What shrimp have you guys had experience with breeding besides cheery reds and ghost shrimp, and that you have actually raised after being hatched.
Shrimp
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I have no shrimp experience myself, but I know a GREAT source if you have not run across them yet -- PetShrimp! 
i think i may skip the brackish on the ten and do an all shrimp tank, because im now obsessed with them... what shrimp/s would you suggest that will breed easily, and how many could i keep in my ten gallon.
Have you guys ever heard of anyone making money selling shrimp babies back to the lfs??? like cherrys or somethin?
Have you guys ever heard of anyone making money selling shrimp babies back to the lfs??? like cherrys or somethin?
I currently have a growing population of N. zhangjiajiensis (wild-color snowball shrimp) in a 30 long, as well as cherry shrimp in a 10. My lfs doesn't deal with shrimp, so I sell them online and ship them. I started with 15 cherry shrimp in the 10 gallon less than a year ago, and have sold hundreds of them since then. I don't doubt the other shrimp will be as easy to sell, I'm just waiting for their numbers to increase first. They do produce larger broods than cherry shrimp, and seem to grow faster as well.
Some of the profit from the cherry shrimp went into the 30 (tank, stand, hood/light, etc. at a yard sale, $50 for the whole setup) and some dwarf crayfish from Germany. Along with the crayfish, I also received a few of the wild-color snowball shrimp.
It took them a couple months to start breeding, but the first broods of young are now nearly breeding size. I should have a great breeding stock soon, and will be listing them f/s as well as more of the cherry shrimp.
Then there's the dwarf crayfish, the only bad thing is they don't breed nearly as fast or as often as the shrimp. However, considering the demand is much greater than the available supply, they should be worthwhile in the long run.
The ironic thing is, after years of keeping/breeding fish, the shrimp are the only thing that have ever actually paid for themselves, much less been profitable.
Some of the profit from the cherry shrimp went into the 30 (tank, stand, hood/light, etc. at a yard sale, $50 for the whole setup) and some dwarf crayfish from Germany. Along with the crayfish, I also received a few of the wild-color snowball shrimp.
It took them a couple months to start breeding, but the first broods of young are now nearly breeding size. I should have a great breeding stock soon, and will be listing them f/s as well as more of the cherry shrimp.
Then there's the dwarf crayfish, the only bad thing is they don't breed nearly as fast or as often as the shrimp. However, considering the demand is much greater than the available supply, they should be worthwhile in the long run.
The ironic thing is, after years of keeping/breeding fish, the shrimp are the only thing that have ever actually paid for themselves, much less been profitable.
Well if ur looking for crayfish to breed i would suggest marmor krebs (marble cray) they do get to be like 5" long tho but they produce young without a male and very often in the right conditions, mine had about 4 batches of about 100-150, in 3 or 4 months, and u could sell them online for 5-10 bucks a piece.
I figure it's only a matter of time before the marble crays become illegal, too much potential to become a serious invasive species problem if one is released into the wild. Particularly here in MD, since all the fallout from the snakeheads that turned up in the Potomac river...
The great thing about selling cherry shrimp is you get so many of the same customers twice, after they feed the first batch to the (insert fish name here) that they thought only ate flakes. :thud:
