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Thankyou for your reply. Am I correct in assuming that the rule of thumb is do not mix shrimpwithin shrimp species? Jan

I have a tank of cherry red shrimp. I will be getting a few crystal red and a couple of green shrimp. From the search forum, I read you can mix the cherries and crystal shrimp. However, I wonder if the green shrimp will be a problem. Should I have a separate tank for them, or will the one tank do? I...

It looks to be what is commonly called simply an Orange Shrimp and if so then it needs brackish water to complete the life cycle of the young. I became interested in them early on and after doing some research and basically coming up with very little info changed my mind. Bill Thanks Bill, I had a ...

Hi All- I'd like to add some snails to my shrimp tanks. Are there any freshwater snails that are mainly detrius eaters? Jan

Along this line, do shrimp of different species cross breed if in the same tank?

Mustafa-Do you sell these shrimp from time to time? Jan

Hydra are small jellyfish, right? I thought they were a saltwater aquarium problem. Jan

badflash wrote:This should be done only rarely. They prefer plant based foods. Brine shrimp will foul your water and like majic hydra will appear out of nowhere.

I am considering feeding live adult brine or baby brine shrimp to my cherry red shrimp as a supplemental food. For that matter, I could also consider live brine as a supplement for the orange or crystal red shrimp. Have any shrimp owners done this? I know my ghost shrimp(both marine and fresh water)...

Yes, currently I am growing them in saltwater, with an airstone very slowly bubbling, a small piece of live rock, chaetomorpha, and feeding every few days with nannocloropsis or phytofeast.

I have bought and atempted to culture tigger pods in the past. I have followed varing directions and nothing seems to work for me. Does anyone on this forum have experience with culturing these pods? Jan

I agree with Neoshrimp. Stick with what you have for awhile. In the past when I have increased my supply of the hawaiian reds, I have experienced some loss. I wonder if like fish, these shrimp can introduce new bacteria and parasites into a tank. Perhaps it would be best to set up a separate quarant...

Thanks for the info- it seems as though I may have gotten the wrong info The shrimp I just obtained are the CRS and the orange shrimp. BTW, you don't sound like a broken record to me- I'm new here, and I will do a search! Jan

Hi all- I just received some orange shrimp(caridina sp orange) and some crystal red shrimp(neocaridina heteropoda). Has anyone had experience with these two types? Do they have similar tank requirements? Can they be housed together? Jan

I should have known better . Thanks for the gentle reminder. Jan

Where are you ordering the hawaiian reds? Jan