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I'd avoid anything with a big mouth. Fish will usually eat whatever they can fit in their mouth. Personally I think the only safe fish would by cories and otos. I also keep SAE's with my shrimps but they are quick and fast and the shrimps would probably like it better to themselves but they live tog...

I've tried this, but only because in my shrimp only tanks, i have small bug like things, cyclops, or whatever they are the fry thrives on them and eat them all day so there is a constant supply of food as opose to a fish already tank where there would be no small fry food. This might be why they gro...

Hey, Shimpboy where did you get your tigers? I've been looking for them all around my area and to no avail, nada! I would love to get my hands on some tigers.. as well as greens, crystal reds, and bees, (not bumbles). I'm even willing to drive up to 100 miles one way to get them. Just no one around ...

Is there anyone breeding these shrimps or know more about them? I'm having somewhat of a hard time finding more information about them or finding someone with experience raising them. Not even exactly sure what they are called.... either rainbows... or Indian Algaes.. I have about 30 babies running ...

No LFS will give up their "bread and butter" wholesaler. I've never had any LFS tell me who their wholesaler is. What you can do is ask for their location of their wholesaler and start from there? I'm trying to find my LFS's wholesaler but all i know is where they are located, near my area...

They are great algae grazers. Mine pick at my plants all day and night long, but they dont seem to eat or harm the plants. At least mine don't, they just clean em.

Anyone have any experience or knowledge about raising/breeding bumble bee shrimps? Are they about the same as cherrys?

About 2 months ago I bought 5 cherry shrimps at the my lfs, 2 were red, the other three were clear. They do look the same, just different colors. I was told they would change into their natural red color when they get established. They are in a well planted tank with other shrimps and some SAE. They...

How do you tell the sex for red cherries? (besides the female when she has eggs?) Same goes for Indian Algae shrimps or rainbows? I would really like to start breeding some of the easier shrimps to breed. (maybe start a local trade or whatever) What are the easiest shrimps to breed? what other shrim...

I'm going to start an 18 gallon heavily planted shrimp only tank (might have 2 octo, but that would be it) Its an 18 gallon tall, it has the same demension of a ten gallon but only taller. It will have 30 watts of light and i'll inject co2, and I'll be using flourite as the substrate. My concern is ...

I have worms in my 20 gallon shrimp tank. Theres some SAE, and Octos, and 2 guppies. They look like slugy types of worms that crawls on the wood and gravel, not my fish or shrimps that i can see. I'm wonderin if these worms will harm my shrimps (or fish, but I'm more concerned for my shrimps) Also, ...

What is/are scud?

What? Some are poisonus to shrimps? I had no idea, now this worries me. I gotten bitten by the shrimp bug and i have more shrimps than i do fish. I also have a lot of plants, a lot of anubius and crypts, i hope the ones i have are not poisonus. Which ones are? ANUBIUS Barteri v. "Barteri" ...

What do you do will all the sheddings? Do you go in and pick em out or do you just leave em in there? they look like a small crime scene.

I have a 5 gallon I was considering making into a shrimp only tank. I was wondering if the 5 gallon was an ok size or if it was too small. It would be only for shrimps like red cherries and maybe some smaller algae ones. If anything I might consider one Octo to be put in there. Its heated, with an e...