South American Biotope - Any inverts?

[BioHazard]

I'm toying around with the idea of doing a SA Biotope someday. But are there any inverts for this biotope???

 

[BioHazard]

Bump.

 

[Dexmaster]

hmmmmm good question . . .

 

[BioHazard]

Isnt it! I can find info on fish and plants, but never inverts. Unfair.

 

[zzyzx85]

I believe there's a few but probably not very many or hard to find. SA typically has soft, acidic waters that would play havoc on invert shells, I would think.

 

[Chrisinator]

Tarantulas! But they're Terrestrial.

 

[mellowvision]

dwarf mexican crayfish aren't too hard to find, and there are a few species of shrimp, but nothing particularly common in the trade. a few are mentioned here http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Shrimp/

 

[Mustang Boy]

there are a few species of shrimp but they are all macro shrimp n are aggressive there is also some cray species but none that are very pleasant to the eye. now there is a crab like species of invert known as aegla that is from SA but they tend to like cooler water temps than we usually keep out tropical tanks at

 

[echoofformless]

Pomacea bridgesii

Commonly called a mystery snail or apple snail. Native to almost all of South America.

 

[Cuvier]

Absolutely, but they might be hard to find. What region of S. America and what kind of habitat do you intend to simulate?

Some relatively common Amazonian offerings:

Some species of Palaemonetes, in the same genus as North American ghost shrimp (e.g. P. carteri); small, claw-bearing shrimp Euryrhynchus spp. (primarily exported from Peru); various species of Macrobrachium (e.g. M. amazonicum, M. sp. "Otorongo"); large filter-feeding shrimp (A. gabonensis, mostly exported from W. Africa but present in the Americas as well, and A. scabra if you're willing to be loose about your definition of S. America)...

Euryrhynchus are often shy and liable to be eaten by larger fish, whereas the Macrobrachium might turn the tables ... a lot depends on the tankmates you plan to include.