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Well, the shrimp fooled me again! I started to break the tank down and when I pulled out the big bogwood there she was, indestructible shrimp is indestructible!

This is my last update. The smaller shrimp I got in 2007 died 9 months ago, so lived to nearly 6 years old. The elder shrimp died last week at nearly 8 years old. She showed no signs of slowing down, I didn't see her for a few days, which is not unusual with all the algae/plants/bogwood in the tank,...

Couldn't figure out pic posting, here is URL for a rather blurry shot, I'm out of practice: http://cheezburger.com/View.aspx?aid=3279491072 I actually have done an occasional incremental water change but they were small to pull out slime algae, which I seem to have gotten under control. I cannot tur...

how can I post a pic, I've forgotten

Welcome Mustafa. The 6 yr old is only a little bigger than the 3 yr old but she's much darker, she is not as active as the younger one and she eats snails when she finds little ones but this could be because she lived with dwarf puffers in her youth and learned to scavenge the shells. Neo, I'm not s...

I have had this one female amano a little over 3 years, she was a just under half an inch when I bought her. I rearranged some plants and was telling my husband she must have died because I had not seen her in a long time she crawled up and over the new batch of java moss. Interestingly, to me, she...

I have had this one female amano a little over 3 years, she was a just under half an inch when I bought her. I rearranged some plants and was telling my husband she must have died because I had not seen her in a long time she crawled up and over the new batch of java moss. Interestingly, to me, she ...

thanks neonshrimp, I'll get some when I do my new tank in June

beautiful shrimp and great landscape!

what is the foreground plant the shrimp is walking across? Looks cool.

I thank you all for the suggestions and support :) I emailed and talked to two different guys at Ecosphere and they were adamant about CO2 buildup causing asploding and that what they do is cover the top with a towel to help with glass going every where. I am not at all convinced that holding the sp...

I'll let ya know, so far every time I've gotten ready to smash the thing my husband has taken away my tools. Why hurry he says and reminds me I don't have goggles, but I just thought of my snorkel mask! Maybe next weekend I'll get up the nerve. (I know you guys think I'm crazy but I gotta tell you &...

I am undecided at this point. Afraid that I will kill the shrimp, will probably drink one too many beers some night and just do it! I have the brackish set up but am not sure how to cycle it. No good info on brackish. put gravel from my established freshwater tank and have an airstone in it but I do...

Love the dark green shrimp!

Wow Mustafa, how are you going to do the transfer of your tanks from NYC to SD? I am curious as I am under the impression that you have a huge number of tanks, though I've never known how many or how large they are.

It seems a daunting task!

Todd, it has a small glass disc held by what they said is "military grade silicon" I can attest it is not like what we use for tanks. It is indeed solid hand blown glass and very thick. Latest from Ecosphere on my query about salinity/gravity of the water: "Thank you for your interest...

There is no point in continuing the thread, you cannot keep shrimp with "George". He will eat the shrimp. I don't know how big he is now but he will go over a foot long. So if you must have him, get him tankmates that he won't munch on. Buy a small tank for shrimp.