DOES ANY ONE RAISE FAIRY SHRIMP?
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Hopefully you get some answers. I'm curious as well. I'm thinking about giving it a shot with these:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127881
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127881
Hi, I have been SO interested in those guys for a very long time. As a possible food item (I have seahorses).
Thailand has a excellent market on raising them. You can go to e-bay and purchase eggs there, they are very much like brine shrimp eggs, almost exactly. They come in a tiny vial, but it's alot.
They hatch better in rain water or aged water (pond water is great to hatch). You really don't need to airate. They hatch quicker than brine, like within 10 hours. But you'll really see lots of them by 24 hours. They are tiny, like brine and are every bit the same only fresh water. After they hatch, they need green water and I added in some old leaves, like what you would put in for cherries and the other shrimp. They seem to feed on this. I would add an airator now, but just slow bubbles.
They can attain their adult size(an inch or more) in about three weeks and will live for a few months. They are really neat!! Mine had blueish/greenish bodies and red tails.
HTH,
Jaime
Thailand has a excellent market on raising them. You can go to e-bay and purchase eggs there, they are very much like brine shrimp eggs, almost exactly. They come in a tiny vial, but it's alot.
They hatch better in rain water or aged water (pond water is great to hatch). You really don't need to airate. They hatch quicker than brine, like within 10 hours. But you'll really see lots of them by 24 hours. They are tiny, like brine and are every bit the same only fresh water. After they hatch, they need green water and I added in some old leaves, like what you would put in for cherries and the other shrimp. They seem to feed on this. I would add an airator now, but just slow bubbles.
They can attain their adult size(an inch or more) in about three weeks and will live for a few months. They are really neat!! Mine had blueish/greenish bodies and red tails.
HTH,
Jaime
Could be wrong, but I believe they breed much like triops - they'll lay eggs that need to dry out before hatching.
Um no, I wasn't able to breed or collect eggs, only because I wanted to add them to my pond and see what happened. I never saw any of them in there, although they do navigate towards the bottom. My pond was not started this year as far as the pump and filter for just this purpose. I wanted to try and create a 'vernal pool' effect. However, I did not account for the other preditors in a pool of standing water. 
I didn't add the fish in there either.
So I removed some water from the pond and strained it real good and started some more eggs. They hatched, grew then only lasted for a little while. I did this in a 2.5 gal tank. When they started to fade out, I started feeding them off. I didn't keep on top of it, like I should have. I do believe that it's worth a try, in an established planted tank, with no fish. They are very soft bodied and will most certainly become food for almost any other inhabitant. I understand that they have two different type of eggs; the hard shelled over winter eggs (these need to dry out AND go though a freeze state before they are good), and thinshelled eggs that will hatch the same season. Seems they have these thinshell eggs when the ratio of males is low to none. The females seem to give birth to live nauplii.
HTH,
Jaime
I didn't add the fish in there either.So I removed some water from the pond and strained it real good and started some more eggs. They hatched, grew then only lasted for a little while. I did this in a 2.5 gal tank. When they started to fade out, I started feeding them off. I didn't keep on top of it, like I should have. I do believe that it's worth a try, in an established planted tank, with no fish. They are very soft bodied and will most certainly become food for almost any other inhabitant. I understand that they have two different type of eggs; the hard shelled over winter eggs (these need to dry out AND go though a freeze state before they are good), and thinshelled eggs that will hatch the same season. Seems they have these thinshell eggs when the ratio of males is low to none. The females seem to give birth to live nauplii.
HTH,
Jaime
Oh, one more thing. There is a book right now on ebay that tells how to farm these guys, grow them and even collect their eggs. But is all in Thai.
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Just thought I would mention it.
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Just thought I would mention it.
Freezing eggs from Thailand? You sure you aren't referring to a different species of fairy shrimp. I assumed the ones for sale on ebay were from the tropics. They also say they will last about two years.
Too bad that book is in Thai. My brothers wife is Thai. Maybe I can get her to read it to me before bedtime.
Too bad that book is in Thai. My brothers wife is Thai. Maybe I can get her to read it to me before bedtime.
I am referring to the native Shrimp here, I wasn't more specific. The ones in Thailand are a different species. Yes the eggs do last for quite awhile.