jn87 Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Does anyone know where i can get a fresh water Ghost Shrimp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Visit a local stream at night with a torch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jn87 Posted March 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 I live in central Christchurch so there isnt a huge supply of local streams. Does anyone know which Christchurch streams i will find one? so i dont go running around the countryside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 You don't need an overabundance of streams Take a torch, head to the lower end of a river/stream, the orange eyes darting around everywhere are shrimp. You might even get to see some interesting things in this big time-consuming countryside. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishplants Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Does anyone know where i can get a fresh water Ghost Shrimp? You are right, there isn't much unpolluted water, or rivers at all, in and around Christchurch. However, there used to be a lot of shrimp in the Selwyn just below the upper huts, although it has been quite a few years since I was there....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Out of interest, does anyone know how many different species of freshwater shrimp we can get in NZ and what ones can be acclimatised to tropical water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Out of interest, does anyone know how many different species of freshwater shrimp we can get in NZ and what ones can be acclimatised to tropical water? Natives only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I believe that they die at about 26/27 degrees, but have never tested this although I did have two in my bug tank for months and that was often at about 25 deg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Natives only. Yeah, but what sort of natives? 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Yeah, but what sort of natives? 8) shrimp :facepalm: Paratya curvirostris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddle69 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 New Zealand has only a single species of decapod freshwater shrimp; Family Atyidae: Paratya curvirostris, in the entire country. It is the southernmost member of its family the Atyidae whose distribution includes the western edge of the Pacific Ocean from Siberia, through Asia, Indonesia and Australasia. P. curvirostris is found only in New Zealand (i.e. it is endemic) and has been found all the way from Northland to Stewart Island, and on the Chatham Islands. As its distribution moves south its upper altitudinal limit decreases suggesting temperature is an important factor limiting this distribution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 My 2 shrimps that were caught in a cold stream last year are still alive and living in 27 degrees if the thermometer is correct. Currently patrolling the sand looking for snacks. They went from cold outside to unheated inside, to a 24 degree tank, back to the bugs tank, back to the killie tank, back to the bugs tank that is now the cory tank. They are unstoppable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 ive kept them with goldfish and in a tropical brackish tank also some in tropical marine tank(although these were sourced from saltwater originally) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewerchch Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 so are there no shops in christchurch stocking fresh water ghost shrimps? I've also been looking for them for quite a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 so are there no shops in christchurch stocking fresh water ghost shrimps? I've also been looking for them for quite a while I'm not sure it would be legal for them to stock them. I think Alan has said before that it's technically illegal to collect them because they're covered under the crustacean harvesting laws? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I would avoid calling them ghost shrimp. That common name is not applied to these guys. There is only one shrimp in NZ so just 'freshwater shrimp' works. Or Paratya. Technically illegal to sell. Legal to collect so long as you stick to the strict daily bag limit for crustacea: 50. That goes for Daphnia too :roll: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Whip Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 I see heaps when trout fishing out the Ashley after dark. I have a few in my tank some died in the first week others are still fine. They are very interesting to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 I see heaps when trout fishing out the Ashley after dark. I have a few in my tank some died in the first week others are still fine. They are very interesting to watch. *GASP* You took an invasive destructive introduced exotic species out of wild and killed it? Don't let the government know, they'll be upset with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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