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I wonder why the German "red fire shrimp" never took off.

Actually, 'Fire Red' is common in Europe, at least in Poland. Alas, 'Red Cherry' is also popular, so there is a bit of a mess ;)
Another difference - 'Snowball shrimp' is know as 'White Pearl'.

Confusing ;) That's why I like to use Latin ...

badflash wrote:I think it was Chicago that killed a bunch of people a few summers back because their sewerage system dumped into the lake and their water supply came from the same place.

Please don't scare my shrimp I keep hearing that Chicago has one of the best tap waters in the country, now I'm worried.

I also tend to like fish which are passive as well, so it might just be me.

Probably :) I on the other hand always preferred fish with character, like cichlids.
Don't get me wrong, I like dwarf shrimp and always managed to find place in my tanks for them. It's just that the longarm shrimp are ...

Constant fights or deaths of shrimp usually mean WE did something wrong. IMO the behavior of agressive species is just more interesting :)

Some useful tips how to be a shrimp maniac and not drive everyone around crazy:

1. If a friend/family member/guest says your shrimp are cute, nod, smile and ...

1. I missed an important family event because one of my M. assamense was "giving birth" in broad daylight, right in the front corner of the tank.

2. At a time of financial problems I wandered around in torn sneakers (they actually had holes in the soles) for a month and ate mainly hot-dogs because ...

I agree, pretty creatures

Removing them by hand isn't a bad idea, but keep in mind it will only help control the snail population, not eliminate them. Cucumbers/carrots/zucchini and other veggies (some fruit also, apples for example) are good baits.
Check out if you have egg-laying snails in your tank (most of them breed ...

Of course you could have just gotten yourself the actual *English* paper by Tiwari and read it yourself ;). You should be able to get it for a few dollars through "interlibrary loan" if you are not affiliated with a university.

Great idea! Now I feel plain stupid I haven't thought of it myself :-D

Ahhh, I was kinda hoping the author would look into this tread
Thank you very much Werner!

Females of this species carry eggs ALL THE TIME :) This may be a problem at times - you can quickly end up with hundreds of shrimp. Fine if you have somebody who'll gladly take them, bad if you have to keep them and don't have a dozen of tanks. Due to the fact you live in the US where Red Claws are ...

Mustafa, you've just changed months of my work into garbage ;)

I always assumed the Red Claw is Macrobrachium assamense because of the dark rings on the red pincers. The German name 'Ringelhandgarnele' suits this shrimp well. Unfortunately, the M. dayanum is called the same. How exactly does one ...

I highly doubt it's only about the hairy pincers, there are several species with hairy claws that don't belong to the hendersoni group.

OT - if you're into blue, check out Macrobrachium vollenhovenii, Macrobrachium rosenbergii and especially Macrobrachium hancocki

I did before I asked on this forum, also tried Altavista. The translation doesn't make any sense.

I started doing broader research on Red Claws and I'm stuck on this page:
http://www.wirbellose.de/klotz/ringelhand.html

My German is weak, but I'll get some help and try to figure it out. The one thing I don't understand completly is this:

'die Finger des zweiten Scherenbeines voll entwickelter ...

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