I have a question in that I found a shed skin with eggs still in it. I move some shrimp around before this happened and I was wondering was it something i did...
Hello Joey, I've read two things that might apply. First, that females mate after molting. Second, that water changes encourage molting and thus mating. My...
... Recent research by the Germans indicates that feeding too high a protein food causes the outer shell to be shed before the under skin is fully developed. ...
I have a question to add to this. How often do the shrimp bear young? How many in a litter? I have some Cherry now but have no idea what to expect. Other...
Hey Jim, I honestly couldn't give a time frame on how often shrimp berry up. It's hard to keep tabs when they reproduce as fast as they do. The males and...
... Females I think. ... If this is the same species then I suppose it will. :-) -- Stuart Halliday http://mytriops.com/ 200 Million years in the making......
Hi Jim, In addition to coloration and size (mature males of cherrys and a few others tend to be a lot smaller) don't forget the 'saddle'. Eggs of cherrys are...
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Stuart Halliday wrote: Recent research by the Germans indicates that feeding too high a protein food causes the outer shell to be shed before the under skin is...
Hi Frank, To me it depends upon what is in the protein. Exoskeletons are actually hardened by various cuticular metals. I was involved in some research a few...
Darrin Vernier wrote: Exoskeletons are actually hardened by various cuticular metals. I was involved in some research a few years ago investigating the...
Hi Frank, You could be right. It is also true that minerals increase or impede the metabolism of other metals, including metals. I don't know about iodine but...
What comes to mind is certain health trouble are reflected in the nails of us humans? Like ridges side to side in diabetics. Other problems result in ridges...
Hi, if u have some moulting problem in shrimp based on their size apply 5 t0 40 ppm formalin. by ... the metabolism ... is the addition of ... doesn't but I've...
... I doubt it. I became aware of it via the JBL adverts and I asked them. Here is 2 emails they sent me back in Jan. 2007 to me. ... Hi Stuart, Friedrich...
Stuart, thanks. I had seen this info before. Here's an interesting point: <<I asked about the natural behaviour of crustaceans. In the natural habitatsthey...
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Hi, It may not be as simple as protein but the kind of protein. For example if we check algaes such as spirulina and chorella we find that some of them have...
Interesting. I just found out the preservative in shrimp pellets was once marketed as an insecticide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethoxyquin Cheers, Darrin ...
I brought up the Ethoxyquin issue because in the vet field many are against it but I seem to recall the notion was sort of seen as silly by some folks. Dawn ...
Darrin Vernier wrote: Hi, It may not be as simple as protein but the kind of protein. For example if we check algaes such as spirulina and chorella we find...
Hi Frank, When I look at the additive or anything else I remember the items we test their water for are measured in ppm, parts per million. On the basis of...
... Hmm didn't the Chinese think that with the awful Dog and Cat food issue earlier this year and more baffling recently with the death and serious illnesses...
Darrin Vernier wrote: On the basis of relative quantity copper, nitrites, and nitrates should be dismissed as causes of shrimp mortality but we know they can't...
Stuart Halliday wrote: I believe Frank M. Greco wrote this email section below: Protein is protein. The body can not differentiate between animal or plant...