Macrobrachium rosenbergiiin the Uk

[Dozzer8]

Does anyone know if the species Macrobrachium rosenbergii, the Giant Freshwater Prawn, is being kept in the UK currently? are they available through the fish-trade? does anyone on here keep them?

Thanks

 

[MattW]

Never seen them in a store before I'm afraid. A very old thread a while back asked the same thing - Thread
No idea if they got the answer they wanted

 

[Dozzer8]

Never seen them in a store before I'm afraid. A very old thread a while back asked the same thing - Thread
No idea if they got the answer they wanted

Yer sorry for the cut and paste it basically asked exactly what I wated to know. I thought things may have changed since 2007.

 

[Magnum Man]

I found these guys, but they don't say where they ship from...

Freshwater Prawns

KT Prawns Provides Live Juvenile Freshwater Prawns for Aquaponics.

www.ktprawns.com

these guys are in the UK... look like they are growing for food, but may be a contact there???

Britain's prawn farming pioneers

Dougie Allen, a co-founder of Great British Prawns, explains what inspired him to establish the UK’s first and only clearwater – as opposed to biofloc-based – shrimp farm.

thefishsite.com

 

[Dozzer8]

I found these guys, but they don't say where they ship from...

Freshwater Prawns

KT Prawns Provides Live Juvenile Freshwater Prawns for Aquaponics.

www.ktprawns.com

Thanks for looking but US based and do not ship internationally.

 

[Dozzer8]

I found these guys, but they don't say where they ship from...

Freshwater Prawns

KT Prawns Provides Live Juvenile Freshwater Prawns for Aquaponics.

www.ktprawns.com

these guys are in the UK... look like they are growing for food, but may be a contact there???

Britain's prawn farming pioneers

Dougie Allen, a co-founder of Great British Prawns, explains what inspired him to establish the UK’s first and only clearwater – as opposed to biofloc-based – shrimp farm.

thefishsite.com

Thanks really appreciate the help, I did find these guys but they went out of business during covid.

 

[Colin_T]

They aren't suitable for tanks containing fish because they eat the fish, and they fight each other in aquariums so you end up with 1 or a pr and nothing else. They are fine when little but not when big and they grow to a foot long (including claws). We eat them in Australia.

 

[GaryE]

It's rare to hear an Australian say "we eat them". Usually, it's "they eat us".

 

[Dozzer8]

They aren't suitable for tanks containing fish because they eat the fish, and they fight each other in aquariums so you end up with 1 or a pr and nothing else. They are fine when little but not when big and they grow to a foot long (including claws). We eat them in Australia.

Yes thank you for the information, im not planning to keep them with any other fish.