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Life, Work, Sickness and ShrimpFirst I would like to apologize to my readers for the large gap between posts. In the last month I have spent 2 weeks out of town (work), 1 week sick, and the most recent week has been spent with the in-laws (life). I had a nasty flew that knocked me down for an entire week, that was not pleasant at all! Anyway, a little bit about shrimp now. I have been visiting the boards a bit lately and there seems to be a lot of talk about two subjects: Sulawesi Shrimp and Tiger Shrimp Breeding, so I figured I would address them both here. Sulawesi Shrimp The larges topic of discussion is that there is now a wholesaler of these shrimp in Indonesia that is now selling the shrimp for $5.00 per shrimp when the buyer pays for 500 at a time. Some people may think this is a great deal as the average price for the shrimp is around $25.00 right now, but I am not a fan of this offer. With large exporters of this shrimp I question how long the local populations of these shrimp will be viable.
There are few shrimp hobbyist in the United States that trying to breed these shrimp in captivity and some have even had some minor success. Ryan Wood in Miami received some berried shrimp and has so far been able to maintain the young, although I have not heard any reports of the shrimp actually breeding in captivity yet! Tiger Shrimp There has been a lot of talk lately about breeding tiger shrimp and what is required to do so. I have seen many people say that Tiger Shrimp need nothing special to get them to breed and that they have had berried shrimp many times. But they also say they have never successfully grown the young to adulthood.
Tiger Shrimp, in my experience, do require special care to successfully breed them. They require water that has a slightly acidic pH and slightly cooler than tropical temperatures. I wrote a quick blog post, Breeding Tiger Shrimp, and another blog post, Birth to Berry – Tiger Shrimp Edition, that are great references. I will be rewriting the Breeding Tiger Shrimp post and will be including much more information soon! If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!No related posts. |
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