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It looks like you are using live rocks. Just make sure there is no creature living inside the rock that can harm the shrimp. Previously, I bought some live rock for my marine fish tank. There are crabs living in the rocks. These crab came out during the night and feast on my marine fishes. One by On...

First, get yourself a weighing scale and a measuring cylinder. You can use aquarium sea salt and bring the salinity to 8 - 10 ppt(part per thousand). To get a 8 ppt salinity, you put 8 gram of salt for every 1000ml of water. To get a 10 ppt salinity, you put 10 gram of salt for every 1000ml of water.

I followed this setup in the picture: http://131.204.120.103/srsantos/gallery/v/Anchialine/album02/DSCN3035.jpg.html The salinity in my tank is 10-15 ppt. You can cover the top of the tank to pevent evaporation loss. No airstone is required. Just turn on the light for 8 - 10 hour a day. You can feed...

Recently, I found a University website who are into the research of these shrimps: http://www.auburn.edu/~santosr/ I followed their setup in the photo gallery and guess what ? They are breeding ! :D They don't breed immediately but as they get more acculmate to their environment, they do. Mine breed...

1 gram of salt in 1 Litres of water equal to 1 ppt.

Salt water is about 34 ppt.

If you need 50% salinity of salt water, which is 17 ppt,
just add 17 gram of salt in 1 Litre of water.

I had over 100 Halocaridina rubra in a 10 Gallon tank with some Malaya Trumpet Snail (MTS) for years. The shrimp were breeding fine... until yesterday.... I found none left. :shock: I did a nitrite test and found the level below 0.9mg /l, which was tolerable. Unfortunately, I did not perform the Amo...

The shrimp in your old sphere are Opae Ula, who live in brackish water.

The one in your picture are Red Cherry Shrimp, freshwater.

They are different.

Does Ostracod look black all the time ? Because those in my picture are white.

The micrograph does show a clam shape opening just like those in my picture.

I guess you are right. Thank you very much.

It is white and it stay on the wall of the tank and bogwood most of the time. If you poke it with a stick, it can swim away.

It feed on dead shrimp too !

And it is definitely not Ostracod (seed shrimp).

i don't think so. It look different.

This creature is 1mm long with 2 antennas and a couple of legs.
It has a slit in the centre that look like a clam.

It crawl on the walls of the tank and on the bogwood.

This creature is in my Red Cherry tank. I realised the population grows when the tank aged. I search the internet for a similar image. The closest I can find is Aquatic Sowbug or Isopod. But I can't really tell. This is the best image I got. What do you think it is ? How can I get rid of it ? It doe...

Sure you can !

Just go to the following website and see for yourself !

http://www.fukubonsai.com/micro-lobster.html

I forgot to mention that there aren't many store selling shrimps. I managed to find 2 - 3 shops selling shrimps. There were cherry shrimp, woods shrimp, CRS(out-of-stock), lobster and crayfish. I saw some big local shrimps which I cannot identify. But there were plenty of fishes: Goldfish, guppies, ...

You can try Chatuchak weekend market. I was there last year. All the shops are open on Saturday and Sunday. Some shops are open during the weekdays too ! http://www.asiatraveltips.com/ChatuchakMarketBangkok.shtml I bought some Wood shrimp for 15 Baht each. The Cherries are going for 60 Baht each. I ...

Hi everyone,

can someone give an update on their Hawaii shrimp ?
How are they doing ? Are they breeding ?
Did any die ?

Thanks.