Sponsorship Opportunities

TheShrimpFarm.com has decided to offer some sponsorship opportunities.  Due to my extremely busy career outside of the Dwarf Shrimp hobby I have decided not to sell any shrimp for at least the next 3 months and to make sure this website continues to generate enough income to support itself we will be offering advertising inventory.

If you come to this site often you probably have noticed a few changes with the new sponsorships and I hope they are not too obtrusive!

If you are interested in a sponsorship please visit our sponsorship page!

Thank you for your time!

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Breeding Amano Shrimp Journal – Day 1

Day 1 - 8/22/08

Today I observed a berried Amano Shrimp.  The berried female is about average size for the females in my aquarium.  Her eggs are extremely small, almost see threw with a slight tan tint.

After first observation I started to prepare an isolation aquarium for her.  I selected an old 2-gallon aquarium that I bought on clearance a few months back.

I then put some fast growing floating plants and an air stone in the aquarium and transferred water and the berried shrimp from its original aquarium.

This aquarium will also be used for the larval stage and will eventually be converted to full salt water after the eggs hatch and the female is transferred back to original aquarium.

After the transfer of the berried female I started a green water culture.  I put full strength saltwater into 2 separate mason jars.  I then added some plant fertilizers to the water to encourage algae growth.  The mason jars are set out side with an upside down aquarium above them to keep rain water out.

The rains from Hurricane Fay are still hammering Florida, so I don’t expect the green water to grow rapidly and that is why I set it up so early.

Stay tuned for more updates

Helpful Resources:

• Breeding Amano Shrimp Journal
• Amano Shrimp

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Breeding Amano Shrimp Journal

8/22/08 – Breeding Amano Shrimp Journal – Day 1

• Observed berried female
• Prepared isolation aquarium
• Transferred berried female
• Started green water culture

This post will be updated after every entry into the journal!

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I wish the real world…

It has been quite some time since I have posted on my Dwarf Shrimp Blog, the real world has gotten in the way.

My career is as a TV Cameraman. This entire month I have spent covering the missing child story about Caylee Anthony. I have worked a minimum of 15 hours a day. The only thing that has given me a day off is the hurricane that is going over us right now.

So what does all this have to do with Dwarf Shrimp? Not a thing! So I will leave you with a few pictures from my newest shrimp!

Enjoy!

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Fun with Nikon

Today I decided to break out my trusty Nikon D40 and snap off a few pictures. The most interesting came from my soft water Tiger Shrimp aquarium:

This Tiger Shrimp has been displaying this red color for quite some time now.

The red on this Tiger Shrimp was first observed in my Soft Water Shrimp in Hard Water experiment!

While taking pictures I noticed the Ramshorn snail that I first pictured in the A Few Random Pictures post has changed color a little bit!

Helpful Resources:

• Nikon D40
• Soft Water Shrimp in Hard Water (update #2)
• A Few Random Pictures

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