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Anyone with any idea what species this guy is? Found in a man-made quarry in singapore.

M. Malayanum have eggs approximately 1mm in diameter. I've seen a 3inch female carrying something like 40 eggs. So they can probably be bred in the tank. The interesting thing about these guys is that they can be either left or right handed/pincered. Whichever pincer they use more often grows larger...

I'm actually going "Poaching" sometime in the next few weeks to try and collect a few. Looking to get about 100 of them for breeding. Our brilliant government has a habbit of "Modernising" and building restaraunts(which fold up after a few months) right on top of our more endange...

Why would anyone want to dump $4 shrimp I wonder... But I guess it's possible the little guys swam back upstream. Though the streams they use are only flowing during the monsoon season. And caridina temasek? Anyone have any info on those little guys? And yes, I realise the irony of a singaporean nat...

Hi all, was wondering in anyone's ever heard of C. temasek and if so, any info on breeding them? They're a native of Singapore(where I'm from) and possibly endemic to the island... not too sure on that. Secondly, I have 2 woodshrimp females. I'll get a male tomorrow but, any idea how to breed them? ...

Thanks, but unfortunately i couldn't find anything on shrimp native to SEA region. Also, what on earth do I do with the egg laden female?

First off, hello to all you shrimp fans =) Secondly, I'm setting up a new 6ft tank sometime in the next few weeks and I'm facing 2 problems: 1. The macrobrachium malayanum in my old 2ft tank are dying. And i have no idea why, Ph is a nice stable 7. Though I have no idea how hard the water is but the...