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Well...I hate to disappoint you, but: 1.) The two shrimp piggybacking in the picture are amanos, not glass shrimp. 2.) Amano shrimp larvae are planktonic and need saltwater to reach maturity, so will definately not survive or grow in a community tank. 3.) Shrimp mate belly to belly (I think - never ...

Wow, I didn't know there were so many kinds! I'll have to try the Rose of Sharon leaves at some point.

Hi, I came across this journal article while doing some research, and thought maybe some of you would like it :D It's a cool look at the diet of Caridina shrimp in the wild. http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1646%2F0006-3606%282002%29034%5B0616%3AEOTTFS%5D2.0.CO%3B2 Has...

Thanks for the help, and glad someone else can use the info!

I'm getting my cherries as soon as college lets out for the summer, and am so excited!

Sorry if this is already answered, but I couldn't find anything in my searches. The power filter on my Amano shrimp/apple snail tank is dying a painful death :lol: , so I decided to replace it with a sponge filter so I can hopefully start a cherry shrimp colony. Right now I have both running. How do...

Ooh, that would be nice. Good luck!

Are you planning on growing plants/edible algae for the shrimp? If so, this would probably work better for lighting than a desk lamp. If not; please ignore :D You can get flourescent plant lights that come with a plastic fixture at a home improvement store. If you lay one across the top of the tank ...

they were in the same aquarium, labeled as Macrobrachium spp

At least your fish store is better than some. The one I go to labeled very similar looking shrimp (to the first pictures) as "red spotted shrimp."

Thank goodness for sites like this.

My shrimp thank you so much! It's good to know about the silver; I definately won't try the filter. I thought driftwood only released acids, not doing anything about the water's buffering capacity. Should I just boil the wood and stick it in the tank, since the goal is to leach acids, or does it sti...

Hi, The pH in my tank is really high (8-8.2). I have one of those Brita-type water filters (made for drinking water, not aquarium use) on a sink - will this remove enough of the hardness so that I can use something to lower pH? Is this safe for shrimp? I'm not currently using filtered water for wate...

My amanos refuse to touch cyanobacteria (live, freshwater kind). It doesn't really count as algae, since it is a bacteria and not a protist or plant.

Here's an article about a new Caridina species that lives in association with freshwater sponges. http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=1072 Isn't it lovely? It sounds like they breed in freshwater based on the clutch size. [Admin: Changed "Caridinia" to the proper ...

Aah, they're so pretty...especially with the moss. What kind of gravel is that?

On the subject of cycling: you can use a few drops of pure ammonia each day to get the tank cycled. This is similar to the fish food method but produces less phosphates and organic waste which can be a problem later. I don't think this is a good idea if you already have creatures in your tank, but f...

Also, what would make my Ph go up in the tanks? Like, the Deer Park has a Ph of 6-6.2, and I've been using it exclusively the past month. So why is the Ph in both my tanks 6.6-6.8? There is nothing in either one of them other than some driftwood, plants and plain old gravel from Petco. And idea? Al...