ratbag01 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 hey guys im trying to find some shrimps in napier, were should i get them from ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird73 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 I have heard there are some out eskdale way, I think near the camping ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratbag01 Posted April 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 thanks ill go out there and have a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tandemcartshrimp Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 The requirement really for finding fresh water shrimp that I have found is; Under an altitude of 40m Close to the ocean Close to an estuary (or large area of slow moving shallow water) lots of plant life ( oxygen weed etc. ) I got mine in a cold stream around tauranga, get a net and disturb the plants and cross your fingers. They can be quite difficult to see so keep an eye out. Also if you want them to last a while in your tank, only get the smallest ones you can find. As they mature they change from males to females, and as yet I havent found out about anyone breeding them or keeping females for more then a few months. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 +1 on all of that, but... I have found them all the way up to about 60m asl and about 160 km inland. Seen good populations in streams with no tidal section or estuary, and in streams with near no in-stream plant life. I have also seen above a semi-hanging culvert with a drop of around 1m. I have had females last several months but not had larvae hatch - berried females tend to die quickly or abort the eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 hrmmm the altitude is actually quite variable I have a collection site that the topomap records at just below 100m from what I've gathered they do mass migrations when they come inland and can literally swarm up and over waterfalls quite easily. a tutor at Polytech told me about one time he was out spotlighting and came across a migration that was about 1cm thick swarming up a vertical rock well over 3m high. they are detritivores so need a bit of mulm to feed but plants are more there as hidey spots in areas with little predators they will happily go where they please. females breed once every 1-2 months in the wild and die after about 6-8 months of this, they normally move downstream during their first spawning though so the berried females downstream are thought to be the oldest. if you see gambusia in the stream you will find they are a lot rarer to find (and in some cases impossible) I think this is as the gambusia would find the young shrimp irresistable. Normally I walk away when I see gambusia as the few I would catch are not worth my time. (although popping gambusia can be fun, especially when you've walked a while (or through mud/blackberries/gorse)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaMike Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Any one know a place near hamilton where i should get them? I was thinking the waikato river maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 We used to catch them with a torch on a dark night. Their eyes show up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Any one know a place near hamilton where i should get them? I was thinking the waikato river maybe? Head out to Raglan and have a poke around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaMike Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 In the sea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binu Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 do they survive in tropical tank?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 do they survive in tropical tank?? no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 They are called freshwater shrimp for a reason :bggrn: Try any of the streams that drain into either the harbor or directly into the sea, looks for places with lots of plants in the stream and drag the net through them, good luck. binu, they do ok at 24 if there is plenty of dissolved O2. they start to die at above 25 deg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaMike Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 If i may ask why does it need to drain into the sea? Ive go a spot in hamilton that has heaps of plants and easy enough to get to but doesnt go anywhere near the sea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 If i may ask why does it need to drain into the sea? http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resou ... ter-shrimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaMike Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 Wow very interesting, thwnx for that bit of info, im getting in a must do gotta do mood now hahaha. How long do they live in fish tanks aposed to in the wild? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 The higher the temp the shorter the lifespan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaMike Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 so is there an actual recorded life span of them in a tank? like as in the longest time they've lived Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 There will be shrimp in the waikato in Hamilton, I have seen them in streams that flow into the Waipa at Pirongia, but I have always found better numbers nearer the coast - as per the link LA gave I've had them survive in tanks for over a year at 24deg. They always get eaten in the native tank at temps that they normally live at (native tank is at 14 in winter and 18 in summer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaMike Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 Aw choice as, i will be giving itna try soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaMike Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 So today i took i ride down to the river and managed to get a shrimp by simply waving my bet around in leafy and planty areas and got one, does anyone knpw where they would most likely be? Fast or slow running water and also shallow or deep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M@. Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 where there is one there is probably more. they will tend to hang out in the slower flow areas of a stream. I would say they are shallower, but that is because where I get them they hang out in the marginal plants along the bank as there is no vegetation on the stream bed itself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 just about always in the vegetation, i tend to find quite a few in smaller slow moving creeks with lots of cover, preferably without Gambusia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaMike Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 just about always in the vegetation, i tend to find quite a few in smaller slow moving creeks with lots of cover, preferably without Gambusia Im not familia with Gambusia, what is it? And next time i go i will take a bottle trap like the ones people use to lure aquarium shrimp in to move them to another tank, anyone reckomend a good bait/food to use to attrack them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 gambusia is like a wild guppy that is considered a pest fish ... I take it from f15hguy's comments that they eat shrimps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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