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Hi guys,

I have updated my "Shrimp Varieties" page with some more info and some more/different pictures. I also added two more species (Indian Whitebanded Shrimp and Red Nose/Rhino/Mosquite Shrimp (=Caridina gracilirostris). More species to come soon....once I find more time.

Mustafa

Thanks very much Mustafa !

Tiger is still my favorite.

Thanks again for all your time and efforts.

Are you (attempting to) breed these species?

Hope to see info. on red nose soon

I would definitely buy some tigers if they ever came up for sale here. I don't trust any of the other sites.

Bradimus wrote:Thanks again for all your time and efforts.

Are you (attempting to) breed these species?

Hi Brad! Always at your service.

I am breeding all the shrimp currently already that do not need brackish water/saltwater for their larval development. The saltwater larval development types have to wait for now since I do not have the additional space to set up all these different brackish tanks for their larvae. Unfortunately, I have space constraints living in an apartment in NYC.

Mustafa

I just posted a new page on that shrimp yesterday. Look in the shrimp varieties page.

Mustafa

Shrimpmania wrote:Hope to see info. on red nose soon

Mustafa wrote:I just posted a new page on that shrimp yesterday. Look in the shrimp varieties page.

Mustafa

Shrimpmania wrote:Hope to see info. on red nose soon

Checked out the page and it's not bad. Really needs to have infor on the black beasties from Deutcheland added to it and some info on breeding. I know it takes time to do all this and your efforts ARE appreciated.

BTW are there any groups on crabs and zarigani(crawfish) out there?

edinjapan wrote:Checked out the page and it's not bad. Really needs to have infor on the black beasties from Deutcheland added to it and some info on breeding. I know it takes time to do all this and your efforts ARE appreciated.

--Thanks, Ed. I try to work on this site as much as possible. However, since this is just my hobby so far and I have other full time obligations I am updating the site as time allows. The black/brown bumblebee shrimp will be added as soon as I actually get them. I usually only list shrimp species that I am keeping and have experience with. I am also trying to get the white Neocaridina and the white bee shrimp from Germany. Those are nice mutations, but primarily I want to keep and propagate the wild populations.

BTW are there any groups on crabs and zarigani(crawfish) out there?

--Actually, I am going to have info and a forum on those animals, too. Right now I am keeping the dwarf crayfish (C. shufeldtii) and soon will be getting some freshwater crabs, which propagate in total freshwater.

Mustafa

Mustafa wrote:

edinjapan wrote:Checked out the page and it's not bad. Really needs to have infor on the black beasties from Deutcheland added to it and some info on breeding. I know it takes time to do all this and your efforts ARE appreciated.

--Thanks, Ed. I try to work on this site as much as possible. However, since this is just my hobby so far and I have other full time obligations I am updating the site as time allows. The black/brown bumblebee shrimp will be added as soon as I actually get them. I usually only list shrimp species that I am keeping and have experience with. I am also trying to get the white Neocaridina and the white bee shrimp from Germany. Those are nice mutations, but primarily I want to keep and propagate the wild populations.

BTW are there any groups on crabs and zarigani(crawfish) out there?

--Actually, I am going to have info and a forum on those animals, too. Right now I am keeping the dwarf crayfish (C. shufeldtii) and soon will be getting some freshwater crabs, which propagate in total freshwater.

Mustafa

The shufeldtii are nice, I think they are almost ideal for a Japanese aquarium.

BTW what crabs are you after? Was talking to Moontanman from The NANFA site and he has a lead on the NZ shrimp and crabs listed on the NZ crusteaceans page.

edinjapan wrote: The shufeldtii are nice, I think they are almost ideal for a Japanese aquarium.

--Yes, the shufeldtii are great animals. They stay small and don't eat plants like other crayfish. The only "problem" I have right now is that I am being overrun by offspring as we speak. LOL

BTW what crabs are you after?

--Any crabs that reproduce in freshwater and carry around large eggs out of which "mini-crabs" hatch (as opposed to larvae that need saltwater). I will be getting some indian crabs soon, and I have contacts in Peru and Borneo...so hopefully I can get crabs from those regions some day too. There are many hundred species of small, freshwater crabs in all kinds of colors, so I am surprised that they are not kept or imported.

Was talking to Moontanman from The NANFA site and he has a lead on the NZ shrimp and crabs listed on the NZ crusteaceans page.

--That's great! I see that he finally managed to register on this website, so hopefully we'll hear from him soon if his lead worked out or not. If it does, that would definitely be an enrichment of the hobby.

Take care,
Mustafa

Any crabs that reproduce in freshwater and carry around large eggs out of which "mini-crabs" hatch (as opposed to larvae that need saltwater). I will be getting some indian crabs soon, and I have contacts in Peru and Borneo...so hopefully I can get crabs from those regions some day too. There are many hundred species of small, freshwater crabs in all kinds of colors, so I am surprised that they are not kept or imported.

Any chance of getting some Aegla?

For the uninitiated, look to http://www.dbs.nus.edu.sg/biodiversitii ... _crab.html for an impression of the beautiful coloration of many freshwater crabs.

Mustafa- even small forms tend to be cannibalistic/mutually aggressive, and individually packaging them (as with the aptly named "soapdish crabs") is hardly cost-effective; bulk purchasers would have to be willing to tolerate an extensive degree of injury to mass-packaged livestock (which, coupled with relatively low aquarist demand [at least in the United States] and shipping/packaging fees, often makes the enterprise not that worthwhile from a fiscal point of view).

Veneer wrote: Mustafa- even small forms tend to be cannibalistic/mutually aggressive, and individually packaging them (as with the aptly named "soapdish crabs") is hardly cost-effective;

--Yeah..I know they are aggressive, but that should not keep us from keeping them. You're right about the shipping costs. These animals are never going to be imported "en masse." However, people like me (and others) can still try to get them, breed them and distribute them. I don't mind individually packaging them at all. I am almost individually packaging my tiny shrimp (3 per bag).

I am glad that it's not worthwile for most importers to import the crabs, since I am not all that happy with the current importation practices anyway and I am convinced that the crabs would even die when individually packed due to other stress.

Mustafa

Veneer wrote: Any chance of getting some Aegla?

--Not anytime soon. I know people in Germany who have them, but I have neither the space nor the specific interest at this point.

Mustafa