Howdy Yall,
Im gauging interest in a peppermint shrimp group order. When the water gets a little warmer ill be able to go collect the shrimp from the jetties. Its real easy for me to spend an hour after sunset and collect roughly 100-150 shrimp. I have on occasion traded some LFS shrimp for frags, filled in my tank nicely. Im looking to help my brother fill in a little of his tank too. I can go collect how ever many yall want. If who ever wants some, can help pitch a few dollars to cover the exact over night shipping cost, (im guessing $30 or so to over night from Galveston to Denver) then can trade frags for generous portion of shrimp. For instance: if 5 people want 100 shrimp, $6 each for shipping plus some frags for 20 shrimp each. Im looking for help figuring out how many shrimp i can send at a time, i have no clue. I will be able to send females with eggs, not many, to donate to the DBTC but only to people with aged refugium that might actually have a chance to raise the larvae. I try to have no more than 5% of the total catch be females with eggs. I will not be sending the shrimp in sea water i will acclimate them over to artificial salt water. I will be the one catching and sending them but ill let my brother be primary for the money since he is a full MASC member.
Thoughts? Comments? Ideas?
Me:
http://www.marinecolorado.org/forums/showthread.php?18920-Howdy-Yall
My brother:
http://www.marinecolorado.org/forums/showthread.php?18430-My-First-Reef-40g
Im gauging interest in a peppermint shrimp group order. When the water gets a little warmer ill be able to go collect the shrimp from the jetties. Its real easy for me to spend an hour after sunset and collect roughly 100-150 shrimp. I have on occasion traded some LFS shrimp for frags, filled in my tank nicely. Im looking to help my brother fill in a little of his tank too. I can go collect how ever many yall want. If who ever wants some, can help pitch a few dollars to cover the exact over night shipping cost, (im guessing $30 or so to over night from Galveston to Denver) then can trade frags for generous portion of shrimp. For instance: if 5 people want 100 shrimp, $6 each for shipping plus some frags for 20 shrimp each. Im looking for help figuring out how many shrimp i can send at a time, i have no clue. I will be able to send females with eggs, not many, to donate to the DBTC but only to people with aged refugium that might actually have a chance to raise the larvae. I try to have no more than 5% of the total catch be females with eggs. I will not be sending the shrimp in sea water i will acclimate them over to artificial salt water. I will be the one catching and sending them but ill let my brother be primary for the money since he is a full MASC member.
Thoughts? Comments? Ideas?
Me:
http://www.marinecolorado.org/forums/showthread.php?18920-Howdy-Yall
My brother:
http://www.marinecolorado.org/forums/showthread.php?18430-My-First-Reef-40g