Nothing extra in the tank except my low-tech type plants. Hmmm, what you say comes as a surprise because traditionally, one equates tannins with soft-water species tanks.Mustafa wrote:By the way, if you have any drift wood or similar tannin releasing organic materials in your tank, remove them immediately. Most acid water shrimp do not seem to like tannins in their water and their hatchlings die immediately.
Mexico ... can you say Road Warrior time? And imagine my horror at a busy, non-marked intersection with no traffic lights or stop signs where apparently, whoever has the most hair just goes for it. BTW, "Crater-sized potholes" insinuates (at least to me) there actually is a paved road . Jamaica I understand, drives on the left side of the road - that can't be easy to get used to. But you know what? No matter where it happens to be, the thing I fear and will try to avoid at all costs are traffic circles. Those things are synonymous with insanity!--Hehe...I've driven California roads many times before, including southern california roads. Not that bad compared to other places at which I have driven a car: Mexico, Jamaica, Turkey...can you say crater sized potholes and cars passing you left and right on a two lane street with oncoming traffic? LOL So, I think I'll be happy on Souther California roads.
That's going to take educating the public, as they won't make the distinction. Many one-timers will get shrimp from say, a giant chain store, have a bad experience, think it's their fault (they'll only be partially to blame at this point), and never get shrimp again. Those who become hooked though, and want to pursue shrimp, hopefully they find the right info and the right way to go about it ... I guess that's where somebody that we both know comes in?Either way, imported shrimp are no competition whatsoever to captive bred ones, so I don't consider them competition. I'm in the business of selling top healthy shrimp and back it up with a live arrival guarantee, not in the business of importing half-dead shrimp and trying to sell them off before they all die on me. So, we are in two completely different industries.
Hmm, really? My mistake then; wonder what it is ...--that's not a bumblebee shrimp though. that just shows you that people are very lax with naming shrimp.
Okay, thanks for you opinion.By the way, the bluish colors you posted of your bumblebees are stress related. I've seen that before but it's so little blue, more of blue shine than a real color, that I never considered calling my bumblebees bluish.
Maybe it's just me, but I seem to always see something depressing at petstores, especially the chains - and sadly, the part I see is only a small part of what most of the animals (not just shrimp) has already been through.Yes, unfortunately that's the case. There are usually more steps involved though. ... Finally the shrimp end up in store tanks. Only a fraction of the shrimp survive and the ones that do survive are in the worst condition imaginable and will most likely die within days or weeks.
Wait, I thought your advantage was a little bit of magic and soothsaying?Yes, I am the first one. ... Experience really counts and that's my advantage.
Okay then, I'll check back if/when something gets cooking along again. Thanks for your opinions and advice. I have one remaining shrimplet - I believe he/she is going to make it. Although still 1/3 adult size, he/she is old enough to have just as much chance as the adults now, at least I think and hope so.
-GB