Product How To Raise & Train Your Peppermint Shrimp

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Author - April Kirkendoll
Publisher - Lysmata Publishing; Paperback;
Copyright 2001
Description - 147 pages of text, with some black and white drawings included throughout the book.

Even if you aren't planning to raise and/or train your own Peppermint Shrimp, this book is an excellent read. April Kirkendoll's style of writing leaves you with the impression that she is sitting across the kitchen table, sharing some very interesting experiences, rather than droning on and on from behind the dias in a college lecture hall.

Every chapter is filled with first hand information, gleaned from 17 years of work as a professional aquaculturist and marine aquarist. As you can tell by the chapter names and descriptions, the book is well organized and takes you in logical steps from describing the shrimp to how to the equipment required and then through the breeding, care and feeding process.

Content in "How To Raise & Train Your Peppermint Shrimp" includes
the following topics in great detail:

• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - Shrimp Biology 101: Anatomy & Vocabulary, What Makes Shrimp Different, A Quick Introduction To Shrimp Reproduction
• Chapter 3 - Breeding Peppermint Shrimp: Obtaining a "Pair", The SpawningTank, Feeding The Prospective Parents
• Chapter 4 - The Eggs
• Chapter 5 - Larvae Collection
• Chapter 6 - The Larvae
• Chapter 7 - Building The Nursery
• Chapter 8 - Larval Care
• Chapter 9 - Foods & Feeding: Hatching Brine Shrimp, Feeding Peppermint Larvae (Parts A & B), Growing Juvenile Brine Shrimp, Growing Brine Shrimp To Adulthood, Alternate Foods
• Chapter 10 - Summary
• Chapter 11 - Troubleshooting
• Chapter 12 - Training Your Shrimp
• Chapter 13 - Notes on Other Species: The Striped Cleaner Shrimp (L. amboinensis), The Flame Shrimp (L. debelius).
• Chapter 14 - A Note on Commercial Rearing
• Chapter 15 - A Request
• Chapter 16 - References & Suggested Reading
• Chapter 17 - Index