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Re: Shrimps

Should you get to Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong or Japan we have large 
numbers and varieties of freshwater shrimp, crabs et., but failing that look 
in your local LFS for Amano Shrimp or the smaller red and white Bee shrimp. 
Or check out the APD list as lots of the plant people can direct you to good 
sources for these shrimp.

Ed
Tokyo Japan



>From: "Doug Karpa-Wilson" <dkarpawi at indiana_edu>
>Reply-To: killietalk at aka_org
>To: <killietalk at aka_org>
>Subject: Shrimps
>Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 09:38:41 -0500
>
>Does anyone know of any good sources for such interesting shrimp?  I've 
>only
>been able to get the ghost shrimps which aren't the most exciting and don't
>seem to survive well for me. (The soft acid water I think)
>
>Doug
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Edward Venn" <e_venn at hotmail_com>
>To: <killietalk at aka_org>
>Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 7:34 AM
>Subject: RE: Advise needed from old timers and plant people
>
>
> > I have one tank that has a number of shrimp in it and I toss the plants 
>in
> > there. These things will leave the plants alone but will pick off small
> > water bugs, snails eggs, leeches etc. in a matter of a few weeks. Larger
> > shrimp such as the Macrobrachium sp. do an even better job than the 
>Amano
> > shrimp in this case and I usually have several dozen handy at all times.
>BTW
> > these shrimp are prolific and make excellent food for killies. Just 
>catch
> > and mince, then feed.
> >
> > Ed
> > Tokyo Japan
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Stoecker,Michael,FRANKLIN PARK,NC&C"
> > ><michael.stoecker at us_nestle.com>
> > >Reply-To: killietalk at aka_org
> > >To: "'killietalk at aka_org'" <killietalk at aka_org>
> > >Subject: RE: Advise needed from old timers and plant people
> > >Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 14:52:49 -0700
> > >
> > >RJ,
> > >Try a heaping teaspoon of alum in a pint of room temperature tap water.
> > >Dip
> > >the plants for 10-15 minutes and you should see all the snails, 
>leeches,
> > >etc. drop off and go to the bottom of the container.  What works nice 
>for
> > >this type of viewing is a flat bottom, white porcelain pan [visit an
> > >antique
> > >store].  Gives great contrasted viewing.  You also need to check each
>leaf
> > >for snail egg masses.
> > >I find that in the long run [what ever that is] it is better to
> > >painstakingly go over your new plant introductions and just introduce a
>few
> > >new pieces at a time rather than assume that three pounds of new plants
>are
> > >clean enough and throw them all into one's existing tanks.  Makes for
>nasty
> > >surprises later.
> > >mike
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Tranquility Base [SMTP:TranquilityBase at NetZero_Net]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 4:35 PM
> > > > To: killietalk at aka_org
> > > > Subject: Advise needed from old timers and plant people
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Folks:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > First thank you all for the advise regarding the glass/plastic 
>hoods!
> > >The
> > > > silicone bead idea seems simple enough. If it does not work the
>airline
> > > > idea
> > > > is pretty good too. I tried the elevated glass canopy when I was a
> > > > youngster. It was better than putting glass on top but if the tank 
>was
> > >not
> > > > completely level bad things happened.
> > > >
> > > > But, I have another question. I went out collecting this weekend and 
>I
> > > > found
> > > > some awesome plants. Blooming bladderwort, two kinds of hornwort the
> > > > regular
> > > > and one that grows in tight bunches like x-mas trees. I also found
>some
> > > > very
> > > > small red higrow.  I even found huge patches of riccia. I passed on
>the
> > > > riccia, but could not pass on the others. But as you can imagine the
> > > > plants
> > > > are full of small living things. Some would most likely be eaten by
>the
> > > > killies. Others might not be nearly as friendly. Small water bugs,
>pond
> > > > snails, flatworms, leaches and other evil creatures could be in the
>mix.
> > > > How
> > > > do I treat the plants to kill the passengers and not harm the plants
>or
> > > > make
> > > > them toxic.
> > > >
> > > > As there is an entire industry built around aquarium plants there 
>must
> > >be
> > > > an
> > > > easy procedure to treat them.  I know this is slightly off topic, 
>but
> > >the
> > > > plants are going into killie tanks. :^)
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions would be helpful.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ~RJ~
> > > >
> > > >
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