Clam Shrimp

iturnrocks · Post by **iturnrocks** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:14 am

I finally hatched some clam shrimp.

Here are some photos I took with the QX5 today. I used a variety of lighting to increase my chances of some better pics.

These pics are at 60x. I cropped the images in photoshop to reduce file size and cut out some of the blank background.

QX5 stock top light

QX5 stock bottom light

LED flashlight stuck under the QX5

Same image as above filtered in Photoshop with Auto Levels. I think the details are much clearer this way.

Here is a 200x closeup of the head

I also made an animated .gif (2.09MB) If you would like to see it, pm me for the link.

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:44 am

I got somein a batch of fairy shrimp eggs last year. The ones I had got to the size of baby lima beans. Sort of looks like huge daphnia.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:39 am

I have some of them in one of my shrimp tanks. I like them in there but will there be any problems if I keep them with my shrimp?

iturnrocks · Post by **iturnrocks** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:12 am

Neonshrimp wrote:I have some of them in one of my shrimp tanks. I like them in there but will there be any problems if I keep them with my shrimp?

Clam shrimp are omnivores
See more info here-
http://www.clamshrimp.com/

iturnrocks · Post by **iturnrocks** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:17 am

Further note- At first I confused seed shrimp (Ostracods) with clam shrimp. Seed shrimp do resemble tiny clams, but they dont grow as large as clam shrimp and their shells (the ones I have) are not as transparent.

Seed Shrimp