Bertron Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Does anybody know where you can catch Paratya curvirostris in the Wellington area? I have some in my aquarium, which I caught in Hawkes bay. They are great at keeping it clean. However I have another aquarium now and wanted to catch some more, but I have moved to Wellington and do not know where they can be found. Can anyone help please? Cheers Bert nomad fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 What kind of aquarium do you have - cold water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertron Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 I have tropical and coldwater tanks - 26 degrees and 22 degrees respectively. Both tanks have shrimps in them, but I now have another new tropical tank I would like to put shrimp in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Wow, 26°C? I figured they'd be really sensitive to water temperature - did you find the attrition rate was higher in the tropical tank more so than the cooler one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertron Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 I didn't lose any shrimp until I had had them for about six months, the ones in the cooler tank were the first to go. They seem quite happy in the warm water. Have you heard of anywhere to catch them in the Wellington area? I have tried a few streams, I have dredged up lots of insect larvae and a few bullies, but no shrimps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 From what I've heard, you're more likely to get them closer to the sea, or outflows from lakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shilo Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Not sure of the Wellington area, but they are much easier to find at night. Spot light them in the shallow margins and you will be amazed on how many there are in places that are barren during the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewY Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 if u find them, let me know, I'm keen to grab afew too for my mountain minnow tank. Do you know if they can stand their own against 5cm chinese algea eater? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertron Posted April 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 I would say they would be fine with the algae eater. Mine live in a tropical tank with 3 bettas and a bristle nose plec. I have found a good place to get them, you need to go when it is dark though. The wier on the Hutt river, near the Silverstream exit of SH2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghaz Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 i have them in the stream in the backyard, im in kapiti. i have had them go from stream temp, which is pretty cold, i think about 9 degrees, and gradually increased the temp over a month or so to 24, and those ones live till the tank smashed. about 2 months later. get about 100 or so in about half hour during the day. they were happy in my native tank, put some in with my oscar and gold sev, they all died after a week or so, im guessing due to the sudden temp change. oscar didn't eat them but sev ate them if i cut em in half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swag Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 Does anybody know where you can catch Paratya curvirostris in the Wellington area? I have some in my aquarium, which I caught in Hawkes bay. They are great at keeping it clean. However I have another aquarium now and wanted to catch some more, but I have moved to Wellington and do not know where they can be found. Can anyone help please? Cheers Bert Hi Bert, Can you tell me where you found them in Hawkes Bay (we live in Hastings) as I would like some. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artem Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 If you're still looking, then I remember seeing some in the wellington harbor lagoon-type-thing. But they started construction next to it recently so I don't know how easy it would be to collect them Then the other day I saw some in the plants tank of the Lower Hutt Pet Centre ;3 not sure if they were selling them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 Hi Bert, Can you tell me where you found them in Hawkes Bay (we live in Hastings) as I would like some. Thanks viewtopic.php?f=17&t=48330 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 I have heard you can get them literally a few houses down from where you live... *hint hint*. Do you know the stream I am talking about? I haven't tried there myself but know of someone else who has caught some of those shrimp there at night but scooping at the sides of the stream with a net. Surely you must have tried this stream before, being that you are so close to it, but maybe its not a good time of the year or they have all been fished out... hence why I don't want to give the stream name on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertron Posted September 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 I have had a look in my local stream, but with no luck. The best place I have found around Wellington was in Silverstream, but last time I went there it was lifeless, although there had been council earthworks going on at the time. Do you have freshwater shrimps in your tanks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertron Posted September 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 To Swag: I cannot remember exactly where I got the shrimps in Hawke's bay, it was on the way to Taupo from Napier, I think its called the Esk river... there was a caravan camp there and I drove through it and just ran my net along vegetation at the stream edge, managed to get 4 or 5 shrimp there. Sorry I cannot be more specific. It was not more than 15km from the Napier coast though if that helps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 I used a net to scoop up some duck weed in those fresh water ponds outside Shaffers Park near Te Papa. Also picked up several shrimp like creatures about 1/2 cm long ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingmatherz Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 hey guys... so wheres the best place in welly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD01JD Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 Bump! :bounce: Saw some shrimp in a Lower Hutt pet store the other day — they were $3 each, I didn't get any since you can catch them yourself for free! Anyone know a good spot or seen them somewhere recently? The Silverstream weir? Some where along the Hutt River? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 Thought you weren't allowed to sell shrimp legally? Or is that Koura? :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 I used a net to scoop up some duck weed in those fresh water ponds outside Shaffers Park near Te Papa. Also picked up several shrimp like creatures about 1/2 cm long ... Arnt those man made? how did shrimp get in there i wonder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 It's the Waitangi Stream flowing from Te Aro which has been landscaped. It empties into the waterfront. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Went down there last night, only bugs, no shrimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M@. Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 :bounce: So this is getting repetitive, but surely someone out there must know a spot for shrimp in welly? I've been out hunting all over the show and havent come across any yet Im thinking that most places I have been looking arent esturine enough (flow stright into the sea rather than an esturary) so think around Porirua harbour might be the most likely spot for my next foray... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 no need for estuary, where I normally get them the stream flows out between snaddunes and across the beach for 100-200 m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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