Red-nose shrimp?! Get ready to run.....

Acsuth · Post by **Acsuth** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:31 am

...and drive out to Petsmart of all places!! I just went to look around and they had red-nose shrimp for $2.69 each...needless to say I bought all they had

They also had red ramshorns for $.99 each and a few ivory mystery snails mixed in with the golds for $1.25 each in case anyone's into those...woohoo! I love the rudolph shrimp!

amber2461 · Post by **amber2461** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:15 am

Congratulations on your buy ... how many did you get then?

Acsuth · Post by **Acsuth** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:31 am

amber2461 wrote:Congratulations on your buy ... how many did you get then?

They had 8 -- I'm guessing I have about 3 males and 5 females!

amber2461 · Post by **amber2461** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:32 am

Good for you

thgng · Post by **thgng** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:48 am

I'm curious. Does anyone manage to breed them ?
If yes, do they breed as many as the Red Cherry Shrimp ?

I have sucess in the cherries, yet to try the red-nose ?
Anyone ?

Acsuth · Post by **Acsuth** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:03 am

there was just a thread about them a few days ago -- they are probably much like the amano shrimp -- needing saltwater for the larvae to survive. Definately not quite as easy as cherries.

amanda_h · Post by **amanda_h** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:41 pm

Prices are so much higher here... $9.99 ea.

Jackie · Post by **Jackie** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 2:41 pm

amanda_h wrote:Prices are so much higher here... $9.99 ea.

I bought mine in Poland for about 2,80 dollars ea.

scrimp · Post by **scrimp** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:29 pm

Ive seen these all over but I dont know about keeping them they look too plain for me....maybe ill find them intresting another day.

Hanzo · Post by **Hanzo** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:03 pm

I find them very entertaining. They do a lot of swimming, and are often on the move around the tank. They make a good contrast to the other shrimps, and so I like to keep a few around. From what I have been reading, they might need brackish water to breed

filishy · Post by **filishy** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 5:40 am

Never mind the price...

I cannot even get the little thingies around here.

amanda_h · Post by **amanda_h** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 7:54 am

See now that makes no sense filishy. My LFS gets all their fishies & shrimp from a breeder in Florida. So you should be able to find them there...

filishy · Post by **filishy** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 8:09 am

Well... I guess people here either do not know about FW shrimps or don't care about them. As a result, stores only stock what people want.

I have only seen japonicas and ghosts, nothing else. Maybe if I lived closer to Orlando I'd have a better chance but I need to take a 45 minute drive to get to the nearest "half-way" decent store and with my work it is kind of hard.

My luck...