ejasonwu Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 HI everyone i live in Dunedin i have try to ask the pet shop i know. can someone please talk me where i have get the Cleaner Shrimp in Dunedin or any other shrimp for Tropical tank Thank You Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesejawa Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 i would like to know also, Those shrimp you see on american websites are awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Those shrimp you see on US sites you can not get here. The only freshwater shrimp you get here is the native coldwater 1 but it can be acclimatised slowly to trop.Not a nice as the us ones but still cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesejawa Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 dam but still would be cool to have some shrimp, And why does MAF not allow them, they would pose no threat to NZ enviroments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesejawa Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 just did a google and found they are very sensitive to ammonia, PH and oxegenation. Nothing specific about were to find them though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarimochi Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 the native nz ones die within an hour in a tropical tank. I tried it once or twice or thrice and they all died every time. Lesson learnt. Hope no one else trys it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 You are supposed to acclimatise them ina container floating in the tank over a 1day to a week process,and then they survive. Or put them in a colwater tank by them selves then slowly turn the temp up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 This is proboley a stupid question but with cichlids could u have a cleaner shrimp? it would be awesome having 1 or 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesejawa Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 dixon you seen to be a bit of an expert, where do you find them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 In CHCH they are in rivers and streams hiding in plants. Just put a net through the plants and you may catch some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesejawa Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 do you have some? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 i had about 12 in the axolotl tank but now theres only 2 left :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 OH DIXION i wonder why LOL so do you think they would survive with cichlids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesejawa Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 do you think they would be around were I live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia-15 Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 dunno about down there, but in auckland i just take a large net and drag in across the weeds in the river, one good scoop could land 50 (i have a large net). i kept them in a unheated tank and my fish get some every now and then as a treat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparkyNat Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Hi, great to see someone else from dunedin. Ive never seen anything like that in rivers down here. But bethunes gully has lots of little things in the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 OH DIXION i wonder why LOL so do you think they would survive with cichlids? hmmm lets think an axolotl ate them so i think cichlids would 2 :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 yea true i thought it would be awesome to have some though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Native shrimp have a high oxygen requirement due to having evolved in cold water. The warmer the water the lower the oxygen, the lower the oxygen the deader the shrimp.... While it may be possible to keep a native shrimp in a tropical tank with slow adjusting, it is not particularly fair on the shrimp. Native shrimp are plain looking but very cool in that they are the only shrimp that starts their life as a male and grows up to be a female. Thus a large shrimp can be a father AND a mother.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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