April 2010
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Birth to Berry – Yellow Shrimp Edition
I observed some yellow shrimp, from birth to berry the same way I have observed Blue Pearl Shrimp and Tiger Shrimp. And today I have all the results of the Yellow Shrimp observations: -
Breeding Tiger Shrimp (A detailed experience)
There has be a lot of talk lately on a few of the message boards I frequent about difficulties breeding Tiger Shrimp (Caridina sp.). Why are there so many people having trouble breeding this shrimp? -
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. -
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! -
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. -
American Glass Shrimp breeding program (update #2)
On October 22 the larva morphed into their adult form. That was a little under a week of larval stage. Now that they have morphed they are now kept in a 2.5-gallon aquarium to establish a breeding population. -
American Glass Shrimp breeding program (update #1)
The first larva have been found in the American Glass Shrimp aquarium. I was able to separate a few from the main tank into their own dedicated rearing container. They will be kept in a small container and fed powdered Spirulina and decapsulated brine shrimp eggs until they morph into an adult form. -
American Glass Shrimp breeding program
The American Glass Shrimp is the most common dwarf shrimp in the aquarium hobby. It is most often sold at local fish stores as a feeder shrimp and because of its feeder status it is often mistreated. The poor shipping methods used when dealing with feeder shrimp and over crowded holding aquariums often lead this […] -
What is a Ghost Shrimp?
One of the most commonly sold shrimp in the freshwater aquarium hobby is what is labeled as the “ghost shrimp”. Most of the time these shrimp are sold a feeders for larger fish, but on the rare occasion they are given the respect they deserve and are sold as pets. -
To Hybridize or not to Hybridize, That is the Question! (part 3)
Over the past few days I have been discussing Hybridization of Dwarf Shrimp and attempting to show my arguments against it. Today I am going to attempt to refute arguments for it. Here are a few of the arguments for hybridization that I have come across.
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