Halocaridina rubra

[Daudin]

Do someone keep this very interesting species in Europe? Is this species available somewhere in Europe? I would like to buy it but no by mean of ecosphere or biosphere globes. Thanks! :rolleyes:

[fwshrimp]

Hello,

i hope you understand my bad english.

I know one in germany Martin Reith. He sell Halocaridina rubra. I have only his email adress.
Is it allowed to post email adresses ???

Greetings
Marco

That was my first post :-)

[Robert]

Hi Marco, welcome to ShrimpNow!

It's not the best idea to post an email-address in a public forum because of spam. I have enable your PM for the time being.

regards
Robert

[Daudin]

Hi Marco,

my English is also imperfect. I understand you very well! Thank you for your endeavour and offer of help!! I found Martin Reith´s web site about these fascinating shrimps (www.meerwasser-lexikon.de/de/55/1545/Halocaridina/rubra), but no his e-mail address. I will be very glad you provide it me by way of private message of this web site. Thanks!!!

Today I asked on www.aquatic-store.com (USA sellers) if they send shrimps to Europe. They reply was „Sorry per law we cannot export any shrimp unless you have an import lisc“:(. Is there breeder, seller or importer of this species in Europe?

Question for Robert:
Did you meet with this species or even do you keep it?

[Robert]

Hi Daudain,
I never saw the Opae ula myself. This means I also didn't keep it yet. These shrimps live in a very special environment and I think we should let them live their instead of putting them into our tanks. They are not the only red shrimp available.

What is so special about them that you really want to see them suffer in your tank? Cherries look similar and they are a much better choice in my opinion.

regards
Robert

[Daudin]

Hi Robert!

Yes, these shrimps live in very special and rare biotope, but we can successfully simulate it in our tanks. This my opinien come out from internet information on another shrimp forum and special web sites and scientific papers. I study descriptions of opae ula natural environment, its scientific research and captive requirements for a long time. Just now I already establish special tank with brackish water and lava stones for them. Just now I wait it will be sufficiently old and cycled.

If I will not successful in buying of captive bred or in nature catched free floating animals I buy them by way of ecosphere. I know it is bad thing to buy in nature catched rapidly disappearing and potentially endangered animals. It is not palliate argument but opae ula is also selled as a live food for seehorses!!!

I keep and breed cherry shrimps. I have even two forms – small and big (I don´t think males and females :cool: !!!)

[gr81]

offtopic: what of creatures do you have as personal icon, Daudin? those white "aliens":)

[Daudin]

Hi gr81,

It´s perhaps Pontonides unciger - a marine shrimp living on white coral (indo-pacific region). It has very beautifully developed cryptic coloration. I used the picture as my icon because of it. I love biological diversity, especially crustacean, but also frogs, insects, snakes, monkeys, orchids etc. Marine shrimps have much more species, colour and shape diversity than freshwater ones. They are another incredible dimension!!! Judge yourself!(Pontonides unciger, Miropandalus hardingi, Periclimenes holthuisi, Thor amboinensis, Hymenocera elegans ):











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[gr81]

They are absolute :)
Really more colored and more "interesting" than freshwater.
That transparent... I never see something like that. How can it live? Where are inner organs? ;) Or is not transparent, but some type of mimic coloring?

In comparison of these are mentioned H. rubra poor companions :D

[Daudin]

Not only these questions, but also How many species really exist? Why is so high colour and shape diversity? What is sense of violet spots of the translucent species? What are their biological roles in ecosystems? How big and dynamic are „arm races“ between them and their predators? How they communicate one another? Etc.etc. We know almost nothing about them. There is also very sad and flustrating issue. I think that speed and extent of human destruction of whole nature is so high that most species will disseapear before we find out answers of these fascinating questions. :cry:

H. rubra perhaps isn´t so appearance attractive as marine or some freshwater shrimps, but its exceptionality is in extreme tolerance to many environmetal factors and occurence in very special and interesting habitat. Most shrimps (especially tropical marine) live in relatively narrow range of environmental factors. Small deviation from optimum means their death or heavy problems. H. rubra is really something exceptional not only among crustaceans but among all animals.
For interest, according to the newest scientific discovery, H. rubra is not probably one species but group of cryptic species. Every island or even every single pond (or group of ponds) inhabits different species!!! :shocked:

[kwirk]

Hallo Daudin

I now you have buy some of Halocridina Ruba and Breed them.
Can you tell as more.


Stefan

[Davide_m]

Hello all,
i writing from italy, and i have an interest for this shrimps.
someone have breeding them?? where i can buy it??
Thank you.
Regards.

[gr81]

as I know, there is no breeder in EU selling them.

[Davide_m]

thank you, gr81,
you know someone who send them in europe
regards.

Davide

[kevinlaikf]

Anyone kept this species of Hawaiian Red Shrimp?
I managed to got few directly from US shrimps keepers.

The problems now I faced was that these shrimps are too small, and still basically vegetarian, and my mistake was to introduce marimo (algae balls) without quarantine the algae balls, there are embedded bloodworms.
Now my shrimp tank is filled with wriggling worms which love to build cocoon with dirt, and it is an eyesore to the whole tank with these cocoons sticking all over the places. Worst of all, it seems that there are more of these breeding non-stop. The worms spooked my shrimps and their redness seems fading under stress.

I am asking if anyone kept these small shrimps with de-worming small fishes?
Or know of any pest control medication which are shrimp-friendly?

Thank you.

[gr81]

No pest medication! Worms can survive in saltwater? If fishes are small, like young P. endleri or P. reticulata, there should be no problem. What about siphon them out?

[kevinlaikf]

Anyone keeping hawaiian Red shrimp (aka Mini Lobster)?
What are the best breeding temperature for these shrimps?

I stay in the tropics, and my shrimp tank does not have any chiller.
2ft Tank Temp was always hovering at 28-29 degree celsius with airpowered UGF pump.

Only about 5-6 shrimplets borned every 1-2 month, despite of a seed population of 30 adults. I believe only 1 females are responsible for the breeding, while other female may not accept my tank condition for breeding.

Observed, there are 2 subspecies of the Hawaiian Red Shrimp, one with heavy distinct Red, while other group, pale pink with lesser eye spots, and seems to be blind.
Hawaii outdoor shallow pool swimmer vs the dark cavern dweller?

[dew]

Hi Kelvin, by this time your shrimps must be breeding quite well. They are bascally maintainence free, you feed them algae on rocks but not bloodworms.