Monthly Archives: September 2008

Last night I performed a fairly large water change in my Amano Shrimp aquarium and noticed some frantic breeding behavior by the males. This morning I found this:

Berried Amano Shrimp
This is the largest female I have and she is carrying a large amount of eggs. The more larva she hatches the better chance I have [...]

Well, as I have mentioned in previous posts I was out of town for quite some time. While I was out of town my Amano Shrimp that was at one time berried is no longer berried! I found no evidence of her dropping the eggs so I am going to assume that they hatched.

Female Amano [...]

After covering 2 hurricanes, and 3 political campaigns for ABC News I am finally home! It looks like I may get to be home for a while and actually have a chance to get back to the hobby that I enjoy so much.
A few updates:
Most shrimp appear to have survived other than one aquarium [...]

Well, there was a chance that I was going to be home soon. But it looks like IKE is going to be keeping me on the road even longer. I hope it turns south and hits Mexico. I don’t normally cover Old Mex, and I would like to go home!
I am very [...]

Well, the hurricanes just don’t stop coming. Not only do I live in Orlando, FL, where we have been affected in one way or another by all of them, but I am a TV cameraman for ABC News and NBC News (they use the same labor union) so I have been on the [...]