Adrian.
At 07:00 12/05/98 -0700, you wrote:
>On Mon, 11 May 1998, Mach T. Fukada wrote:
>
>> to try to pump them up with rotifers and green water.
>
>Try microfood for shrimp (although you are probably already too late with
>this batch). Wager can tell you more about it.
>
>> Ours get washed out to sea and spend most of larval
>> development in the marine or estuarine environment. Do you think that the
>> empires are about the same and may need brackish water for devlopment.
>
>Empires don't need salt to develop, they can do fine in freshwater, although
>they are not uncommon in upper estuaries. I doubt they'd tolerate full
>salt water, but it would be interesting to know if anyone has tried them
>under marine conditions. Same for Pseudomugil signifer, the two often
>occur together along the east coast.
>
>Cheers
>Peter Unmack
>
>
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