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oh wow, thanks for the pics. From your third and fourth photos, I finally realized my LFS did not sell me a cherry red, I got a malayan shrimp. That is, of course, unless cherries have that distinctive white stripe down the length of the back.

Awesome, thanks for the suggestion.

Ah, totally missed that "buy shrimp" link

The only good one I've found is Albany Aquarium. They carry quite a variety of shrimps, including vampires, woods, cherries, and amanos. Unfortunately, their shipments are usually few and far between.

So yes, the shrimpmania bug has bitten me . Since most LFS don't quite sell the "unique" shrimp, i.e. bees, I was wondering if there're any breeders or vendors here that I could talk to. Please drop some info if you have any, thanks!

Aye, 7 inches, I must've missed that. That would indeed be way too large for a 6 gallon. Thanks for the info .

thanks retardo, I appreciate the encouragement. Any words from vampire shrimp owners? Please chime in if you can, thanks!

Hi all, I'm a newbie when it comes to shrimp. I've kept a few glass shrimp in the past, but only as part of a cleanup crew and never as the main display/species. I'm thinking of keeping a vampire shrimp with a few cherry shrimps and otocinclius(sp) in a heavily planted 6 gallon tank. I understand th...