Hi! I'm Papaw, at least to my grandchildren. This blog is a collection of notes written for them. Please feel free to read them to your children too! May God bless all who read.
(From the author of "The Musings of a Left-Hand Man".)
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Shrimp Doing Shrimpy Things
Red Shrimp
Well, we’re back in Papaw’s classroom for more animal
fun. This week we are visiting his shrimp tanks. Now don’t get too excited. These
are not the kind of shrimp you can eat. These are just fun to watch. I have 2 tanks. One is for red shrimp. The other one is for blue ones. They are usually called “Cherry Shrimp” because the first color that people started keeping was red. Normally
in the wild they are a kind of light tan or brown with colored dots mixed in. The scientific name is Neocaridina davidi. They originally come
from fresh water streams in eastern China and Taiwan, but now they are in
aquariums all over the world. They are very easy to keep and also fun to watch.
They now come in many colors, red, blue, green, yellow, orange, and sometimes
even 2 colors.
Mom with eggs
They love to swim all around looking for algae, bits of leftovers and something called biofilm which covers plants,
rocks and other surfaces in the tank. They are very busy and don’t stand still
for very long. On of Papaw’s mommy shrimp is carrying eggs under her tail. Soon there
will be lots and lots of tiny shrimp swimming around. I also have one little fish named Otto with them
who helps keep the tank clean.
The shrimp in this tank are blue. They can be dark blue
(almost black) light blue, or even in between. They are called “blue velvet”. I
have attached 5 videos that you can watch. One video is of one of my other babies born a couple weeks ago. I hope you like them! If you would
like to know more about cherry shrimp you and visit here:
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