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Hey/Aloha Clorophyll! I just closed on a house on the Big Island south of Hilo (moving from ATL area) & will be attempting to bring cherry's, blues & a few other species with me (even my own colony of Hawaiian shrimp - H. rubra) in late March or April. Any advice about "importation"...

Hi 51 Cornel!
There have now been two batches of young during the past 1.5 months in addition to the batch during the summer. I don't think Hawai'ian shrimp are seasonal because on the Big Island of Hawai'i and Mau'i, there are only two seasons. These two seasons are virtually the same.

Update on the baby Hawai'an shrimp... After about 2 weeks, I think the original group of babies have dissappeared into the lava rock substrate. I think I have a new batch of babies as they are smaller and are floating vertically in their aquarium. I have never seen an egg-laden female and I am not s...

Greetings!

Here is a link to a web site with pictures of a planted aquarium with crytal reds as inhabitants.

http://www.toninastyle.com/crystal_red_ ... roject.htm

Hello Fellow Petshrimpers!

Do any of you use plant fertilizers in your shrimp tanks? Any detrimental effects to the shrimp? Which brands do you use? Thanks for any experiences you care to share....

Mustafa, I will keep everyone posted. You may already know this but others may not: for a link to a breeder on the Big Island of Hawai'i (my future home sometime next year!), go to [www.fukubonsai.com]. There is some breeding information on this site & they sell a book about the shrimp as well. :D

Hi Everyone, My Hawai'an shrimp tank is unheated & located in a finished basement. The water is brackish with a specific gravity of 1.014ppt. However, it was probably a little saltier when the baby shrimp appeared as the water level was down by about 2.5 inches below normal. The temperature in t...

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Golden pearls are an enriched rotifer sold by brineshrimpdirect.com. It is similar to cyclopeez I think. They also sell spirulina powder. Hope this helps.

About 4 months ago, quite by accident, my Hawai'ians bred. I suddenly noticed about 6 tiny "fleas" floating in the middle of the water column. With a magnifying glass, I could see that they had a shrimp-like shape. Over about a 2 week period, they gradually turned "horizontal" ra...