Anyone ever kept Hawaii Volcanic Red Shrimps

I am keen in keeping those hardy species of shrimps.
They could thrive in both freshwater and full strength marine aquarium.

And I heard that these shrimps had a astonishing lifespan of over 10 years for a shrimp length no longer than 1-inch (probably shorter).
These are the same species found in those closed ecosphere system.

Anyone want to share their experience in keeping this species, or you knew more information on these?

They are native to Hawaii lava pothole pools, although they are still not considered as endangered species and but the Hawaii wildlife authorities had strict export restriction on these invertibrates, except for purchased and handcarried out of Hawaii from legal captive breeders.

From some websites, i do knew someone from Singapore (engineer in a local varsity) had kept this species, and a search on local forum return no hits of this species.. is that really an "ulu" species?


I had contacted him and his price for this shrimps is extreme high (quoted $300 for 6). Purchase an larger ecosphere and breaking it open for its contents, could be the only alternatives.

But is there other more economical way to get hold of this species?

[EvolutionZ]

looks similar to cherry. although is rare. but for that price. i rather get CRS.

The shrimps really look like cherries. If iam not wrong, this shrimp needs to be in salinity to be able to breed. $300 for 6 is really on the high side.. If this shrimp becomes popular in Singapore, maybe at the start it will be able to fetch this price, but overtime, the price will probably fall by quite a large amount.

[EvolutionZ]

if they are able to breed only in salt water.. i rather set up a marine tank to keep this like how we breed cherry and crs. but only if im a millionair

The main keypoint on the interest of this species is the longevity.
At ideal condition, it can survive for over 15 years, even longer than most cat/dogs.

Even a "torture-chamber" of closed eco-sphere ecosystem, one buyer said their shrimps survived 7 years, and still alive and kicking..

[EvolutionZ]

yea.. but for that price.. really i rather den S grade or S+ crs

Originally Posted by EvolutionZ

yea.. but for that price.. really i rather den S grade or S+ crs

lol bro, the price is really on the high side! but you never know, before the crs craze kicks in, i never thought i will spend so much buying shrimps. But when the craze kicks in, the CRAZE kicks in!

Thats what i call being a hobbyist!

[EvolutionZ]

same here.. when i decided to come back to shrimp.. i told myself to only keep C grade CRS and cherry and no chiller also.. now i keeping B and A and im seriously considering chiller

Dude,

Mine lasted 2 years in the biosphere. They were selling it here in the enclosed glass sphere at Taka with the magnetic cleaners. Some were going for 500-800sgd. (is this what you are refering to?)

They are really tiny red shrimp. I brought a couple of ecospheres back from the US and most of the shrimp survived. They also grow pretty slowly.

I never checked into the avaliability of these as this was about 8 years ago but ive never seen anyone here with it.

However, only as a suggestion, CRS are nicer to look at though.

[ryo88]

Originally Posted by marle

The shrimps really look like cherries. If iam not wrong, this shrimp needs to be in salinity to be able to breed. $300 for 6 is really on the high side.. If this shrimp becomes popular in Singapore, maybe at the start it will be able to fetch this price, but overtime, the price will probably fall by quite a large amount.

you cannot look at price this way, as you said before. maybe the shrimp just worth $30, but the seller provides good service leh, so they worth $300