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Hi Asoftie - you could try posting pictures - I'm not clear if you are saying you have a Bee shrimp or if you have something different from a Bee? As to Bee shrimp, I'm afraid I don't have any experience. It's not a common shrimp in the USA, so I rarely hear about people owning them here - though so...

Hi Fishgeek, here's one more side-by-side comparison; male in background on left, female on right: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/ZeroCatgravity/ZMisco%20Shrimp/RCS040B400W.jpg Yes, males are slimmer and has a "racy" appearance. With the female, note the fuller carapace that hangs ...

I'm interested in knowing the results of this too. I'm wondering if the appearance of the offspring would be such that you would be able to tell? Or would they take on the characteristic of one shrimp or the other and not look unusual or "hybrid-looking?" Also, if anyone has pics or a link...

Hi Alex, thanks for sharing pics of your Bumblebees. :) Yes, the first one looks very nice and also has the nice shiney skin look of a recently molted, healthy shrimp. In your experience, have the amount of eggs you see before hatching been fairly proportional to the amount of offspring you do end u...

Hi TKD - First, a great big congrats on your first Red Cherry shrimplets!!! :) What's going on with the different sizes is completely normal, so no worries. There will be an even bigger disparity as they turn into juvies. The more competition for food - meaning smaller tank, hardly any algae (which ...

Water changes are done based on water quality. On the average I will change between 2.5G and 3G of water every 2-3 weeks. The water is cold tap water and is let to warm up to room temperture (which is typically close to 74 in the afternoon) and at this point I add the chlorin and chloromine removal...

Hi Sami, I was in the same situation as you, I had two females so unfortunately, don't have any pics of males. I'm inclined to go with the Wirbellose info that the male should be larger than the female. But size is relative, especially if there are juveniles involved. I am not sure if there are any ...

Hi Jao and welcome to the forum. :) Asian filter shrimp, just like the name states, is a filter feeder. Basically, they hang out near a current of water with their fans open and filters miniscule particles of food from it. If you didn't mind a suggestion, the tank you have him/her in right now is mu...

Hi Opo, your temp sounds okay, I'm presuming it's not ultra-quick changes. Here are a few more questions: 1. Size of tank? Filtration? 2. What is your frequency and amount of water changes? And does the change introduce a large parameter shift in temp, pH, etc.? 3. What is your feeding routine? Is t...

By the way, if you have any drift wood or similar tannin releasing organic materials in your tank, remove them immediately. Most acid water shrimp do not seem to like tannins in their water and their hatchlings die immediately. Nothing extra in the tank except my low-tech type plants. Hmmm, what yo...

Over here, the shortest I've recorded for my RCS hatching was 17 days in about 78F average temp. It seems shocking to me how short it takes for Cherries to hatch. Guess that's part of the reason why a person can end up with a lot of shrimp in a short amount of time. TKD, about raising the temp, I do...

my red cherries swims around alot and breeds even more. got one around 10mm long and already she's carring eggs. I haven't figured out why, but I continually run into folks who insist that shrimp flying around the tank (unless it's the mating dance) are doing great. :smt017 Mine just about never fl...

Hi Becky, I actually did recently witness a few of my shrimp doing this. The reason was that my filtration had slowed to a crawl and there were some debris on the surface which apparently, the shrimp enjoyed picking at. :wink: Although I had been scheduled to rinse out the sponge on the intake of th...

Thanks for the update, TKD, that's great news! :) If you're anything like me, you're probably staring at those eggs hours on end :wink: . You might possibly be able to see black dot for eyes on them by now or at least soon, if you happen to have a magnification device. Although Cherries are pretty h...

Hi Lotus, another testament to the hardiness of Red Cherries? Amazing creatures they are!

Mid-30's (F.) in so Cal? You must either be near the mountains or the high desert ... That's just way too cold for me.