Mcculloch Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 I spent all day yesterday trying to find some and failed miserably. I tryed the creek behind Auckland zoo and a creek in Otara and did'nt find anything apart from gambusia and dragonfly larvae. So does anyone have any tips on where to find some at the moment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 creeks must be linked to the sea, and ime if you find water cress theres normally shrimp in the root system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcculloch Posted July 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Yeah both were connected to the sea and I was sifting through roots and oxyweed etc everywhere Ive actuallly found them before up north was really surprised to not see any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 did you drag the net through the weeds in the current? That's how I got my shrimp at that creek, not through 'fishing' for them in the little pools and eddies as I expected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird73 Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 I found some at olympic park, under the bridge in New Lynn. It was summertime tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 It might be a bit cold for them at the moment, have found them locally in November, but not in April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Weird. Try going out at night? They come out at night and their eyes reflect orange, which is a rather convenient way of finding them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 im actually finding more atm than during summer, and most of the females (big ones) are holding eggs. leave the ones with eggs behind as ime all the females that are holding die in your tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcculloch Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Yeah I was draging the nets I had through the weed, I tryed all sorts found it really strange that I didnt see a single one. I have set up a 200L tank in the shade outside for them and I was going to have go at spawning them. I'll just have to try again sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 It will be difficult to breed them in captivity as they need to be in the estuaries for part of their juvenile lifecycle. Interesting observation about the females dying, F15hguy. I have only taken one female with eggs and she certainly died dramatically soon after (babies gone and all her appendages missing!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 I have only taken one female with eggs and she certainly died dramatically soon after (babies gone and all her appendages missing!) Vicious babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 in the last lot I had 2 ripe females, both started digging under the plants as soon as they got into the tank, next day the first one was dead, no eggs left on her but you could see her all open up underneath where she was holding. the second one her eggs all went pink then she died a day later. every other one is still alive, both males and females. I thin k the babies died when she didn't release them which killed the mothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 I have collected females in berry that have survived for a good while, not had any young survive though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 yeah, I think these ones were pretty much ready to drop, there was almost as much 'berry' as shrimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcculloch Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 I want to try a group in a large tank and then increase the salinity with loads of cover and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Where I normally get them there is no real transition from fresh to salt, it is just a coastal stream the flows across open sand down the beach till it finds the surf. There might be a little salt from wind blown spray and sand but I doubt that it is much. This leads me to believe that it might be doable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 would be an interestng experiment, if you try it make sure you record everything, If I had a spare tank I would try as well.... oh well, MTS withdrawl symptoms.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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