Archive for the ‘General’ Category

New Site Structure Coming Soon

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

I have spent a few days rebuilding the site structure of TheShrimpFarm.com and plan to launch the new design this weekend. It will be a very similar look but the operation will be much faster and smoother.

TheShrimpFarm.com will also have a more consistent feel and a more streamlined site. I will be making information much easier to find and include a search function in the near future.

A quick peak available only to my blog readers is available at: http://www.theshrimpfarm.com/shrimp

I am open to any/all feedback!

ID this Shrimp!

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

There has been a discussion going on over at the PlantedTank.net forums about a picture of a shrimp. The owner of the shrimp says this shrimp is a bit larger than the cherry shrimp in his aquarium and some seem to think it is not a cherry shrimp…

What do you think?

What’s new at TheShrimpFarm.com

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

It has been a while since I posted an update here on The Shrimp Farm Blog so I figured it was time!

So what is new?

  • I have spent the last 3 weeks in Haiti.
  • Before Haiti I was on the road for ABC News for 2 weeks.
  • Amano Shrimp have been breeding consistently
  • Cherry and Yellow Shrimp breeding has slowed from lack of attention

I will try harder to keep the site updated now that I am home again!

Male or Female

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Early in the lives of Dwarf Shrimp it can be difficult to tell the difference between a male and a female shrimp, and even some adult Caridina species can be difficult to differentiate. Recently in a PlantedTank.net forum discussion a picture of a Yellow Shrimp started some debate.

I would like to hear from my readers! What do you think this is, a male or a female?

Original discussion: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/shrimp-other-invertebrates/94780-these-really-yellow-shrimp.html

Hikari Shrimp Cuisine – A review

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

It has been about a month since I first ordered my first bag of Hikari Shrimp Cuisine. I have been using it in one of my Red Cherry Shrimp aquariums as well as one of my Amano Shrimp aquariums since its arrival.

My findings:

I have found Hikari Shrimp Cuisine to be a good food for the Dwarf Shrimp I have tested it on. Because I feed quite a bit of verity and very high quality food to all my Dwarf Shrimp already I did not notice any difference in color or growth, but I also did not notice any negative effects either.

All the Dwarf Shrimp reacted greedily upon introduction of the food each time they were fed. The Red Cherry Shrimp would quickly form a large group of shrimp around the food, and the Amano Shrimp would each pick up a pellet and quickly swim away to enjoy their meal.

Conclusion:

This is a high quality food manufactured specifically for Dwarf Shrimp and I will be adding this food to my regular rotation to be fed to all of my shrimp.