Benjansss Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Hi im having troble confirming this on the internet can our native fresh water shirmp breed in a tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiraka Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 I don't think it's impossible but I haven't heard of anyone doing it successfully..... Although I think blueether had one hatch eggs.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjansss Posted September 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Thanks i think you could because I've caught shrimp several kms inland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 http://www.bugz.org.nz/WebForms/ResultD ... harTitle=H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 http://www.bugz.org.nz/WebForms/ResultDetails.aspx?whichSearch=browse&CurrentDoc=022D15F0-4F96-40CB-AE4A-9092C1EEDD46&NewDoc=true&IsThesaurus=false&StartCharTitle=H +1 From reading, the larval stage occurs in salt environment (I'm sure I also read they feed on suspended phytoplankton) and the post larval stages move further inland. I've caught then ~160 km inland win the waikato river catchment, and seen them above small waterfalls in other places in fast boulder streams. The ones I have had hatch in an aquarium were in with bully fry I was raising - needless to say the larvae were eaten. The larvae were free swimming ie they never settles on the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjansss Posted September 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 I have question for you about the time you got some shrimp laver How long did you have shrimp in the tank are you sure that when you put put shrimp in one wasn't Already pregnant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiraka Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 viewtopic.php?f=41&t=65605&hilit=shrimp+berry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 I think that explains it better than I ever could Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiraka Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 I think that explains it better than I ever could :lar: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjansss Posted September 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjansss Posted October 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 I remember now that there was someone selling shrimp on trademe and they said they only breed enough to sell every few years so maybe you can breed them in tanks but they have alot less babys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiraka Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Maybe, or maybe the seller just doesnt want to get in trouble for selling wild shrimp... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Maybe, or maybe the seller just doesnt want to get in trouble for selling wild shrimp... my thoughts exactly. must be a way to do it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binu Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 av seen that ON TRADEME TOO SOME ONE BREEDIN SHRIMPS N SELLN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Could be done, but I doubt that some random guy on trademe could do it. You would need 2 tanks (fresh and salt) and lots of phytoplankton... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjansss Posted October 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Ive caught shrimp in steams that where only about 2mms long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiraka Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Ive caught shrimp in steams that where only about 2mms long The streams or the shrimp? :ton: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 I've also caught then at maybe 3 or 4 mm. All the scientific literature says that they have a marine (or brackish) free swimming larval stage. The ones that I've hatched were definitely free swimming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiraka Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Could be done, but I doubt that some random guy on trademe could do it. You would need 2 tanks (fresh and salt) and lots of phytoplankton... Do they *need* to spend time in saltwater? The reason for them them having a sea/estuary stage is probably more because of the lack of food for young shrimp in streams and rivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Do they *need* to spend time in saltwater? The reason for them them having a sea/estuary stage is probably more because of the lack of food for young shrimp in streams and rivers. That is a possibility, and one I have thought about. I would have tried to raise the ones I had but the redfin bully fry were more important at the time - yes I have 2 that have been raised in freshwater :f77: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiraka Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 How closely related are koura and shrimp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 How closely related are koura and shrimp? Not very. Only in the same Order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjansss Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Tanaids are pretty much half way between (nz has them) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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