aquarium in preparation for the larval hatch.
The females were first observed to be berried on June 24th and I plan on keeping a close eye on these females so I can give a rough estimate of gestation time. It looks like eyes are starting to become visible in the eggs so it shouldn’t be to long before they hatch.
Helpful Resources American Glass Shrimp Breeding Program (update #4)It has been a while since I last updated this series. But today is an important day in it!
That is a picture of the first completely captive raised female to become berried in my aquariums. Today I woke up to find 2 females berried!
It took quite some time for these American Glass Shrimp to go from birth to berry, they are slow growing shrimp. These shrimp were born on October 16 2007. so it was about six months before they were first discovered to be berried. I really look forward to seeing exactly how long the gestation period is and to raising these young and having more and more generations of captive raised American Glass Shrimp. More updates to come soon! Helpful Resources American Glass Shrimp Breeding Program (Update #3)The young shrimp have started to grow a little more rapidly now and have started to display a more aggressive feeding response. They will gather around a food pellet and begin to eat with in a few short minutes of the pellet being added to the aquarium. My second set of shrimp have hatched and are about 2 days past their metamorphosis. All my observations in update #2 still hold true.
As thought, once past metamorphosis the young American Glass Shrimp appear to have a much larger survival rate than wild caught adults.
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