Sulawesi shrimp

planet inverts has them for 25-50.00 each!!!!! and they are related to cherries and found in 80* avrg water with a PH of like 7.6-8 with no co2. hard for planted tanks. found a good deal at guitarfish.com.

They dont know if one of the species requires a "sponge" to live with and hide in. And one is really easier than the rest and some have eggs and hatched them already. Also some are kept together and there not sure on interbreeding yet.

WOW
 
These shrimp have not yet shown much success breeding in the home aquarium. But here is what I know about them...

- They prefer water that has a high ph but is generally soft. (Kind of difficult to achieve)
- They prefer water that is slightly warmer than our normal tanks
- They come from extremely deep lakes
- There are no (or VERY few) natural predators in their natural lakes
- They are more like Caridina than Neocaridina, but they are all unidentified species so there may be a new genus (who knows)

These shrimp came to the hobby for the first time back in 2005, but there was no success with them back then, but there have been great strides since then so there is a chance that there will be more success with them this time.
 
Already on youtube!!!!
 
Danimal62 said:
These shrimp have not yet shown much success breeding in the home aquarium. But here is what I know about them...

- They prefer water that has a high ph but is generally soft. (Kind of difficult to achieve)
- They prefer water that is slightly warmer than our normal tanks
- They come from extremely deep lakes the guitarfish said shallow shores so as the temp would be higher? But you own/run your own shrimpery so I go with yours, just didnt know?
- There are no (or VERY few) natural predators in their natural lakes
- They are more like Caridina than Neocaridina, but they are all unidentified species so there may be a new genus (who knows)

These shrimp came to the hobby for the first time back in 2005, but there was no success with them back then, but there have been great strides since then so there is a chance that there will be more success with them this time.
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phew the plainer ones went from 40.00 to 25.00 in a week? hmm maybe someone on here will have them in there tanks in say I bet 2 weeks someone on here has em up on photo gallery.
 
Well I have researched the lakes they come from. They are some of the deepest in the world due to their location near tectonic plates. The shores may be shallow, but the lakes are not!
 
FtwayneFish said:
phew the plainer ones went from 40.00 to 25.00 in a week? hmm maybe someone on here will have them in there tanks in say I bet 2 weeks someone on here has em up on photo gallery.
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i think they just added more. i think when i first saw them they only had 8 now they have what 13 or so
 
Wow. This is so exciting!
 
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