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any idea if this finding will be published?

i bought some amanos quite a while back when they were still very small, so there was no way for me to tell whether they were males or females, since they look identical when they're juveniles. as it turns out, i have a larger ratio of males than females. i have at least 3 females and 4 males. the o...

must be nice to be located in Sg, not so far from Japan. i must admit i am quite jealous. let's get some ninjas into the states!

where r u located? i haven't heard of it selling outside of Japan...

update: just checked on big momma this morning. she isn't very active and isn't interested in food. i don't know if i stressed her out too much by moving her to a diff't tank. will check on her again when i get home. will she be ok?

ok, so it's looks like the baby shrimp are about to hatch after a gestation period of 4 weeks. i pulled out the ol' 5.5 gallon tank and put in a sponge filter, a heater (set at 78dF), some java moss an other floating plants. i've moved "big momma," as i call her, to the 5.5G in anticipatio...

sounds like u're just speculating at this point. i'd advise waiting a little longer to see if they color out. there have been numerous other posts that attest to the ability of shrimp to change color according to water conditions. for example, rainbow shrimp change colors. i have only one in my tank...

i'd try getting a power inverter for your vehicle that plugs directly into the cigarette lighter, with at least one plug, one for heater and one for filter/air pump. this will keep the water heated and the water filtered and aerated. you can purchase battery powered air pumps as well. i don't know h...

someone pointed out to me that the rainbow shrimp look very similar to malayan shrimp in markings. malayan shrimp, however, grow larger (to amano size) than rainbows and juvy malayan are almost indistinguishable from rainbows, except malayans carry hundreds of tiny eggs, and rainbows carry the larg...

it eventually disappears. either the shrimp or the snails will eat it. i leave it in.

haha! i don't think it'll matter. they seem to be 24/7 algae eaters. i don't think they actually sleep or rest. all times of day and nite, i see them munching away at sumn.

it doesn't look like i'll have the time to go to an lfs neway. bummer for me.

so anyone think it would be worth a shot? to buy and try and get them on the plane? the flight is 1hr 30mins max, so i don't think there will be any adverse effects. just debating....

and not directly related to shrimp, but here goes... i'm in socal on a biz trip right now, and i have a late flight on thurs, so i may have some time to hit up an lfs down here. hypothetically, if i were to buy a few shrimp or fish (perhaps species that i haven't been able to find in norcal), will i...

I have a 5 gallon I was considering making into a shrimp only tank. I was wondering if the 5 gallon was an ok size or if it was too small. It would be only for shrimps like red cherries and maybe some smaller algae ones. this should be fine. shrimp produce a generally small bioload and don't put to...

ditto. amanos and other shrimp don't eat any algae from marimo balls. it's a taste that isn't to their liking. i have one in my tank and the only thing that gets removed from the ball itself is any fish food that the fish missed.