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On polish shrimp forum one user has posted photos of one of their red cherry shrimps. It looks quite weird. Here are photos:

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n143/januszbass/3333.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n143/januszbass/2222.jpg

Is it a kind of disease? What should he do with ...

Does anyone have pictures of the RCS+Snowball hybrid? Anyone know what the offspring will commonly look like? It would be cool if they would turn orange....
My friend from Poland has made such an experiment. This is a result:

http://zaku.ovh.org/wprc1.jpg

looks like a wild form of Noecaridina ...

Do you know any efficient ways of eliminating planaria?

what should the PH levels be, as well as the temp (currently 76).
the temp should be between 70°F-78°F and pH 5,8-8
Also, should i buy them separate food or will they feed on the fishflakes the other fish dont eat?
they will eat food for fish as well but you can think about flakes/tablets with ...

I have recently noticed in my aquarium dead shrimps :(
Just before the death they've looked like in this picture:
http://www.beepworld.de/members22/streifenhoernchenseite/v4.htm
http://www.mack.neostrada.pl/pasek.JPG
They die after about 24 hours. This concerns mainly pregnant females but males (and ...

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you can upload your fotos there and give us links

While keeeping

Paracheirodon axelrodi
Crossocheilus siamensis
Ancistrus dolichopterus
Inpaichthys kerri
Otocinclus affinis

with adult cherry shrips, I have not observed any problems

Which snail is better in fighting with algae the apple snail or the asian stripe snail?

It is complicated to breed amanos but here is a quite good guide:
http://mikes-machine.mine.nu/breeding_yamato.htm
take a look also here:
http://users.skynet.be/caridina-japonica/
I did not manage to breed them :/ all larvae died at 8th/9th day of life
I did not try with these two other species

I have already read this article. There is written only that

“To make the salt water, I would suggest using either filtered natural seawater, or a quality commercial salt mix intended for coral reef aquaria, e.g. Instant Ocean, which should be aerated vigorously prior to use.”

I don’t have access ...

Is it possible to breed the amano’s larvae in water with uniodized salt from grocery store?
Is it really important to use aquaristic sea salt?
Thanks
MAck

Is it possible to keep Palaemon adspersus or Palaemon elegans in fresh water or they can survive only in seawater? Is anybody breeding them?