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Cherry Shrimp sold out!

Category: (Cherry Shrimp), Date: (21, Mar, 2008)
Author: (Dan - TheShrimpFarm.com)

As of today all of the Cherry Shrimp are sold out!  BUT WAIT (I always wanted to say that) there is good news.  Over the last week there has been large amounts of shrimp hatching.

 
These are 1-3 day old shrimp and there are hundreds of them all over the aquarium.  They should be ready to sell in a few short weeks!

Helpful Resources
- Cherry Shrimp 

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Cherry Shrimp Breeding Progress

Category: (Cherry Shrimp), Date: (17, Mar, 2008)
Author: (Dan - TheShrimpFarm.com)

It has been a few months since I transferred my Cherry Shrimp population to their new larger aquarium and the population is beginning to explode.  It seems that almost every female is berried!

 
Here is the basic set up:
40-Gallon Breeder
ADA Aquasoil II substrate
Hang on back filter with 2 sponge prefilters
A few stem plants (Rotolla sp.)
PH stays around 7.0-7.2

I feed the shrimp everyday with a verity of foods, and they always react quickly to the food! 

Helpful Resources
- Cherry Shrimp
- The Softer Side of Breeding Neocaridina heteropoda

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10 Cherry Shrimp Available.

Category: (Sales), Date: (16, Mar, 2008)
Author: (Dan - TheShrimpFarm.com)

I am making 1 set of 10 Cherry Shrimp available to the blog readers.  The first person to email us requesting the shrimp will be the proud owner of 10 Cherry Shrimp.

 

We are selling the 10 shrimp for $25.00 and are offering Free Shipping.  If you would like to upgrade to express shipping that will be an extra $15.00.

Our store will be opening again soon.  The shrimp are breeding fast now and the Dwarf Shrimp Store should be up and running full speed by late spring and have a few small offerings throughout spring!

 

Helpful References

Cherry Shrimp

Dwarf Shrimp Store

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TheShrimpFarm.com Reviewed

Category: (News), Date: (14, Mar, 2008)
Author: (Dan - TheShrimpFarm.com)

TheShrimpFarm.com has been reviewed by a website known as Web-Reviewers.com.   They gave this site 4 stars out of 5!  Here is a quick quote:” Content ()
TheShrimpFarm.com offers many articles that focus on the keeping of many individual species and articles that look in depth at husbandry of dwarf shrimp. This site also offers many pictures of the shrimp covered in the articles. An often-updated Dwarf Shrimp Blog also keeps the site fresh. With discussions about everything from breeding cherry shrimp to setting up an aquarium the blog offers quite a bit of high quality content.”

You can read the entire review at http://www.web-reviewers.com/archives/7

It is always fun to see other websites and blog notice you! 

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Spring is almost upon us

Category: (General), Date: (9, Mar, 2008)
Author: (Dan - TheShrimpFarm.com)

As spring is rapidly approaching (March 20th is the official start of spring in The United States) and I have the goal of reopening my store in early spring I started to take stock of what my species have been doing for the winter.  Here is a quick run down of a few of them:

Cherry Shrimp

I upgraded the aquarium that my Cherry Shrimp where housed.  They went from a 20-Gallon to a 40-Gallon Breeder.  This upgraded caused them to stop breeding for a few weeks but it appears that they are back on track.  From a quick glance I would guess that nearly 40% of the mature female are berried.

I expect Cherry Shrimp to be available early-mid spring

Yellow Shrimp

My Yellow Shrimp population is about to explode.  They started out slow, but now I have quite a few mature females that are saddled now.  They should start to become berried soon and I look forward to a rapid population explosion.

I expect Yellow Shrimp to be available mid-late spring

Neocaridina heteropoda

After neglecting this species for quite some time I have recently started to put efforts into expanding their population (as talked about in my post The Softer Side of Breeding Neocaridina heteropoda).  There are currently 6 berried females in the aquarium and I will be making a limited number of these offspring available.

I expect Neocaridina heteropoda to be available in early spring.

Bee Shrimp

My Bee Shrimp are breeding at about the same rate that they always have been.  There are no real changes here and I expect this population to stay consistent.

I expect Bee Shrimp to be available late spring.

I will post more updates as they become available.

Helpful References
Cherry Shrimp
Yellow Shrimp
Neocaridina heteropoda
Bee Shrimp

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