Amano shrimp

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    Yes...had a "breeding" colony of 2M8F in their own tank...
     
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    @N00b found a pet-shop in PTA that sells amanos pm me for details.o_O
     
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    @Rizen thanks got some already
     
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    Price?
     
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    @henrivr R220.00 it was the only place that I could find that sells them so I took 2 they only got 9 left over. They adjusting nicely to there new home ;)
     
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    R220 for amanos?
     
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    Tbh that was the only place that I could find that has stock currently
     
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    There has to be a way to breed this things here.. R220 for a shrimp.. man, that is a lot of money..
     
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    That's overkill, paid R50 ea
     
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    Demand dictates the cost, so how much would you pay for say a king kong or blue panda that's born here so no risk of shipping and stress ?
     
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    For those yes, but seems Amano's falls in same bracket as Neo's?
     
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    have many large egg filled females so tempted to try, but I know how much time and trial and effort it takes...
     
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    Been there...done that...kept the zoes alive for 3 weeks...then mass death. Rather focus on my microfish now :D
     
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    why the deaths do you think ?
     
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    Think it was the transition from larvae to shrimplets. The metamorphosis takes a lot out of the zoes...which is why there are so many in the first place.

    From what I've read...people get 50-100 shrimplets out of a thousand larvae...so typically a 90-95% death rate. Me...I got 100% :(
     
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    ok, so you had the zoes in salt and eating what ?
     
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    diatoms and phytoplankton
     
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    I don't mean any disrespect but paying R220 for an Amano is ridiculous. A year ago I bought a couple and think I paid around R30 each...
     
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    its the "currency exchange" :p

    anything over R70 is crazy IMO.. but saying that i wouldnt even pay R70
     
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    Remember given the diabolical exchange rate R70 equates to about R45 to R50 a year or so back which was about the going rate for Amanos.
     
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