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All three names are applied to a variety of species of shrimp. Some breed in freshwater. Some are brakish/salt.

Planted-tank guides are always emphasizing that I want lots of water circulation (several times the volume of the tank per hour) I wonder if this has ever been scientifically tested. It seems possible to me that these guides repeat the same accepted traditions without ever examining them. and that ...

Have you considered a simple sponge filter?

It may also have an adverse effect on the plants since they must ramp up the photosynthesis process twice a day rather than once.

Old age?

First off, hello to all you shrimp fans =) Welcome 1. The macrobrachium malayanum in my old 2ft tank are dying. And i have no idea why, Ph is a nice stable 7. Though I have no idea how hard the water is but the fish, bamboo shrimp and snails seem fine. Start by reading this article So does anyone k...

4 Blue Gourami These are the only fish that might be a big problem. 2 Trigonostigma heteromorpha (I dont know the English name for that Rasbora) Harlequin rasbora and I have a Fluval 404 filter at full speed. I can lower the speed to half, but I use it as a CO2 reactor aswell so I dont get airlocks...

To me that appears to be a recently molted 'rainbow'. They often take on a blue tint briefly after molting.

My experience is that this should not cause any problems if Your plants are healthy and actively growing, You are adding the nutrients in appropriate levels for your plants. Much is made of invertibrates sensitivity to heavy metals, but it is often over stated. Copper, in high doses, is deadly. Howe...

Hello all, today I found some blue shrimps in one petshop here. The man in the shop told me that they are "Cardina sf. babaulti", but he was not sure (this ID he got from the supplier). In this site I found information for green shrimp. I guess that the blue one is just a variant. How blu...

Have you read the Shimp Varieties Page?

Alright, I'm really considering ordering some cherry shrimp for my tank within the next few months but I don't want them just to become a snack! At the moment I have neon tetras, a dwarf gourami, albino cory cats, and two mollies. Sometime in the future I'm possibly planning to add some ottos and h...

leopard ctenopoma Ctenopoma acoutirostre ? He will clean your tank of shrimp as fast as you can add them. But at least you would get to see his interesting hunting behavior. clown plecos Peckoltia ? Might take shrimp if they are hungry. a whiptail pleco Hemiloricaria ? Good old fashioned omnivores....

While the Cherries would do no harm, Amanos are most comfortable with their own kind.

I suspect you could raise some very nice examples of A. cacatuoides by keeping them with your shrimp.