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i was at a hobbyist type thing last week and managed to pick up three of these lovely critters for 10 euro, loving them so far, they have so much character, but was wondering if they need anything special? i already keep procambus vasquaese(spellng is probably wrong) and have successfully bred them ...

living in germany at the moment has allowed me to see a great number of "new" shrimp but i've never heard of this, Atyaephyra desmaresti, anyone ever heard of it or know of it(or even bred it)? i have a chance to get some but don't want to jump in not knowing what i'm doing with them and i...

in germany yes infact i don't think there is anyone not breeding them apart from me, i only have one and i only bought him as was a rescue case(2.5 legs and no claws) but now he's fine. why'd you ask?

that sounds like daphnia, although a little big. it's a good sign though it means your tank is nicely settled, mature and you have good water quality, getting rid of them i believe is impossible. as for the algae try cutting down and the amount of light the tank gets and thet should do the trick.

tiny greyish crustations isn't very descriptive, can you describe them or post a photo of them?

thank you very much!
i've been looking for a good answer for ages but not been able to find anything.

hi just a quick question, or two, how many shrimp does it take to start off a colony? i had one berried red cherry, i bought her because she seemed lonely in a tank on her own, now she's had babies and they're starting to get berried, whic leads to my next question do shrimp suffer from inbreeding? ...

i've seen preety simular coloured shrimp to those in germany called "goldflake" although it does seem like you've got a mix of cardinal and that to get that pattern, i think the large spot on the lower back should be yellow though.

sorry i haven't replied in ages, shortly after my last post my computer died! but anyway i'm guessing it was just natural variation as i now have thirty odd of the lil things running around and bothering their parents and my cherries. just got to try and find someway to get rid of them i think 80 li...

hi, as you may of guessed i just had my first batch of Procambarus vasquezae hatch and have a question. Of the batch of 30ish, they won't stand still long enough for me to count them, i've noticed that approximatly a quater of them have taken on a light pink colour instead of the mottled brown of th...

Hey, I'm new to the keeping of invertibrates but after 4 months of success ,and multipule breedings with both my cherrys and my crays, when i found a giant african filter i couldn't resist. however, this one was a little odd as it was primarialy pink! the only blue was a washed out spot on the head....