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Ooo wow, very cool, congrats on your new residents, Veneer! :D Should be nice observing them once they get settled in and exhibiting their normal behavior. It's interesting to note M. duarii adheres to the higher-order method of reproduction. What is their size in length? Is it typical with this spe...

Hi Veneer, thanks for the link! There seems to be an endless variety of interesting shrimp. :D What Macrobrachium species do you currently keep, if any? Can you make some general behavior comments about them such as whether some species need to live alone? I especially ask this because I've had to p...

Hey Pi, what's the update on the second part of your question concerning Wood shrimp and sand? Is he/she doing okay? In a couple weeks or so, I plan on transferring my two Wood shrimp into a currently cycling larger tank of which, part of the bottom is sand and wondered about the same thing. I would...

Congrats Rclover! What a lush green tank you have.

> "I once found 30 + in my filter..."



-GunmetalBlue

Thanks for the information Fugly and Mustafa. I had become hesitant about eventually getting Amanos, but now see the fears were unfounded.

Rclover, sorry about your loss of a few Tigers! But I guess they were going away anyways...

-GunmetalBlue

So I too was wondering, has anyone else had this problem?

-GunmetalBlue

Hi Chiahead, if you look in the shrimp varieties page, it says: "This Shrimp is particularly popular in Japan, but has not found wide distribution elsewhere. At this point I do not know of any shrimp keepers or breeders in North America or Europe who even have this shrimp. To my knowledge C. se...

Hi TKD, thanks for the update - too bad you couldn't get store credit, but at least you tried. It sounds like you might find some other shrimp though?! Just throwing out more possibly weird ideas in an effort to work around your water quality problem. If the copper problem has to do with your buildi...

Woo, look at those eggs, can't believe how large they are! :shock: Congrats Mustafa for finally snagging a pic and updating your ever helpful shrimp varieties page. Please keep us updated on her progress. I often notice on ovigerous shrimp that there will be an egg or two that looks to be barely att...

Hey TKD, I'm very sorry about your loss, but please don't give up! We all go through disheartening experiences every now and then. Kudos to you for making every effort to try and figure out what happened - it's a learning experience we might all be helped by. In this instance, it does drive home the...

Hi Pi, aha, the shrimp bug has really got you!

Wish I could help more, but at the least, here's a link to an old topic that might be interesting in the meanwhile:

viewtopic.php?t=137

Hey, hope your baby ghosts can survive; keep us updated.

-GunmetalBlue

> "I have 22 young RCS i one of my tanks. I only find empty shells in the morning. The shrimps eat them and they dissapear within 8-10 hours." Bochr, they seem to molt when we're not looking, don't they? :roll: Wow, your RCS crew sure eat them fast, they must all be sharing in the meal. Hi...

Hi guys, there was an earlier thread in which the intricacy of a molted exoskeleton was discussed. I have to agree that the molted shell is quite amazing as to detail - you'd think they were pre-sprayed with Pam, considering how perfectly intact they get out of their old carapace. When you first exp...

Hi Donna, loved your story, thanks for sharing it. :D It would be interesting to see if it's a permanent phenomenon and that should they become shy again, can easily be "re-trained," now that you've discovered the "secret," lol. Also, was wondering if they most likely follow the ...

Hi Bochr, glad to see your baby shrimp are doing well and already producing! The 37-day old baby/teenager pic is so cute. :D If anyone was still interested in knowing if a female can carry eggs without a male, I can confirm this, though it is a different species, some kind of Palaemon, Palaemonetes,...