Crystal Red Shrimp Order...

[Kenshin]

Java Girl, please let me know the phone number or e-mail address I can reach them for the CRS? Are they really legit? I can handle the amount for the minimum order. Thank you.

[JaVaGiRl]

I'll send you a pm with all the info. I have Let me know if you get it !

[tapmxt1]

I think you are talking about Wet Pets & Friends (not Rainbow Fish). For freshwater shrimps, I know they have ghost shrimps and crayfish (and blue lobsters sometimes). I should take a close look ...


When did you see the crystal red shrimps? I should go to the store in the evening and see if they have CRS now. If not, maybe I can ask the owner to do a special order for me.


Thanks for the valuable information.

[JaVaGiRl]

Yeah, it is Wet Pets and Friends. They carry cherries and amanos in store, they will make orders for you if you ask. They ordered me 20 black kuhli loaches before and I got them in only 2 weeks. And you know how hard it is to get black kuhli loaches

[tapmxt1]

Definitely will "HAVE TO" go to the store today ...

Do you have a photo of the crystal red shrimps you bought from the store ?

[JaVaGiRl]

No, unfortunatly not, my mom still is borrowing my camera, shes getting into ebay

[blenny]

javagirl,

Bear in mind that CRS are not widely available. Hard to get=more expensive. Plus, even if you order, you have to take into account shipping costs, which isn't cheap either. $5-6 is reasonable.

The cost of CRS won't be as cheap as cherry shrimp, even the lowest grade CRS will not be as cheap as cherry. Simply, CRS are much more difficult to breed and keep.

I just had over 200 pieces of self bred CRS ranging for C to S ruined by an unknown reason.

[amber2461]

Sorry to hear about your loss Benny.

[chlorophyll]

Well said, it has became a pest in my planted tank, and there is no way for me to remove them. And I do not understand why it costs $3 per shrimp in USA.

Another one, green shrimps, they are more hardy then red cherry, and breed like hare.

It's a funny thing with the cherries. You'd think since they are so easy to breed, they're so available, and the price would be cheap (pretty color and all). And if they were difficult to breed, they would be more scarce and cost more per piece. But one of the major selling points of cherries is precisely that they are so easy to breed. Apparently that's enough to get people to buy at such inflated prices.

As for Greens, maybe it depends on your setup, climate, or water quality. Or I got a bum batch. Cherries have definitely beeen the hardier species for me. I did go and buy 10 Greens for $30, also with promise of berried individuals included. Shipment came with 2 free extra Cherries (+3 baby stowaway Cherries), all alive, yet 4 of 10 Greens were DOA. Weeks later, 3 more adult Greens are gone, I saw a Green hatchout, and then saw all baby Greens die off (as far as I can see).
The 5 free Cherries are doing fine. The Cherry babies that came in the shipment, fine - The Greens that hatched out in my tank, more or less all dead
So I payed $30 for 10 Greens and end up with 3. Payed $0 for 5 Cherries and still have those 5. They will probably survive, and they'll probably breed.

As for the Greens... I still have have hope that I have at least 1 female and 1 male. And they seem healthy. So there's some hope

[JaVaGiRl]

When have I EVER said that cherry shrimp are the same price as these ? HMmMm.. thats right, never

[Walt]

I called wet pet today, and they dont have any.

Just ghost shrimp, and crays, with amano's coming later this week.

The lady that answered said she hasnt been able to get them lately.

[vinnymac]

UPDATE:

I'm still pursuing this group purchase with the vendor. However, shipping snags are holding up the order. I'm still trying to work out a reliable delivery method to me. I'll post updates as they are available. Thanks!

[Mustafa]

You'll have to take this offline. Trying to organize a group purchase has nothing to do with discussing information about shrimp. This thread is now officially closed.