Freshwater shrimp

We are hoping this blog will deliver some helpful information about the fairly new phenomenon of freshwater shrimp. We are new to shrimp, but old hands at aquariums. Let's see what happens!

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Some of our newer Taiwan bees.

[montereybayaquarium]

Recently spotted by staffer and Pokémon trainer Claudia Tibbs in our Kelp Forest exhibit, Krabby is a water-type Pokémon that generally keeps to itself. In the wild, Krabby is frequently found on beaches near the edge of fresh and saltwater. This species is easily identified by its large red pincers, which it uses for balance and combat.

[petshrimp]

Lol

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[goldfishgeek]

Opinions?

Black or white sand for my goldfish tank??  Also, I wanna put live plants in it eventually. What brand of sand? I’m stupid when it comes to plants.

[shrimplandia-blog]

White sand! I have black sand in a couple of my tanks and I immediately regretted not using white once I actually started using white sand. The white reflects so much light and makes the tank look so bright and lively

[bwabbitv3s]

@aquariadise has a good deal of info on keeping goldfish. I believe they had a list of plants you can keep with them, as they will eat most.

[aquariadise]

White! Although you don’t need substrate for live plants with goldfish, pretty much the only plants that will survive their attacks are Anubias and Java fern and those can be tied to (lava) rock or driftwood. :)

[petshrimp]

Not as familiar with goldfish, but as a rule with freshwater fish you want a darker substrate to enhance their natural color. White will tend to wash away that color. You find this the opposite with the more colorful marine and some African tanks, where white is the background that often serves best to enhance color.

Just my two cents.

[stanjam]

One of the first hatchlings to emerge, and what a beauty!

We have 4 shrimp currently berried and two more that look like they are getting ready. Head over to AquariumCare Freshwater Invertebrates on Facebook for additional pics. You can message me there (preferred) or here if you want to purchase some of our unique hybrid shrimp (possible carrier of the Taiwan gene).

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New babies in the Taiwan/hybrid tank!

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Temporary redo of the CRS tank. A lot more shrimp visible.

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Baby shrimp

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Our pretty kk had a secret. She is a shadow Kong! Blues are coming in nicely

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And we have babies in the Taiwan bee tank! Very exciting news. This one is either a crs or possibly a ruby red Taiwan. This one is a few days old. Until they are at least ten days old they are incredibly delicate, but this one seems very healthy.

[petshrimp]

Fairly happy with the redo of the crs tank. Definitely like the Flourite black sand. I am going to have to add some active substrate to this though.

[petshrimp]

Almost ready. Two more weeks or so and the first of our berried f1 shrimp will hatch. We have a nice buildup of biofilm in this tank, and there is still ample shrimp room in the tank. Even though the Taiwan variant babies are often hard to get to thrive, I love the anticipation of what the babies will look like. With any luck we will get some nice Taiwans to add to our line.

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Pictures of our very busy Taiwan bee / Taiwan hybrid tank. Many berried females! By spring we should be able to start selling Taiwan Bees if we get a decent count and we can raise them up.

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Taiwan bee f1 hybrids (first berries)