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How long do you think he/she has to live?
Its about 10 days so far I have had them.

Just get a tank that can hold a sponge filter and a small plant or two.Around a 5 gallon tank would work fine.

then what do you think is wrong?

Can an Amano and ghost shrimp breed to make a mix?
because I bought a "ghost" shrimp and it has a clear shell but the meat so to say, is white and not clear. It has some looks of an amano but also some of the ghost.
So what is it do you think?

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I think shrimp get their calcium from the food they eat, not from absorbing it from the water.[/quote]
What kind of food do i feed them so they they get calcium?

how long does it take for ghost shrimp eggs to develop?
one of my ghost shrimp had eggs in the belly and now there gone after 3 days!?
What happed?

o.k. thanks ill try that.

Evan wrote:I got a couple of websites for info about mantis. They can strike with the force of a .22. I can post it if you want. Just give me a holla back.

All right I would like to have a web site about it please, and you all have a fish store that sells them!?

what kind of heavy metals? and i know it was not age beacause they were smaller then the bigger ones i have.

i have a power filter that can suck up my shrimp. the older ones are fine the female is going to have babys some and iam worried that they will be suckup into the filter and never to be seen again. any suggetsins on how to handle this problem?

two of the Ghoast shrimp i got have died after molting. after molting they were very white and then died after 4-5 days. whats the problem with my tank?

I have a Ghost shrimp that has developing eggs in the "belly" under side and I was wondering if i will need Brackish water to "grow" them.

Does any one have any pics of a mantis shrimp? I have only heard of two kinds, the one with sharp spines on the arms(for geting fish) and the other one has smashing claws for shelled animals.

what will be the best type of gravel for shrimps? You know like corse gravel or very fine like sand?

one of my ghost shrimp died and i dont know why. it molted and then 3 days days later it died and it was ghostly white. what does this mean, is my tank missing something?