North America – Backwater of the Freshwater Invertebrate Hobby
I have been seeking “robust” freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium spp. [or, alternatively, (freshwater) Palaemon – as distinct from Palaemonetes – spp.]) for employment as the crux of both prolonged qualitative observation and experimentation (centered about review and expansion of my premise for well over a year – to absolutely no avail.
No LFS, save Petco, has ever carried Macrobrachium spp., or is willing to order them. The several times I sought to expedite a special order of “blue prawns” from this sole exception were met with blue crayfish or the claim that “the Florida facility” was experiencing unspecified – and apparently chronic – “difficulties” (the initial receipt can probably be attributed to a misshipment by suppliers).
I have exhaustively explored (and, in many cases, initiated personal correspondence with) all of the following online stores/auction hubs, none of which satisfied my requirements: Ebay, Aquabid, Bid4Pets, The Crayfish Shop, Arizona Aquatic Gardens, Fish2U, ****************, Aquarium Stuffers, Carolina Biological Supply Company, Sachs Systems Aquaculture, aquatic-store.com, Frank’s Aquarium, and Petshrimp.com’s “Shrimp Store”; Profi-Aquarium and Aquaculture of Texas remain, for my purposes, unfeasible options.
I have, in addition, posted a series of “wanted” ads across some dozen aquarist forums, all of which culminated in essentially no replies. I seized every opportunity to obtain unwanted shrimp (typically contaminants amongst feeder ghost shrimp), all of which ended in last-minute breakdown; a promising domestic importer with German contacts likewise refused to reply to my inquiries.
Seeing how my wanted ad in this forum has garnered nary a reply, I’d like to know whether anyone here has any “leads” as to potential sources.
I would prefer the more robust-clawed (crayfish-like as opposed to “ghost shrimp-like” forms) – sub-adult M. rosenbergii, M. lar, M. nipponense and the like are, however, more than acceptable.
I am seeking the following species in particular:
M. sp. “Indien”
”M. aus Kamerun”
M. sp. “Panama”
M. sp “Riesengarnele”
“M. sp. aus Thailand”
M. americanum
M. carcinus
M. heterochirus
M. ohione
M. vollenhovenii
M. acanthurus
M. aspericus
M. rude
M. lanciforns
M. malcomsonii
M. tenellum
I have been seeking “robust” freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium spp. [or, alternatively, (freshwater) Palaemon – as distinct from Palaemonetes – spp.]) for employment as the crux of both prolonged qualitative observation and experimentation (centered about review and expansion of my premise for well over a year – to absolutely no avail.
No LFS, save Petco, has ever carried Macrobrachium spp., or is willing to order them. The several times I sought to expedite a special order of “blue prawns” from this sole exception were met with blue crayfish or the claim that “the Florida facility” was experiencing unspecified – and apparently chronic – “difficulties” (the initial receipt can probably be attributed to a misshipment by suppliers).
I have exhaustively explored (and, in many cases, initiated personal correspondence with) all of the following online stores/auction hubs, none of which satisfied my requirements: Ebay, Aquabid, Bid4Pets, The Crayfish Shop, Arizona Aquatic Gardens, Fish2U, ****************, Aquarium Stuffers, Carolina Biological Supply Company, Sachs Systems Aquaculture, aquatic-store.com, Frank’s Aquarium, and Petshrimp.com’s “Shrimp Store”; Profi-Aquarium and Aquaculture of Texas remain, for my purposes, unfeasible options.
I have, in addition, posted a series of “wanted” ads across some dozen aquarist forums, all of which culminated in essentially no replies. I seized every opportunity to obtain unwanted shrimp (typically contaminants amongst feeder ghost shrimp), all of which ended in last-minute breakdown; a promising domestic importer with German contacts likewise refused to reply to my inquiries.
Seeing how my wanted ad in this forum has garnered nary a reply, I’d like to know whether anyone here has any “leads” as to potential sources.
I would prefer the more robust-clawed (crayfish-like as opposed to “ghost shrimp-like” forms) – sub-adult M. rosenbergii, M. lar, M. nipponense and the like are, however, more than acceptable.
I am seeking the following species in particular:
M. sp. “Indien”
”M. aus Kamerun”
M. sp. “Panama”
M. sp “Riesengarnele”
“M. sp. aus Thailand”
M. americanum
M. carcinus
M. heterochirus
M. ohione
M. vollenhovenii
M. acanthurus
M. aspericus
M. rude
M. lanciforns
M. malcomsonii
M. tenellum
