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I totally agree that it sucks, but the problem isn't really the state. The problem is that there are people out there who release animals! This causes all sorts of environmental problems. Therefore it is easier to say, "no, we don't know if it is safe or not". Then to let it happen until t...

Ghost shrimp have a high death rate. Most believe it is cause they aren't well taken care of. Many suggest to expect a 50-60% die off rate in the first two weeks. I have had better success than that, but usually lose one or two in that time period. Add to the fact that it sounds like you gave your l...

Okay...I will be the first to admit that I am very new to keeping shrimp and not extremely versed in a wide range of fish keeping. I had a few things that I wanted to say hoping to be helpful. You mentioned wanting to breed a fish in with the shrimp. From what I can tell this is likely to lead to th...

I am no expert, but thought I would add my two cents since no one else has. :-P We don't have cherry shrimp yet (they are in the mail). However, we do have 8-10 ghost shrimp in a tank with lyre tail mollies. The mollies have no desire to bother the shrimp. Some people said that after molting the shr...

I am not an expert and fairly new at the hobby of fish keeping and shrimp keeping. However, I have done a fair amount of research. -Plecos are usually safe for shrimp, but every now and again someone will say they think that their pleco ate their shrimp. That scares me. -Most plecos are supposed to ...