Freshwater shrimp
  breed inside the petting tank automatically
female

From: freshwater with water plant

Food: Dry shrimp or dry food 
Basic criteria: full tank of freshwater, bio rings
Recommend: air-pump with sponge filter, heater

Breeding

Female can breed egg even without fertilization but the eggs can not grow up
Egg colour is grey

Longest petting time: 3 months



length: 4cm    (from claw to back)

From: freshwater with water plant

Food: Dry shrimp or dry food 
Basic criteria: full tank of freshwater, bio rings
Recommend: air-pump with sponge filter, heater

Background

Buy from shop

Without three left legs

Leg reborn

Day 1   the picture show it legs have grow again but it is little and covered by an orange film

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Day 4  The freshwater lobster change it old cover and from its orange film,
            it show it is little and not enough to grow a new leg this time
            also, after changing the cover, the orange part of the new cover become white colour



Day 5  The part become white colour change into light blue colour

Day 15 The three light blue colour part have grow a thin white strip and its grow forward


second times cover

Day 20 The lobster change its cover second times and grow the three new legs,
but the size is just 80% of other normal leg

Day 32 third times change cover, the new legs is nearly 100% of other normal leg

Day 40-50 fourth times change cover, the body length increase 1 cm

Around day 70 fifth times change cover 

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Around day 90 sixth times change cover 

Period

Length

start

4 cm

1st change cover

4.3 cm

2nd change cover

 5 cm

 3nd change cover     6 cm to 7 cm
 4th change cover

 7 cm to 8 cm

 5th change cover   9 cm to 10 cm
 6th change cover

12 cm

7th change cover

15 cm

claw broken

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after it fifth times change its cover, its left claw was hurt by the crab
firstly it broken part become brown colour
secondly it broken part become pink colour substance
thirdly it broken part disappear after its cover changed
fourthly it new left claw is smaller than its right claw

claw---colour changing


after its fifth times change the cover,
its two claws side appear a little bit orange colour and when the orange colour area is translucence

Around day 170, it seventh times change its over

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claw broken part 2

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the broken hand have not grow up after its sixth times change cover

claw broken part 3

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the broken hand have recovered a bit its seventh times change cover

claw---colour changing part 2


from its sixth cover,
its two claws side appear orange colour area is translucence and become bigger

Petting time: 2006/4/4
 


Summary

Freshwater shrimp is middle level to breed. Because they need to change the cover from time to time. And every time they change it, if the condition change, they may die. But they are active to breed.


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