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Thanks Mstafa! I'm pretty sad that I wasn't able to keep some of the other shrimp I got from you going. I'm not sure what I was doing wrong for them.

Mustafa wrote:I'm glad to see that this species is sticking around in the hobby. Keep up the good work!

Like infopimp's, my Malawa shrimp are doing GREAT. They are a very active, fun shrimp. I'm also seeing some interesting color variations. Here is one of them that is quite striking. I'm seeing a good number of shrimp with similar coloration and am thinking about setting up a separate tank for part ...

Do you have more than the one shrimp? Hopefully, you will be able to get your shrimp colony going well. Good luck with them.

Hi Chris! How are you shrimp doing? I bet you are enjoying them a lot.

You could try using a plastic bottle with the top cut off and inverted with some food inside to entice them in. I use empty water bottles for this. Or the next time you feed watch for the RCS to come out to eat and catch it then.

I keep these guys in well water that my KH is 100 (5 drops using a hagen test kit), GH is 70 (7 drops) and the ph is around 8.0. Of all of the shrimp I am currently trying to keep these are doing the best. There are shrimp of all sizes in the tank and there always seems to be berried females.
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Hi infopimp!! The odd colored shrimp are yellows. Sorry, I should have mentioned I have both in this tank. I was just excited that the Malawas are really doing well. Although my picture isn't the best because it was a holding container.

Here is a picture of a few of the Malawa shrimp now in the tank. I was really excited to see so many of them and there are lots of berried/saddled females too. This is a fraction of the shrimp that are now in this tank.

I have learned that blue on a bumblebee shrimp indicates it is stressed by something.
Does anyone else have more info on this? I regularly have red cherries develop blue patterns.
They seem healthy, are active, breed well...
I have also had ghosts turn blue, the crayfish I had many years ago ...

Yes, there is all kinds of excellent information to read here on your forum. When I first started I went back through and read all of the old posts I could. It was really interesting to follow the progression of the hobby through everyone's posts.

WOW, isn't nature wonderful!!!

Infopimp, it's awesome you are having berried females and seeing babies. It is such a joy to see the first baby of a shrimp you are trying to keep.

Mustafa, There are some us who are trying to get colonies established.....there is just such a learning curve to successfully keeping shrimp long term ...

Your shrimp is very pretty. :smt023 When I first started keeping bumblebees I thought I had some pretty blue ones mixed in with my regular colored shrimp. During my shrimp keeping journey, I have learned that blue on a bumblebee shrimp indicates it is stressed by something. Are your shrimp still ...

Thanks Mustafa!! I am enjoying both shrimp immensely. They both seem to like the tank they are in. How are your shrimp doing?

Here are a few of my Malawa and Yellow shrimp. They are both doing very well right now.