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Re: Shrimp imps

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Subject: Re: Shrimp imps
From: "Scott Davis" <unclescott at prodigy_net>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 22:49:27 -0500
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Jerry wrote

> Shrimp imps is a term which I first recalled seeing in the early 70's
(Daleco sold starter cultures of them) - they are freshwater amphipods (in
North America, usually gammarus sp. or Hyalella sp.),
> and a very good killie food (can never get a large enough culture going to
feed as many or as often as the fish would like).  Adults are about 1/4",
and the shrimp are omnivorous.

Thank you Jerry, I was really curious as to what they are/were. You brought
back memories of those two inch ads in the old Reader's Digest sized TFHs.

And sea monkeys of course, are just a bunch of bs. ;)

All the best!

Scott


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