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Well, it's almost a year later...still have the hair algae, but it's not a problem anymore - I intentionally allowed it to take over a tank so I have it to feed my crystal red shrimp. They get a large variety of food, both prepared and fresh, but choose to ATTACK and DEVOUR hair algae. First hand pe...

Mine charge to the front of the tank, pinchers raised, threatening to do great bodily harm if anyone gets too close...it's too cute, being that none of them are over an inch!

Amy

Here's a picture of one of my little guys. Still getting used to the camera - sorry it's kind of a bonehead shot.
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Not sure what the big grey chunk at the bottom of the pic is....

Amy

Hi! I have a breeding colony of the dwarf orange mexican crayfish. They are very easy to keep! I'll try to post some pictures.

Amy

That's exactly why I came here to ask. Plant/fish sites suggest shrimp as an alternative to a bleaching solution which I don't care to try because I don't want to uproot my planted tank. The hair algae came in on some plants bought off an aqua auction site. I know the conditions under which this typ...

I'm bummed at the lack of interest in helping a newbie, I see 14 people have read this post and no replies. Sorry for the basic question, but everyone's got to start somewhere. The reason I came here is because it seems to be standard advice within the fish side of the hobby to "get some shrimp...

Hi! I'm new and came to this site looking for information on introducing some freshwater shrimp into a 10 gallon planted aquarium I am having hair algae problems in. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Aim