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Shrip? i just got a new shrimp and i cant tell what kind it is it is about 3 in long and it has long whiskers and and it is a female i bought it pregent wil...	hagcatsis	9	20-Jan-2009 02:04
Assassin Snail (Antentome helena) Any body knows if the Assassin Snail (Antentome helena) eats any plants?. I want to buy some of these to get rid of the "pest" snails in my planted ta...	jasonpisani	4	14-Jan-2009 16:25
Are snails alright in a cycling tank? My tanks slowley on the get go. Filters running, I've added some good bacteria, water conditioner etc. I was wondering if In a few days, or a day or...	CrimsonaX	4	28-Dec-2008 04:47
Electric Blue Marron v's Earthworm * VIDEO * Turn the volume up & ROCK YA SOCKS OFF..... Marron v's Earthworm http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=5kaJNUS5tJ0 001 [link]http://au.youtub...	Yabbadoo	0	20-Dec-2008 11:07
Red Cherry Shrimp Information infomation from By Jake Admin Plantgeek. This link has the photos as well I found this...	keithgh	4	19-Dec-2008 01:29
Brown-backed crab Does anyone else keep these? There isn't much information around on them, and a lot of what is available is just the same stuff rehashed, so I am wond...	Callatya	0	07-Dec-2008 19:00
Rednose Shrimp Just thought I'd share a couple of pics of the rednose shrimp I collected recently. These little guys are native to my area and have proven to be nice...	Gone_Troppo	4	30-Nov-2008 04:11
Question about Ghost Shrimp I have a 55 gallon aquarium that will be housing 6 electric yellow cichlids. I have always wanted to keep some kind of invertebrate and I think ghost...	RainbowBoy	5	27-Nov-2008 01:58
My little Macro I picked up this little guy up a few weeks ago and put him in my 10g tank. Hadn't seen him for a couple of weeks so I assumed that he had become fish...	Gone_Troppo	2	23-Nov-2008 04:43
Macro Cherry Red Shrimp with a BIG Poop line Here are two macro photos I have been waiting for these ever since I got them. The shrimp is actually feeding off of a Anubias nana algae covered roo...	keithgh	3	18-Nov-2008 04:17
Red-nose Shrimp Just thought I'd share a couple of pics of the red-nose shrimp I collected recently. These little guys are native to my area and have proven to be nic...	Gone_Troppo	0	15-Nov-2008 19:05
Extreme Number of Casualties I went away for two weeks to be a camp counselor at a local summer camp and trusted two feedings to my brother. He was responsible for feeding all of...	brandeeno	2	28-Oct-2008 03:17
Added 5 cherry red shrimps to 45lt Cardinal tank I just purchased from a local breeder 5 Red Cherry Shrimp when they arrived there were a few babies as well I also have noticed one adult in particu...	keithgh	4	25-Oct-2008 01:10
My Snail Is An Algae Farmer There is a lot of algae growing on my snail's shell, should I clean him off? I just want to make sure this isn't unhealthy for him....	KimKim08	4	18-Oct-2008 23:29
Yellow Shrimp? what are these yellow shrimp i am seeing on aquabid.com? are they dyed? does anyone know how big they are? would a blue ram eat them?...	devon7	1	30-Sep-2008 14:50
Hs anyone ever heard of orange sun kissed lobsters? Hi Does any one Know the scientific name for Orange Sun Kissed lobsters. I can't find anything about them online.Thanks...	Earth Eater	0	07-Aug-2008 18:04
Shrimp Purchase well I finally purchased some true freshwater shrimp and not ghosts (not really fresh in my opinion since they need brackish to reproduce) I got 3 red...	H-Dub	1	27-Jul-2008 15:10
Malaysian trumpet snails I've wanted them for a long time. From what I've read online, these snails can be quite beneficial by keeping the gravel clean. Today, I believe I saw...	checkerboard	2	27-Jul-2008 03:32
Spice it up. I'd like to add one creature in addition to all my fish. What would be happy by itself with them? I don't want a snail unless it does more than ju...	mnventurer	5	15-Jul-2008 09:19
Spixis Snails Hi all, Recently i ordered a lot of endlers and Spixix Snails off Aquabid. Well after about a day or two one of the Spixis laid two clutches of eggs o...	brandeeno	3	01-Jul-2008 16:36
Crab Video I shot a very short video of my crab eating this morning and put it on youtube. Here is the link [link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1BW18bosNw[/lin...	pizpot	10	14-Jun-2008 04:57
Breeding Shrimp http://www.petshrimp.com/redclawmacro.html I originally bought 1 male and 2 females. I kept them in a 20H tank with other fish, snails and plants. The...	General Hague	0	11-Jun-2008 23:54
Crayfish Breeding? Has anyone been successful in breeding their blue cray fish and having offspring that are growing well? Any experience you care to share be apprecia...	stealth114	2	04-Jun-2008 20:29
Iodine Hello all, I have been keeping Red Cherry Shrimp for a little over a month now and I read and was told that iodine additions is a great way to boost t...	brandeeno	8	02-Jun-2008 07:05
Suprise ! ? Sunday morning as I was turning on the lights on the 46, noticed something rather strange on the intake tube ( above water line) one of my mystery sna...	Ironhand74	2	02-Jun-2008 06:45
