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Thanks for your comments!! I'm also learning a lot ... Today I found the female in her favourite place, under a great group of Java fern ... she was cleaning her front legs, but she didn't use them, I think she can't spread the fans totally yet ... And I have seen their first marital argument!!! :( ...

I have more news!! :D Last night the female molted again, this morning I found her empty exoeskeleton, wow ... as shocking as the first time! :shock: I took a pic: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v132/izarele/Atya-molt.jpg As I supposed, the damaged part was left .... I took a pic to get a closer ...

Thanks for your explanation, Mustafa! I didn't know that .... I supposed it was related to the process of molting, because it appeared just after that, but I didn't know anything more ... Some more pics, a closer look at the female ... She's so beautifully ugly! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13...

My african bamboo shrimp, when it molted, spent two o three days just like the way you mentioned. It climbed on the siphon of the filter (it had never done that before) and spent there two-three days (I don't remember) with its fans closed. I even caught it and put on the floor, but it eventually cl...

Thanks! Nice shrimp and photo's. What is the odd-looking marking on the female? Yes, true .... she didn't have it when I bought her. When she molted, I noticed that that part of her exoeskeleton was not like the rest of it, it was thicker and different colour .... I wanted to get a closer look and I...

Thanks for your welcome!! :D You can see very clearly the differences between male and female (look at the front legs and the body shape) Yes, that's true! .... I have two more pics I hope you like, they could be helpful for anyone who wants to sex them ... As you have said, the first pair of walkin...

Hi!! :D I've read a lot here, but I haven't posted anything yet ... First, I want to introduce myself, I'm from Spain, so please excuse my English ... I'm not really one of those acuarists with a wide experience, but I've tried here to make people want to know more about the other inhabitants of aqu...