angel obsessed Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 would these be okay with a ghost knife? Am setting up a new tank and want some wierd and wonderful fish for it also wheres the best place in chch to get shrimp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia-15 Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 I think your ghost shrimp would pick off your shrimps one by one, and the shrimp are cold water, and despite being able to tolerate warmer waters, will die off over a period of a few weeks or months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephikinsfish Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 Hi how's everything going. At last my ph has stabalised so no more sick fish (tough wood). Apart from that all going well. We have about 75-80 babies from one of your originals. Call in sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 Shrimp can be acclimatised according to at least one member on here, who claims to have kept a few of the hardier ones at 26°c for a few years. Though you'd need to get a large number, and slowly bring them up to temp over a period of days/weeks. I've looked around CHCH streams/rivers without much luck, so I'd suggest you look in streams/rivers/lake outflows that are closer to the sea. Oh, and if you find some flick me a PM ;P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carznkats Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 You can find glass shrimp at new brighton, in the swamp area by the yacht club (north of the bridge), I go there regularly to catch shrimp for my seahorses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel obsessed Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 You can find glass shrimp at new brighton, in the swamp area by the yacht club (north of the bridge), I go there regularly to catch shrimp for my seahorses No1 - I never knew there were ghost shrimp there! And Ive lived here all my life! I used to go "cockabillying" at that river when I was younger. Used to lay on that rock that juts out a bit (sth of bridge) and hold a plastic shopping bag under the water until they went in, then yanked them out! lol. Random! No2 - You have seahorses?? Do you need a licence or something for those? N03 - So the shrimp they sell at animates in with all the freshwater tropical fish arent supposed to be in there? Why the hell do petshops misguide people so much!!! I have bumblebee gobies in freshwater. Had them for 9+months. bought them as 'freshwater' and they have been living in my freshwater tank happy as. Wierd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel obsessed Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile104.html hmm conflicting information. Maybe I didnt explain myself very well. Red cherry shrimp is what Im after. With a black ghost knife tankmate. oh maybe you meant the knife fish will pick the shrimps off. Damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 N03 - So the shrimp they sell at animates in with all the freshwater tropical fish arent supposed to be in there? Why the hell do petshops misguide people so much!!! I have bumblebee gobies in freshwater. Had them for 9+months. bought them as 'freshwater' and they have been living in my freshwater tank happy as. Wierd. Happy as? Nope; they won't breed in FW, and they won't grow as big or as fast. They'll survive, but it's like the difference between you living in a polluted country and you living somewhere with clean air - you'll survive, but you wont thrive. I'd recommend you move them into BW or rehome them. It's not really fair to keep them in FW. I think you raise a good point; many fish shops don't know/care about the information they are passing on to buyers. Before anyone buys any fish, they should always do some research to see if they'll be ok in their tank and if they can provide all they need. If everyone did that, so many problems could be avoided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephikinsfish Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 Just letting you know your offspring have laid eggs again...Yippee :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freakyfish Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 U wont keep BGK and cherry shrimp together for long I breed heaps of cherry shrimp here but would have no chance with any BGK or any fish that like to eat other fish Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 As far as I know no shrimps are in NZ except the native ones. The Amano or cherry or any of the other aquarium shrimp arent allowed in. Hopefully someone can correct me and let us know where they are if I am wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Bilbo is on the money I am afraid to say. Only shrimp allowed in are SW tropics Navarre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel obsessed Posted May 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 ok guys, thanks heaps for all the answers/advice etc. Kinda gutted tho, nevermind! I got my ghost knife and he ROCKS!! x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEKA Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 carznkats Is that the area where the Avon river enters the estuary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carznkats Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Hi Weka See this link to google maps: http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=q&sourc ... 6&t=h&z=17 I recommend that you go down seabreeze close, at the end of the street is a path , turn left and when you reach the area that bends round that is an area that can be good to catch them. You'll mostly find mysis shrimp but there should hopefully be a few glass shrimp, either way your fish's will love the mysis shrimp. angel obsessed, yes you can keep seahorses without a licence, you just can't sell them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEKA Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Thanks very much for that carznkats. When the weather gets a bit better I may check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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