Soothing Shrimp

What's the avg cost of red nosed? Heck, I'll keep some in each tank if it solves my hair algae problems.

Sounds Hawaiian. LOL

Nope. Each shrimp has it's own time to saddle. Some saddle right away or during preggo, others takes awhile to saddle again.

Too bad they don't have larvae survival in fw.

Finally managed to do the last of my wc today to drop my Malawa Shrimp down from: TDS 723 GH 34 ~to~ TDS 184 Gh 7 Honestly don't know how they feel about it, but I'm happier with it. LOL Took about 2 weeks.

I fixed it for ya.

Here's three suggestions of params: http://www.petshrimp.com/rednoseshrimp.php http://aquariumpassion.com/profiles/invertebrates/shrimps/red-nose-shrimp.html http://www.shrimpnow.com/content.php/233-Caridina-gracilirostris-%28Red-Nose-Mosquito-Shrimp%29

No bacterial infection in the Okayama white tiger shrimp. Zane on Shrimpnow years ago introduced me to the shrimp he was working with. He was breeding "white" cherries using this parasite. He claimed they had no ill effects whatsoever, thought it to be mutually beneficial and males were more white than fems often. Okayama is where the White Tiger Shrimp come from, and passed from shrimp to shrimp. While I'm thinking about it, also something to look at is the Nectarine Shrimp. These were Neo Palmatas with little orange balls or "Nectarines" inside of them. They used to be offered fairly frequently, however I've not seen them much anymore in the US. Those balls were parasite cysts that didn't harm the shrimp once the cysts were formed. The parasite was Acanthocepala and found in China, and needs another host (such as fish or bird) to be passed on again. Here's some additional reading on Nectarines: http://www.planetinverts.com/Neocaridina%20palmata%20parasites%20in%20shrimp.html , https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wirbellose.de%2Fklotz%2Fnektarinen.html&edit-text=&act=url

I think Taylor may have had a couple like that, but I think I remember him saying they turned red later. (?) Hopefully he'll see this post and clear that up.

Personally, if there's any question, they're culled.

When I was going for my double masters in college, one of the things I really enjoyed was the in depth research of albinism. While in humans albinism often means the absence of color in the hair, eyes and skin because of the genetic inability to produce the pigment melanin, reptiles, amphibians and possibly inverts still retain color because of different pigment markings in the skin/shell. Amelanistic means the black has been removed, often leaving red eyes and leaving color combinations of red, orange, yellow and white. Anerythristic is lacking red pigment. Axanthic is usually referred to as the lack of yellow pigment. Leucistic is the reduction of all pigments often leaving the animal white with blue eyes. ...and the list goes on. So your TTOE very well could be amelanistic...providing shrimp produce melanin. (?)

I did the experiment on neos. What I found shocked me and not in a good way. The astax in fish is supposed to bring out the reds and yellows. In neos it tends to bring out a blue that then changes to ugly streaky brown. Too much spinach will do the same thing, but over a much longer time. Keep in mind I have only tried this on yellows, and after feeding 2-3x a week for only 4 weeks before changing back to regular feed , it took around a year or so to change back again. I welcome replication of the study done with other colors. So far though, the rapid unwanted color change and length of time it stayed, made me concerned enough to go out of my way to not feed astax to any of my neos. Since I posted on this, others have written me and said that their colors of neo (red included) were turning dull or losing color and they could only attribute it to astax. All these observations were not done scientifically, however should be included here as an anecdotal possibility to ponder as well.

Steve, you should take a look at the Okayama, or white tiger Neocaridina. It's right up your alley. The white body is caused by a parasite that is supposed to be symbiotic to the shrimp host. Here's a couple pics from the net:

This is a really fun thread.

Good luck with that.

Find a grant and make a job for yourself.

I've heard of fems becoming berried from males outside a net. Also males climbing over a net to get to the fems to berry them. Mind you this is only hearsay as I've not used a net in years.

You may be able to find a whole table cheap from a 2nd hand store, and then just use the glass top.

Great deal! (I'm jealous of your alita 120 though!)

No one has proven that the orange eye is ocular albinism.

Keep us updated on if the bloom comes back. Awesome to know! Thank you for taking the time to provide the information to us.

Are you able to post a pic of it? I know Silane has claimed to have all blue pop up. However his pics make me wonder if they aren't a different type of shrimp. Also, is this after just turning the lights on? If it pans out to stay that color, 'twould be awesome to selectively breed. I know I would follow that thread closely!

My suggestion is if you are offering it for sale, post it in the market section.

So I guess this RAOK is over with, huh?

Lookin' good, gal!