Amano Shrimp

[nitro7]

hi all
can these shrimp be keeped in cold water
cheers
eric

 

[Miah002]

Thats a very intresting question so can they be kept outside.

Do you mean like a pond?

 

[saltynay]

Only advisable in frost free climates they can supposedly survive down to 0C though not for long periods. If you buy them now and put them in you should be fine for the rest of the year....

 

[Miah002]

Don't ponds have hair algae grow in them?

 

[nitro7]

Only advisable in frost free climates they can supposedly survive down to 0C though not for long periods. If you buy them now and put them in you should be fine for the rest of the year....

thats what i was hopeing,just cleaned the pond out and was thinking if i could put them in now i could harvest them to put in my tanks till the following spring

 

[Miah002]

Do shrimps eat hair algae?

 

[saltynay]

Only advisable in frost free climates they can supposedly survive down to 0C though not for long periods. If you buy them now and put them in you should be fine for the rest of the year....

thats what i was hopeing,just cleaned the pond out and was thinking if i could put them in now i could harvest them to put in my tanks till the following spring

Good idea I was thinking of getting/saving some hawain red shrimp they are extremely hardy like super shrimp and they are the shrimp found in the self contained ecospheres, they actually starve and get poisoned in those though but easy to get a hold of. Live for 20 years aswell and quite attractive imo so all is good

Depends on the species Miah some do some don't they are omnivores normally

 

[Miah002]

Ok thanks. Shrimp live for 20 years?

 

[saltynay]

Some live for less then a year the hawaiin red shrimp is the ultimate shrimp and can survive without food for 1-3 years, survive huge temperature ranges and salinity levels. If your intrigued read up on them http/www.petshrimp.com/shrimpspecies.html

 

[Miah002]

They grow to a very small size.

 

[saltynay]

Thats why they are called dwarf shrimp...

 

[Miah002]

Ohh ok thanks.

 

[nitro7]

Do shrimps eat hair algae?

sorry Miah002' dont know much about shrimp thats why im asking these qs lol

Only advisable in frost free climates they can supposedly survive down to 0C though not for long periods. If you buy them now and put them in you should be fine for the rest of the year....

thats what i was hopeing,just cleaned the pond out and was thinking if i could put them in now i could harvest them to put in my tanks till the following spring

Good idea I was thinking of getting/saving some hawain red shrimp they are extremely hardy like super shrimp and they are the shrimp found in the self contained ecospheres, they actually starve and get poisoned in those though but easy to get a hold of. Live for 20 years aswell and quite attractive imo so all is good

Depends on the species Miah some do some don't they are omnivores normally

so do these shrimp breed in cold water and can you keep them in tropic tanks

 

[saltynay]

Both Amano's and Hawaiin red shrimp need brackish water for larval development (amano's are notoriously hard to breed as it can be too high a salinity or to low and there is a low survival rate). Tropical is withstood by both and cold water the general concensus with shrimp is that there metabolism is directly linked to water temp so higher temps mean they die quicker. I keep my amano's at 24-28C