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- Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:29 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: african fan/vampire shrimp
- Replies: 5
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I have a suspicion i have a male and a female.... certainly i have one with HUGE front legs and one with normal, non huge ones.... However they are only approx half the stated adults size, and they have not shed in the last 3 months or so which is worrying me slightly. They are active and feeding we...
- Tue May 30, 2006 11:09 am
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Vampire shrimp care
- Replies: 24
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You should really search although i can understand why people dont as teh search results can be very tedious to go through.... 1/ They pretty much eat what they find but bearing in mind they are filter feeders and so cannot pick up, or pick at large foods, AND because you appear to want to keep them...
- Sun May 14, 2006 8:24 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Atya Gabonensis - odd behaviour, moulting related
- Replies: 5
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They seem pretty happy right now, tank light is on and they are both out and about, mooching, feeding, telling the eels and fish to go away.... I may invest in more hiding spots as the eels have teh same hiding requirements as the shrimp, plus they have had some form of marital dispute and whilst i ...
- Sat May 13, 2006 4:30 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Atya Gabonensis - odd behaviour, moulting related
- Replies: 5
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Yep and yep.... plenty bogwood, bag of peat in filter, range of places to go to, they like to be under teh bogwood (even in previous tank they didnt bother climbing) but they are picking places where teh current will take food to them. Seen one of them feeding a lot tonight and i can tell by the dim...
- Sat May 13, 2006 4:28 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: eSHa algae remover....
- Replies: 6
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- Sat May 13, 2006 2:42 am
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Atya Gabonensis - odd behaviour, moulting related
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2171
- Sat May 13, 2006 2:38 am
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: eSHa algae remover....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1591
Hmm Tank inhabitants are 2 x shrimp, 2 x zebra eels (small-ish), and 10 x silver tip tetras. Tank has a sand substrate an oversized internal filter, some live planting, and some bogwood. Lighting is more off than on due to both the shrimp and the eels preferring a dimly lit tank. Tank is if anything...
- Thu May 11, 2006 5:17 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: eSHa algae remover....
- Replies: 6
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eSHa algae remover....
My tank has some horrible black hairy sort of algae in it, whcih none of the inhabitants wish to eat.... I cant see any ingredients on the algae remover, although it says it 'may' harm aquatic snails. Do i use it on a tank with two african filter shrimps in, or not.... (if i cant that means moving t...
- Thu May 04, 2006 4:15 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Atya Gabonensis - odd behaviour, moulting related
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2171
Atya Gabonensis - odd behaviour, moulting related
I have a pair of these and they went through their first moult fine, both moulting within a few days of one another, both feeding well, active but not too active, etc etc. And then about 3 weeks ago, they started to be 'odd'. Not so active, not feeding, hidden together all curled up together (althou...
- Thu May 04, 2006 3:29 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Vampire can climb?
- Replies: 1
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- Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:29 am
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Advice on replacing a tank
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3989
- Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:57 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Hi im new, need help, giant african filter shrimp...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3449
- Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:27 am
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Advice on replacing a tank
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3989
I did exactly whats described here, when swapping my old 3ft tank for the new 4ft one. Start early in the day, and get friends to help if you can. I used a big plastic crate/tub that i could run a mini heater in, and filled that with some water from the old tank.. put the plants in it and then the t...
- Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:20 am
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Hi im new, need help, giant african filter shrimp...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3449
Cheers, have been mooching about here most of teh afternoon picking up more info. My LFS here (uk, manchester) appears to have captive bred gabonensis's, not 100% sure, but given everything thats wild caught is normally labelled as such, and these guys werent (adn they had LOADS), im guessing they a...
- Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:05 am
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Hi im new, need help, giant african filter shrimp...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3449
Ive just come back here to find out more about shrimp. The shrimp i posted about above did in the end, moult, regenerate his legs, but then he sadly died the day after. I guess it took too much out of him. I now have a pair of smaller atya gabonensis who are waiting for a bigger tank to cycle - thes...