axolotl-danio Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Can they be kept in an aquarium? Can they survive in freshwater? what sort of setup would i need? Thanks allot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzoom1 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Yes they can be kept in a cold freshwater aquarium, the setup would ideally have plants of some sort and rocks. If you want them to survive you shouldn't keep them with large goldfish as they will probably get eaten by them. I'm guessing wcmm's would be able to live with them without any troubles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjafroglet Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Can they be kept in an aquarium? Yes Can they survive in freshwater? Yes what sort of setup would i need? All they really need is sufficient oxygen. I found this out the hard way when I had some of mine in a small tank when I was cleaning my main one out, the big ones started turning cloudy and started dying around the two hour mark. When I noticed I got some aeration in and most survived, but my freshwater crabs enjoyed the snack of dead prawns As far as I know they are also fairly susceptible to chemicals as most natives are. So defiantly no chlorine, and if possible age your water with other methods over chemical water ager. Somebody else get in here and make sure I'm right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 I did a google (hadn't heard the name before) and it being a marine rockpool shrimp are you really sure you are all talking about the same one, and not the other shrimp, Paratya curvirostris? Maybe just I am confused... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjafroglet Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 I am too =o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzoom1 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 I just assumed he was talking about the freshwater shrimp :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 What about Paratya curvirostris? http://www.nzfreshwater.org/crustacea.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Ninjafroglet, you have freshwater crabs? I had six for most of one year, but I put some live shrimp in and slowly the crabs started dying off. I have no idea if it was the shrimp or not, I don't think they were attacking them, but maybe they brought something in. I now have one left They are so cute. No bigger than your fingernail and only found up north (ie a million miles away from me). Ninja, how do you keep yours? Axolotl-danio, if you mean the rockpool shrimp (Palaemon), it might be best to ask in the marine section, as no one so far seems to have been talking about them. If you mean the one found in streams (Paratya) then the above replies are true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishfreak Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Ive had glass shrimp in low salinity around 10ppt when they were caught with mysid and they seemed to do fine but wouldnt think you could keep them in straight fresh for very long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjafroglet Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 They were what I thought where freshwater crabs, they're alot bigger then you described. When we first got them they were around 0.5-1cm across on their shell, and light brown coloured. I thought they were just big ones because they're were heaps of tinier ones too. I did have three but they've decreased to just two , one being about 1cm across and the other is around 2cms across, but will easily cover 6cms if s/he fully spreads out, and the larger one went purple after a moult. I'm beginning to think that the purple one is a marine crab, especially considering that the stream is tidal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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