Larger market shrimp in FOWLR with fish

[mattybecks]

I was at a chinese supermarket yesterday and saw these guys in it (shrimp, not the fresh water crays at the start of the video).
Not sure what species, but they are aquacultured here in UAE.
Would one or two be OK to put in my FOWLR set up or might they eat my fish/make a mess of my tank).
Of course I would quarantine them first.

100gal, 1.5m tank.

2 x tomato clowns
4 x blue devil damsels
1 x Sergeant major

+ Various numbers of small crabs, snails, worms, pods and other such creatures.

 

[mattybecks]

 

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[Naekuh]

i believe you cant because they are cooler water species and would not live long in temperatures our reefs stay at.

But i know someone tried to buy a live abalone from a korean market, and put it into there tank only to have it die several hours later.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I was at a chinese supermarket yesterday and saw these guys in it (shrimp, not the fresh water crays at the start of the video).
Not sure what species, but they are aquacultured here in UAE.
Would one or two be OK to put in my FOWLR set up or might they eat my fish/make a mess of my tank).
Of course I would quarantine them first.

100gal, 1.5m tank.

2 x tomato clowns
4 x blue devil damsels
1 x Sergeant major

+ Various numbers of small crabs, snails, worms, pods and other such creatures.

Without knowing the species, I can't say for sure, but there are a variety of "dinner table" shrimp species that can be kept in our tanks - not many people do keep them, though (and the few I know who tried did something like tossing them into a tank with pufferfish, so they didn't last long), so I'm not sure how they would do with other tank critters.

 

[mattybecks]

i believe you cant because they are cooler water species and would not live long in temperatures our reefs stay at.

But i know someone tried to buy a live abalone from a korean market, and put it into there tank only to have it die several hours later.

These are bred in UAE in open air farms, and the temps are not so cool here. Water temps in the ocean are between 32 and 35 degrees during summer.

Abalones are straight up cold water though. I have seen them in the Cape (South Africa) and man that ocean is cold.

 

[mattybecks]

Without knowing the species, I can't say for sure, but there are a variety of "dinner table" shrimp species that can be kept in our tanks - not many people do keep them, though (and the few I know who tried did something like tossing them into a tank with pufferfish, so they didn't last long), so I'm not sure how they would do with other tank critters.

I guess another new thing for me to try then! Just got to make sure I get the quarantine done properly.

 

[VintageReefer]

Can you get the video from post 1 on YouTube ?

 

[Stomatopods17]

Majority of the food market shrimp are prawns that need very deep sandbed to burrow, are destructive, or as others have said likely cold water.

That's assuming you source for the purpose of the hobby, most markets don't carefully handle live food nor keep them in conditions that's suitable for long term survival, in otherwords its unlikely they'd be healthy and live very long if brought home.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I guess another new thing for me to try then! Just got to make sure I get the quarantine done properly.

Let us know how it goes!

 

[Tired]

They won't hurt your fish, they don't have the claws for it. I expect they'll eat whatever fish foods you give them, and probably make good enough inhabitants. If you do try it, buy several and expect some of them to die from prior rough handling.

 

[formallydehyde]

I was at a chinese supermarket yesterday and saw these guys in it (shrimp, not the fresh water crays at the start of the video).
Not sure what species, but they are aquacultured here in UAE.
Would one or two be OK to put in my FOWLR set up or might they eat my fish/make a mess of my tank).
Of course I would quarantine them first.

100gal, 1.5m tank.

2 x tomato clowns
4 x blue devil damsels
1 x Sergeant major

+ Various numbers of small crabs, snails, worms, pods and other such creatures.

Luckily for figuring out species, the UAE only has one shrimp farm and according to this article: https://aquaculturemag.com/2018/05/29/uaes-only-shrimp-farm-casts-a-wide-net/
They're probably either Black Tiger (Penaeus monodon) or Indian White shrimp (Fenneropenaeus indicus). I can't tell from the tank because it's so dark, maybe next time ask them to take one out for you, it should be pretty easy to figure out. Maybe that will also help figuring out care requirements/suitability for your tank.

 

[mattybecks]

Luckily for figuring out species, the UAE only has one shrimp farm and according to this article: https://aquaculturemag.com/2018/05/29/uaes-only-shrimp-farm-casts-a-wide-net/
They're probably either Black Tiger (Penaeus monodon) or Indian White shrimp (Fenneropenaeus indicus). I can't tell from the tank because it's so dark, maybe next time ask them to take one out for you, it should be pretty easy to figure out. Maybe that will also help figuring out care requirements/suitability for your tank.

Thank you!

 

[mattybecks]

Majority of the food market shrimp are prawns that need very deep sandbed to burrow, are destructive, or as others have said likely cold water.

That's assuming you source for the purpose of the hobby, most markets don't carefully handle live food nor keep them in conditions that's suitable for long term survival, in otherwords its unlikely they'd be healthy and live very long if brought home.

Last thing I want is my stable deep sand bed disturbed