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Thank you both for the input. badflash, sorry about this confusion, I have red cherry shrimp not CRS. My mistake. When searching online I've seen them called cherry red shrimp so that's why I put CRS. Anyway, my type of shrimp do fine in hard water, which is what I have. I like snails and keep 7 dif...

Hi, for some time I've been researching the topic of keeping snails in a fry tank and found varying results. Most everyone online has expressed that it's fine as long as the fry are freeswimming because the snails could eat unhatched eggs. I have a T.F.H book " Apple snails in the Aquarium"...

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Thank you all for the help. That's a relief. I didn't really think it was going to happen but a small part of me was afraid I would wake up to find the bamboo had eaten some of my smaller shrimp during the night. The bamboo shrimp will now have a permanent "fish free" home with the cherrys...

I keep 7 different species of snails and so far the only ones that I've found not to eat live plants at all are the MTS and brigs "mystery snails". The red and brown ramshorns do eat holes in my softer plants if they aren't finding enough food. I know it was them because I saw them and the...

first of all here is my urgent question- Can a bamboo shrimp be safely kept with cherry red shrimp that I'm trying to breed? There are no babies yet but I'm hoping for some. here's the story- Several weeks ago I bought a small bamboo shrimp. It's about 1 1/2 inches. I thought he would do nicely in m...

I have copepods in my crs tank and I was begining to get worried. In one of my aquarium books Baensch Aquarium Atlas 1 I read that they are gill flukes that can kill fish. The gill fluke one is Ergasilus sieboldii or "paddefooted crab". I'm guessing the ones in the shrimp tank are a differ...

wijnands, your shrimp in the picture are very cute. Congratulations on the young ones. What tankmates are in with these in your community tank and what plants do you have also? thanks Moni

I keep a big yellow mystery snail in with my ghost shrimp and zebra danios in an aquaterrarium. So far they are doing fine together. The snail is out and very active. The ghost shrimp don't seem to pay any attention to the snail. I keep seven different species of aquatic snails but have only tried t...