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nvision
04-18-2003, 2:21 AM
found and bought a handful of these from a lfs; thought they look pretty neat. from singapore if i remember correctly, and behave very much like amano shrimps. just wanna share them with you.
http://www.jaudesign.com/aquaria/images/shrimp_bumblebee.jpg
K_S_W_I_S_S
04-18-2003, 2:24 AM
how much did they cost you?? and how many did you buy???
Excellent photo. They are Bumblebee shrimp. The black-banded form is not seen often often here. Also brownish and red-banded forms around. IME they are better scavengers than algae eaters, but they are charming cleaning crew. They also breed easily in tanks (if the young are not with predators), for more info , see:
http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Shrimp/
http://www.franksaquarium.com/shrimporderform.htm
aquatic-store
04-18-2003, 10:08 AM
Wish I could find some of those around here.. Only get amano and red cherry. Beautiful pics of the shrimp
marc
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nvision
04-18-2003, 1:32 PM
thanks. i bought 8 of them for 2.50 each, and split them among my 10g and 20g.
RTR, nice sites. yes, i've seen the red bands also, but found the black version more striking. i'm not really into red shrimps because they look too "cooked" for me, but with the exception of red cherry shrimps. a friend of mine has a crew of them and they look stunning! they're about $5 a piece over here though.
oh, and one of those sites say bumble bee shrimps live up to about 1.5 years? that's it?! shoot. :rolleyes:
Red Cherry/Cherry Red seem not available in the DC/Balto. area right now. I'm waiting for good stocks as I have not yet kept them.
The Bumblebees are shorter-lived than Amanos, but they do breed. In a refugium they should sustain or increase their population. Most likely strongly increase the numbers.
aquatic-store
04-18-2003, 9:44 PM
If anyone find them in the illinois 60088 area let me know. I could use a few dozen
marc
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Kaylee Skylyn
04-20-2003, 9:26 PM
I had a dream the other night about finding these guys...bumble bee and then cherry red shrimp. I was extatic...untill I woke up and realised it was just a dream....
I wish I could find them in my area, Great Lakes-Ottawa....I've only just this year been able to find Amino shrimp.
*sigh*
Those are great shrimp nvision! and great pics too! What kinda camera is it you took those with? *is coveting a digital camera badly...*
nvision
04-21-2003, 1:22 AM
hey don't you just hate those dreams? :p
i've taken the photos with the canon s40, a very capable camera which produces pretty good exposures under dim lighting. what's even better would be the canon g2, which can accommodate third party telescopic and macro lenses. i've seen some AMAZING macro shots with that machine. very envious...
GhoriG
04-22-2003, 11:48 AM
Originally posted by RTR
Red Cherry/Cherry Red seem not available in the DC/Balto. area right now. I'm waiting for good stocks as I have not yet kept them.
Actually Aquarium Center in Randallstown had some. They have
4 - 6 different kinds of freshwater shrimp.
Recently? I've called down there a few times the last few months without any in stock.
superstein61
04-22-2003, 11:55 PM
Just curious - all you shrimp keepers, do you have any fish that bother those shrimp?
i have thought about getting some, but figured they would just be an expensive snack for my clown loaches and dwarf cichlids.
Anyone successfully keep shrimp with either of these type of fish?
nvision
04-23-2003, 1:45 AM
most smaller tetras will not bother the shrimps.
i've kept clown loaches for a good 12 years, and they tend to get feisty with smaller shell animals (think snails). i wouldn't keep them together. dwarf cichlids might be ok if you have a large enough tank to give each their own space, because they will get aggressive once a mate shows up and they begin to breed. rams should be pretty safe, too.
Kaylee Skylyn
04-23-2003, 2:50 PM
Originally posted by nvision
hey don't you just hate those dreams? :p
i've taken the photos with the canon s40, a very capable camera which produces pretty good exposures under dim lighting. what's even better would be the canon g2, which can accommodate third party telescopic and macro lenses. i've seen some AMAZING macro shots with that machine. very envious...
Ya I do hate those dreams...AFTER I wake up ;P
I even went to the fish shop to check around for shrimps after the dream...hoping maybe I could fullfil it but no luck.
Awsome! I was hoping to get the Canon A70...would love the G3(which has replaced the G2 this year) but its way out of my budget. I really shouldnt be getting any but I reallyreally want to. ;P
Having Macro lenses would be awsome! Just have to wait till I have a reall good steady job....
superstein61
04-24-2003, 12:14 AM
Originally posted by nvision
most smaller tetras will not bother the shrimps.
i've kept clown loaches for a good 12 years, and they tend to get feisty with smaller shell animals (think snails). i wouldn't keep them together. dwarf cichlids might be ok if you have a large enough tank to give each their own space, because they will get aggressive once a mate shows up and they begin to breed. rams should be pretty safe, too.
Thanks nvisioin - yea, it was the clown loaches that I was worried most about - knowing how they can devoure those snails. I figured they would probably do the same to shrimp - which is why I have been hesitant to try.
My tank is big enough so everyone would have their space - but still . .
Well, I likely won't risk it - unless I find some cheap shrimp at the local fish club annual show auction this weekend