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I've heard that shrimps who die after shedding their "skin",dont die because of a lack of calcium. It's a lack of foliumacid or vitamin B11, wich is needed to create new and healthy tissue. The same stuff which is recommended to pregnant women for a healthy develepment of the unborn child....

I,ve seen Hybrids..... I keep bumblebee shrimp and bee shrimp in one tank so I expect to see a lot more of them. Hybrids of these two species often have a dark head like the bumblebee, but are striped like the bees. Their colors are darker than those of the bee-shrimps and i have not seen the orange...

In a ten gallon tank you can fit a lot of shrimp, But I do agree with the author above that you should start with about 10-15 dwarfshrimps (bee/bumblebee/crystal-reds etc.) and let them sort it out by themselves. Eventually you can introduce some "fresh"blood to the tank to prevent inbreed...

I own several African Fanshrimps and they are not totally defenceless, I heard they can fold their fans and use them as a spike to attack with. I've never seen that happen. What I did see is that they use their front legs, the spiky ones as a weapon. At the end of the legs is a small dark colored sp...

Most crayfish preffer harder water, because of their shell (they need calcium!) So if you are not sure put them in harder water rather than acidic. Most shrimps will do fine in water with PH 6.8 till 8. Always leave the shell of a shrimp in your aquarium, it will eat it for the calcium!!! The only t...