Saltwater shrimp
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click to enlarge possible to breed at home

sand with smooth stone

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

Characteristic

The big claw can make electric to strike down the fish for food


the video show the small shrimp colour is lighter than the big one and it colour is green,
and the bigger shrimp colour is brown and deeper and deeper each time after change its cover
also, the bigger shrimp turning right to left with the pipe showing it body is flexible


the video show it can move freely even out of water, even go backward

Longest petting time: 2 months



Amphipod

click to enlarge possible to breed at home
Length: 2 mm

sand with smooth stone

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

Characteristic

Look like a shrimp baby

like to use environment material making a cave to hide and rest

Eating


The video show it grasp the prey for food like a mantis

Day 10

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it change the cover first time

Day 17

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it grows to 3 mm

Day 18

the sample hurt after taking the photo and death

on 2006/5/23ˇAfind a new sample on the same tank, size 3 mm

Day 2


the video show it hand can be flection inward

one similar sample find in wild (1 cm)

the video show it walk and jump on land quickly in a certain time

one similar sample find in wild (3 mm)


the video show it can accelerate from calm quickly


the video show it can stretch inward to protect itself

Longest petting time: from 18 Days


possible to breed at home
size: 1 cm

Basic criteria: full tank of freshwater, bio rings and air pump
Recommend: air-pump with sponge filter, heater

Characteristic

look like a shrimp but not a shrimp (flat head)

in green colour

a new sample find in water


the sample is yellow colour with a little red pattern and size 5 mm

it swims quickly when in the water


when encounter danger, it stretch inward and look like a ball


when it stretch inward and look like a ball, it can jump to escape from danger


Summary

Saltwater shrimp is very hard to pet and breed. The most important thing is to make sure the water is in certain gravity and without harmful substance. Because they need to change the cover from time to time. And every time they change it, if the condition change, they may die. Also, they must breed in certain condition, e.g. most of it may follow the tidal. So it may not easy to let it breed. 


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