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12/06/2017, 12:41 PM | #1 |
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Janitor and/or Live Food
I have netted these in both fresh water and salt water. I will seed my outside growout system of three 150G Rubbermade tanks buried in ground, with these prolific shrimp.
https://www.livebrineshrimp.com/ShrimpJanitor.htm
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12/06/2017, 12:50 PM | #2 |
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Grass Shrimp / Ghost Shrimp
I have been catching grass shrimp for 25 years to go into all of my reef tanks.
I have caught Palaemonets vulgarisms in both fresh and salt water. They are excellent carnivores and will clean up food before it becomes detritus.
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12/06/2017, 12:58 PM | #3 |
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Got pictures?
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12/06/2017, 06:18 PM | #4 |
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I don’t, but I just saw a utube vidio of a Chesapeake Bay biotheme with blemmies and Ghost Shrimp. Let me find it and link it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=178s&v=BWzTtVySdFs
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12/07/2017, 08:32 AM | #5 |
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I read somewhere that they live about 6 months or so (life span) so restocking is the key. A few of mine get attacked, killed and eaten, but most survive. I figure that most are adults when I capture them, so their life span in my tank is probably a bit shorter. Anyway, here's a pic, not sure of the exact species:
I'll have another video later today.
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12/07/2017, 10:00 AM | #6 |
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Interesting I've seen that page before, wonder how readily they breed in the tank? I'd be tempted to try some, but I think they'll just end up as easy snacks for my melanurus. Thing is an eating machine. Had a new acro added a couple weeks ago that had an acro crab on it. I was very excited. Saw it wandering around the base of the acro, it is now no more. Darn fish is good at what it does.
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Mine bred continuously for three years or so. The key was critical mass. I needed to stock close to 300 and then they were constantly carrying egg pouches. The nauplii were very plentiful in the tank and they were a substantial benefit to my coral growth. It's a shrimp nauplii reactor.
However, the babies don't survive into adulthood as far as I could see. They would need a green chamber to get to a higher stage of development. Still figuring that part out.
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12/07/2017, 11:02 AM | #8 |
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If they get to that size in 6 months, they have to eat a lot. Nothing like a fat janitor.
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12/08/2017, 06:40 AM | #11 |
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I've seen some on a few of my shrimp, but the shrimp don't seem stressed by them that I can tell. Out of about 40 shrimp in my tank, there might be three with the isopods attached to them. The parasites have no affect on the tank or fish.
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When I looked at your video “Up Close & Personal with Blemmies” I saw Ghost Shrimp swimming in front of Blemmies. Are they too big for Blemmies to go after? I tried to post your link, but I could not find it. PS. I FOUND IT. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w2DTcrYwppE
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