Palaemon adspersus/Palaemon elegans - fresh water?

MAck · Post by **MAck** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 2:00 pm

Is it possible to keep Palaemon adspersus or Palaemon elegans in fresh water or they can survive only in seawater? Is anybody breeding them?

Post by **Mustafa** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 4:51 pm

Palaemon species and most Palaemonetes species survive only for a very short time (maybe a couple weeks or months) in pure freshwater. They do not breed in freshwater at all (obviously). They need at least some salt in their water to survive for a long time. The species you linked to occur only in the easter Atlantic. I live in the US, so I have never come across them.

Mustafa