florida native freshwater shrimp

"Allyb" <allyb.TakeThisOut@a1isp.net> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know the scientific name of the freshwater shrimp that lives
in
> the lakes and rivers of florida? I think they're called grass shrimp, but
> I'm not sure. They're about an inch long, and transparent. I was trying
to
> find out if anyone has had any luck with them in an aquarium. I've tried
a
> couple of times and they feed well and live for a few days, but eventually
> die. Don't know if it's my fault, or if they're delicate. I have an
> unending source of them in my backyard, and they're really fun to watch,
if
> anyone know the trick to keeping them alive, let me know... thanks
>
>

I bought two of these several weeks ago. One of them had eggs under its
tail. I waited about two weeks and then isolated her in a 5g tank. A
couple days ago I saw she only had one or two under her tail, so I put her
back in my 55g where she came from. I've counted about 10 baby shrimp, but
they're really hard to see...less than 1cm long and transparent. My water
is slightly alkaline, and hard. They eat all my dead plant leaves, but
sometimes (rarely) they'll find some flakes on the bottom and eat those. I
wish I could go out in my backyard and catch them, I really like these
little guys.
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