Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Mississippi Grass Shrimp

I have been looking for a source of PK shrimp

Has anyone ordered shrimp from this person? If so what was your experience. Did the shrimp arrive alive and healthy?

Also I want to make sure that they are truly PK shrimp so they will survive the winter in Iowa. Can anyone confirm they are PK shrimp and not Palaemonetes paludosus.

I always thought my fish were eating them but of course can't be sure as I didn't stock them in any huge number either.

I think they do prefer certain kinds of grass/weeds as the ebay seller did say he had to find them in a certain type of vegetation in local bodies of water.

But the water characteristics also play a big role in their survival. I would test your water. Of course adding the limestone for cover for crayfish is good too.

Many here would warn you to put a crayfish predator in before crayfish especially if you are going to give them lots of hiding places in the limestone. Once crayfish get ahead of your predators and have places to hide it can be very tough to establish any vegetation and the predators will not catch up with your crayfish numbers.

Another order of action might be.
test water first
if it could stand more alkalinity and harness add limestone
add forage fish, scuds, shrimp, smaller forage etc
add bass (if that is your predator for crayfish)
add crayfish last