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We have one type of shrimp, no amanos no cherries nothing fun.

Happily, nothing could be further from the truth - Australia possesses a truly enviously broad range of freshwater shrimp, including several particularly beautiful Caridina spp. that should serve as admirably fine cherry shrimp analogues. Granted, one would likely have to collect them oneself.

Look to http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/21803/20010913/members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/Shrimp.htm for images and information concerning Australian shrimp in freshwater aquaria.

General information:

"Atyidae live in many types of water body but prefer comparatively still waters where they congregate under banks, large submerged boulders and aquatic vegetation. Most prefer surface-waters but the genus Atya comprises more robust, coloured forms that walk on the bottom.

The Palaemonidae (prawns) differ from Atyidae in having the second pair of legs greatly elongate and ending in rather slender claws. The Parasticidae (crayfish) differ in having the first pair of legs robust and ending in strong claws.

All other shrimp-like animals (Anostraca, Syncarida, some Amphipoda and Isopoda), except Thermosbaenecea, are without a carapace. The Thermosbaenecea have a carapace joined to the head but leaving the thorax free. A single species 1-1.5mm in length is known from a single cave in WA.

Atyidae are distributed in every State but are most common in the eastern half of the continent. The Australian Atyidae are placed in genera Paratya, Atya, Caridina, Caridinites, Stygiocaris, Parisia, Pycneus and Pycnisia. Paratya australiensis is the most widespread species of small freshwater shrimp in eastern Australia. Keys to genera are given by Williams (1980) and Choy and Horwitz (1995)."

(From http://www.lucidcentral.com/keys/lwrrdc/public/Aquatics/adcrust/html/CRUS__.htm.)

Last edited by Veneer at 24-Jul-2005 00:16

Sorry to jump in but my pet land has them for 3.88 and for armanos it is about 6 bucks a pop!!!!!

Meanwhile at petsmart half a block away, they have them for 89 cents and 1.00 for armano



Just had to share how stupid people around here are lol

ANgel Eel

*scratches head*

So we have caridina sp.? and nobody is farming them for sale??

I have never seen any anywhere, and I am the girl that waddles around knee-deap and dangling upside-down from rotting logs with a net and bucket!

More searching I guess, have to find more specific loctations for collecting.

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Calla when you come to visit me in my new place in Meadowbank bring your stuff... there is a mangrove right near me!

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btw, the person at the lfs said the eggs need brackish water to hatch or something

just while we are talking about australian shrimp, what tempratures would one best keep paratya australiensis?

i also have a macrobrachium species that came from the murray river (possibly australiense?). what temp would i keep him at?

Tropical temps for the australiense IMO, I tried CW and it failed miserably.

mid 70's always worked for me for the atyidae shrimp, however they probably prefer it much colder. I catch them in dams that get pretty cold, so 70's is prpbably top of their tolerances.

Is this the long arm shrimp you have?




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For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

Calla when you come to visit me in my new place in Meadowbank bring your stuff... there is a mangrove right near me!

isnt that salt water tho?

$3 a shrimp? I could make a fortune.

that you could dave, i remember a while back you said u were gonna start freighting fish, hows that going?

thats exactly what mine looks like! check out the photos of her on this post on petshimp.com. i was convinced it was a female, is that correct? is the claw/arm size the only way you can tell?

http://www.petshrimp.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?t=864&highlight=

such a cool ittle fellow. so tropical temperatures, eh? the reason i thought cold temps would be good is bc i suspect she(?) came from the murray, and i just guessed cooler temps would be correct. im actually in the process of setting up a new tank for the fella so i guess i should go buy a heater! excellent! that means i can keep some tropical temperature fish to keep with her!

Last edited by raggamuffin at 09-Aug-2005 06:00

Yeah, but the fortune would be in Australian dollars so it wouldn't really be worth anything...

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Congrats Dude!

I also just got my first shrimp. Hes a bamboo shrimp and one of my most interesting pets. Hopefully ill be able to find other kinds of shrimp, as ive only seen bamboos

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If you sing to me in French.

The feeder shrimp we sell here are ghost shrimp (glass shrimp). How much do Amano shrimp go for over there?

The feeder ghost shrimp sold in North America are Palaemonetes spp., whereas those available in Australia - which possesses but one geographically restricted species of that genus - are typically indigenous Paratya spp. (fellow Atyids fairly equivalent, in a manner of speaking, to Amanos).

We have one type of shrimp, no amanos no cherries nothing fun.

Usually sold as feeder shrimp, ghost shrimp or glass shrimp.

Usually $3 each if bought retail.

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

No we dont get any amanos here... i havent seen any shrimp for sale at all!

never seen amanos

The feeder shrimp we sell here are ghost shrimp (glass shrimp). How much do Amano shrimp go for over there?

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

I was glad I didnt have to pay more

Ive only ever seen "glass shrimp" never feeders

Wait... If ghost shrimp are $3.00 over there, do you have feeder shrimp?

Our store sells ghost/glass shrimp for $0.15 each, and even with the conversion rates and the fact that most things are more expensive in Oz, $3.00 still seems like a bit much.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

wish-ga
I'm sorry to say that I must disagree - there is, admittedly, no empirical evidence to the effect that freshwater shrimp can even metabolize aqueous iodine
Cool, another thing I dont need to buy

You can watch it eat...and watch its poo...go longer and eventually come ou

You CAN? Now I want one!

Last edited by wish-ga at 21-Jul-2005 22:49

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