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Re: [detritus] Re: lots of Amano shrimp
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jim lew
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Jan 30, 2003 10:41 PST
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Oh peetz Coffee.... enuff to get anyone to the plant meeting... err aside from
the educational benefit. see ya there.
jim
At 11:24 PM 1/29/2003 -0800, you wrote:
| | Definitely agree with the fact that Albany brings in some nice fish and
plants.. for me the price isn't so much of an issue; the drive over
sometimes is, which I generally do after work - to and from SF is a killer
at between 5 & 7pm, of course. But it is nearly always worth it.
See you on the 14th. I'm going to bring an urn of coffee for all from
Peet's to help recharge the evening batteries.
Erik Leung
sfas plant study group
<http://www.sfaquarium.org/plantstudy.html>http://www.sfaquarium.org/plantstudy.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Weintraub [mailto:sco-@aoinstitute.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 9:22 AM
To: detr-@topica.com
Subject: [detritus] Re: lots of Amano shrimp
I got a handful of the red shrimp from Albany Aquarium. They were
beautiful in the store, but now that I have added all 5 of them into my 90
gallon I have only seen 1 of them in 2 weeks. They really haven't made
much of an impact, and for the price they charge I wanted the tank crystal
clean by morning. From this experience I have come to believe that I will
need lots of little shrimpie guys to help scrape the tank clean.
I live a couple blocks away from Albany Aquarium, and they sell far and
away the highest quality fish and plants, and their price reflects
this. Since I need quantity I am willing to sacrifice a bit of
quality. Spending $300 on shrimp that don't usually live longer than a
year is a bit crazy IMO.
If anyone is interested in getting in on a big purchase, or knows a source
of sub $1 japonica I would be happy to organize a purchase.
I'm looking forward to the 14th when I can put faces to some of the names.
-Scott
| | Hey guys,
Guy at Albany Aquarium might be able to help you with the Amano shrimp;
I'll see if there's interest in a group buy @ the plant study group, it
might make it more feasible for all involved.
Guy got in a crop of the so-called "cherry/crystal red" shrimp
(Neocaridina), which pick at attached filamentous & brushy green algaes.
They're readily available in aquarium stores in Asia and are just making
their appearance stateside, so are pretty expensive. The word is that
they are easy to breed in aquaria, especially relative to Caridina
japonica. Scant info on the net, but:
<http://www.franksaquarium.com/cherryredshrimp.htm>http://www.franksaquarium.com/cherryredshrimp.htm
I was at Albany this evening, and the original batch is gone, but there
are a few buzzing around in a small display tank by the store entrance.
(Guy just received a very large shipment of plants - some very rare, i.e.
Ericaulon, Hydrotriche hottoniiflora, Ludwigia palustris, variegated
Bacopa, 4-color Nymphaea, Elatine triandra. There were also a large group
of Botia sidthimunki, which are pretty tough to find these days. The
store is worth a visit!
Meanwhile, getting a handle on nutrient is a very good method for algae
control; once your plants are chugging along, life for algae becomes much
more difficult. Macronutrient dosing is the topic @ the plant study group
meeting in February. There'll be starter samples of potassium sulfate
(K2S04) to go around.
Cheers,
Erik Leung
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sfas aquaplant study group
<http://www.sfaquarium.org/plantstudy.html>http://www.sfaquarium.org/plantstudy.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Laflamme [mailto:spic-@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 7:53 PM
To: detr-@topica.com
Subject: Re: lots of Amano shrimp
Scott,
Did you try Albany? I hear that Guy also has some new type of nice
little shrimp there as well. Tom knows about it, and the APD had a few
posts on it. I think they are cherry in color...something like
that...someone help me out here...
Regards,
Michael
| | Subject: lots of Amano shrimp
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| | Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:36:02 -0800
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| | I am trying to buy a whole bunch of these little algae eating critters,
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| | maybe 100. Does anyone know of a great fish store, preferably in the East
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| | Bay, that would make me a good deal? Tom Barr told me that I should be able
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| | to find them for about $70 but I haven't been able to find anyone who will
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| | I would also like to get a couple dozen otto's. I need some more
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-Scott
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