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Old 10-27-2011, 11:10 PM
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Default Tiger pawn & white shrimp

Wonder if tiger pawn & white shrimp are reef safe?
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Old 10-27-2011, 11:12 PM
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I meant prawn
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Old 10-27-2011, 11:30 PM
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I've tried bringing home live market prawns but they never survive (too cold). Where would you get live tiger prawns or white shrimp in Canada? A lot of these are aquacultured in fw or brackish, not full strength saltwater.
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Old 10-27-2011, 11:54 PM
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Same answer as Anthony. I've heard of a person acclimating a tiger prawn to SW from brackish but lost track of the thread (on RC I think?), so I don't know the final outcome. Tiger prawns in general can get pretty huge and I can tell you first hand, they can do a number on your hands because they have razor sharp rostrums (did not feel good in saltwater surrounded by sharks 100 ft under water).

Did you mean tiger pistol shrimp/prawn?
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Old 10-28-2011, 02:00 AM
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i did it once-brought home 20 prawns-5 survived the trip-picked them up at the t&t downtown.i acclimatized them for 2 hours and let them go into my tank.my snowflake finished them off within 5 minuites-didn't eat for 3 days after
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