Cherry Shrimp So i just got in two orders of 30 Cherry Shrimp (two sources)... I want them to breed so i can sell themonline as well as sell them to the LFS. How lo...	brandeeno	3	02-May-2008 21:55
Amano Shrimp ?!?!?! hi guys Yesterday i went and bought 6 new amano srimps (to go with 1 which was all ready in the tank) i also picked up 2 rams. Any way i have been wa...	juwel-180	14	13-Apr-2008 14:10
Brine Shrimp anyone know what to feed a billon brine shrimp well just looks like a billon theres a bunch I bought one of those hatcheries a while back because...	donovan	5	12-Apr-2008 01:42
Crayfish ? Can you guys share your experience with crayfishes? I got a really cool one and hes grown so big in about 2 months and so quickly. He got blue tinges...	stealth114	6	23-Mar-2008 00:44
Best tank for ghost shrimp I am about to get some ghost shrimp to put in with my betta, and also want to start a ghost shrimp only tank. This tank will probably have stacks of j...	desiredusername	3	22-Mar-2008 03:42
Shrimp? I have a 38 gal. planted tank with a school of 16 harlequins, a pair of blue rams and some cories. Could ghost shrimp mix in with this stock?...	aquapickle27	8	23-Feb-2008 22:25
Crabs any ideas on how to do a crab setup. i know they need areas out of water. just any ideas on how to set this up? how much land do they need? how much w...	sora	4	20-Feb-2008 09:17
Snail Questions First question: How often should I be adding food? I have algea waffers and some vegetables on hand. I generally give one algea waffer every 2nd nig...	CrimsonaX	6	11-Feb-2008 21:28
Snail invasion in tank help. So I picked up so live plants and didnt notice that they had snails hang even though I should have known. But now they are over taking my filter whats...	ps141	2	11-Feb-2008 16:22
Hermit crab? Hermit crabs are non-aquatic, but I have two in an aquarium and don't know where else I would ask. Last week, one of mine, Creepy Crawler, shed his ol...	Two Tanks	4	04-Feb-2008 18:35
Crawdad! Yay! Now what? Hm. I've been looking for good crawdad care sites for a while(most of the care sheets I can find are sorely lacking other than to say no h...	Gilraen Took	6	30-Jan-2008 04:26
"Spunky" Mystery Snail One of my golden mystery snails was literally "running laps" around the perimeter of my 10g tank on the gravel... It was fun to watch. He was moving...	ScottF	4	28-Jan-2008 23:58
Crayfish Pages: 1, 2 Well... my son has brought his crayfish home from school. He named her "Squirt." I'll post some pics later on. She is in a 7-gallon tank with a...	MtbGirl	22	21-Jan-2008 20:36
FYI for everyone okay, i found this out the hard way barbs + catfish + rainbow shark + 3 danios + ghost shrimp = Dead ghost shrimp just if you were wondering...	F1sh	7	20-Jan-2008 22:10
Snail Poll i was just curious if all the aquarists out there look at having a bunch of mystery snails is: A) Bonus: the snails obviously get rid of algae, and...	F1sh	8	17-Jan-2008 04:24
Dragonfly nymph Something in my nano tank has been killing a shrimp a day for over a week. I have found the shell of it on the heater. [IMG]http://i220.photobucket.co...	Brengun	5	17-Jan-2008 04:11
Magical Snails! ok i have a mystery and wondering if anyone can solve it. i got the first batch of fish for this tank on the 26th of december and the 2nd on the 29th....	JBennett181	6	14-Jan-2008 23:09
Snail Population whats a good rule to follow for number of snails for a tank. there is the inch per gallon rule for fish, and according to that rule my tank is full....	JBennett181	1	13-Jan-2008 23:32
Waterhouse snails http://www.aquagreen.com.au/plant_data/Notopala_waterhousei.html So...What do you think? Has anyone here got any? I am pretty keen o...	Troy_Mclure	3	03-Jan-2008 03:19
Nerite snails. Will Nerite snails eat live plants like Java Fern, Anubias & Java moss?. Thanks alot in advance....	jasonpisani	2	29-Dec-2007 06:41
Trumpet snail I am no expert but this seems to be some sort of trumpet snail. Usually they are buried in the substrate but this one in my nano tank is having fun on...	Brengun	4	27-Dec-2007 02:14
Cherry Shrimp & Daphnia. Will the Cherry Shrimps eat the Daphnia or will the Daphnia eat newly born Cherry Shrimps?. The problem is, that i have them both in the same tank wi...	jasonpisani	0	21-Dec-2007 15:23
Reappearing Wood Shrimp I know that aquarium inhabitants go missing and reappear a week or two later all the time, but I think my wood shrimp set some kind of record. He dis...	Joe Potato	10	14-Dec-2007 05:58
Mystery snails I picked up three Golden Mysteries yesterday at the LFS in hopes of having them do a bit of cleaning work on my broadleafed plants, with regard to som...	ScottF	9	11-Dec-2007 19:54
Question about baby snails.... Question for ya folks..... In my backyard pond, there are some apple/mystery snails. Anyways... They have layed several batches of eggs, anyways...	El Tiburon Tailandes	9	09-Dec-2007 02:00

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