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I wonder if a week in water with a tbs of salt/gal would help cure this fungus? I don't know of any safe drugs although I have treated fish for Ich with malachite green at the recommended dose and that did not kill Cherry or Ghost Glass Shrimp. We really should be examining these things under a micr...

Ghost Glass Shrimp that become white or translucent are sick or extremely old. You cannot raise this shrimp with the adults very few larvae will make it with the adults present.. They are not bothered by light in the least. In fact, the best nursery tanks are those with heavy growth of plants. I use...

I wouldn't expect this is a genetic effect if I understand correctly that the colorful Sulawesi shrimp are natural populations unaltered through selective breeding. Complex organs sensory organs are much more difficult to regenerate than appendages. Sure is a beautiful animal. I really hope they bec...

Badflash, "You can't breed Artemia continuously." That is what I have been told, but like you, it worked just fine for me. My experiment began with freshly hatched nauplii added to a prepared ten gal tank with a cycled sponge filter. I only wants to raise some as treats for fish without an...

Because only Argent labs sells it under their trade mark name, CyclopEeze. Zooplankton are minute so it appears as a red powder.

Freeze Dried Cyclop-Eeze is a small Arctic lake zooplankton that is sold by all mail order aquarium supplies companies and many well stocked fish shops. The smallest sealed can size is 30 g and sells for about $8.50. One can will last a long time if you are just feeding shrimp. It is a good food for...

Hi All, It's been awhile since I've dropped in. I place four berried females in an 6 X 8 inch open mesh net suspended in a pre-established rearing tank. I remove each female upon her eggs hatching. The larvae drop through the mesh into the rearing tank. The larvae accept a variety of foods but I use...

badflash: "There are also macro marine algaes that work. I have one that looks and feels a lot like a a plastic pot scrubber. I don't know what it is called though." This sounds like a plant that would make a nice addition to a brackish water tank containing gobies or even Monos; fish that...

Hi Fisherman, Just a couple of questions: 1. Do you think the Amano Shrimp ate any of the cherryshrimp young? 2. Have you already been successful raising any Peppermint Shrimp past the larval stage? I have had the Peppermints drop hue numbers of larvae before I became interested in shrimp raising an...

Are these Bee shrimp or bumblebee shrimp? I don't see the difference but I would like to try them again. If there is a difference I want to work with the species that is the easiest to breed as a step up from the cherrys and intermediate before laying out big bucks for crystal reds. I bought 20 Bee ...

Hi Toddenbekka, Using live rock as the basis of a biological filter should work just as it does in a reef. Of course the higher the salinity to less die off one could expect but die off occurs in startup of full marine conditions. You really care about the survival of nitrifying and denitrifying bac...

Or just take a turkey baster and squirt water into the java moss. That should be able to expose the infant shrimp, if they're in there. Personally, I'd check the water health, and let it sit undisturbed (aside from the health inspections) for a month or so. If there's sufficient leaf litter, stop f...

None of the fish or other things you've described as previous tankmates explains why at least a few babies haven't appeared. The most common freshwater flounders are more brackish water than pure fresh water. Your's was probably the species native to Florida that makes appearances in freshwater rive...

Well, you definitely have a male although the extra red one is probably a female. The proper use of the slime containing water conditioner does not account for the lack of reproduction. It would take more than that to explain why your otherwise healthy shrimp are not reproducing. I'm at a loss as to...

SuzieQ said "Holy Crap! Could SAE caused this? I noticed it a few days (a week?) after I took those 3 out! SAE are not aggressive are they? I got them for algae eaters (had several forums ID them as true SAE and not flying foxes) for my 55g. This girl never lost her color before "trying to...