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Snails!!!!!! Hey all....I got some new plants for my ten gallon tank and lo and behold i have stowaways....so far three snails have showed up. I don't wanna squis...	esandbergger	11	11-Jul-2005 16:37
Inexperienced with Invertebrates I've been kicking around the idea of getting an invertebrate of some kind for a tank, but have no experience with them. Seems as though each type has...	NFaustman	7	08-Jul-2005 09:36
Are glass/ghost shrimp.. Usefull?...	Hoa dude_dude	12	07-Jul-2005 04:36
long armed prawn I was wondering if anyone has any information on Long armed prawns. I just purchased one for my tank, and was wanting more info about them....	joyousd	5	06-Jul-2005 17:02
invert for 5g (20ltr) I want to have some little inverts in my 5g, but I cant find shrimp anywere! & the only snails I remember seeing are the biig fat yellow ones (app...	Hoa dude_dude	16	06-Jul-2005 14:55
how do i tell the difference between snails??? My friend gave me a snail, but i dont know what kind it is, iv looked up some kind, it it looks alot like the apple snails, and the mystery snails. H...	victimizati0n	4	05-Jul-2005 18:06
Mystery snails Will a gold mystery snail breed with a brown mystery snail or another colour of mystery snail?????? and where can you get apple snails in australia...	Alex	3	05-Jul-2005 03:46
ghost shrimp i have like 7-8 ghost shrimp in with a male and female guppies in a ten gallon tank. bout every 2-4 a ghost srimp die im left with none now r u havin...	derek9305	6	05-Jul-2005 03:23
Will clown loach eat small ramshorn snails ? Hope you are all well ! Seem to have a prolific ramshorn snail on my hands.. So far I've been picking them out before they get big. Lotsa tiny ones....	DaMossMan	6	04-Jul-2005 02:42
Procambarus hinei Dwarf Crayfish I've recently become addicted to aquabid, and I'm a fan of crustaceons, so what happens when I see dwarf crayfish listed for sale? Impulse buy! Se...	illustrae	7	03-Jul-2005 17:16
new lil' hermit crab its cool he's got his own(gonna get more soon) tank and the gravel slopes from one side o the tank to the other and the water comes about half way up...	Darth Vader	1	03-Jul-2005 08:17
shrimp and loaches? I am looking for an algae eater for my tank and was wondering if 4" clown loaches would eat amano shrimp. Thanks....	chipz	2	01-Jul-2005 06:06
Blue Lobster with Lemon Tetras Would I encounter any problems with this? Right now I have 8 Lemon Tetras in a 20 gal high with a mystery snail and would like to add a Blue Lobster...	kmpaton	3	30-Jun-2005 23:54
Shrimp Identification I got a new shrimp today from my local fish store, and i'm trying to identify it. its body is about 6 cm long and its arms and claws would have to be...	raggamuffin	3	29-Jun-2005 04:23
A snail just showed up in my tank... Very confused! I noticed that a very, very tiny snail was creeping up the side of my 20g tank tonight when I got home... Where in the world could he have come from?...	neurotica1983	4	28-Jun-2005 09:22
blue lobster i have a blue lobster and i am having trouble finding info on them im told he will feed himself on left overs of my other fish! well im sorry but my o...	johnsfish1984	3	24-Jun-2005 05:03
Gee mystery snails realy are mysterious O.K its a fact that snails can't swim right? well when i got up this morning and turned the tank light on....wait before i get started i have some elo...	Darth Vader	3	22-Jun-2005 05:46
shrimp compatability (again) finally got my new tank up and running, would inverts be ok with platys, guppys and a L10 red whiptail? if so what would be recommended. thanks...	hembo666	4	21-Jun-2005 03:21
invertabrates; the evelotion of animals phylum coelenterata contains a range or lower animals that would most likely have been some of the earliest animals to have evolved from the kingdm p...	Darth Vader	3	20-Jun-2005 03:37
Ramshorn Snail So lately...my Ramshorn snail that I've had for like 1.5 years now will magically be floating in the tank. One minute, he's on the side of the glass,...	MestChic62	3	18-Jun-2005 06:04
A CrayFish My mom is getting a pond in my backyard and i was just wonderingif i can put 1-2 crayfish that i caught in the river(its pretty pouluted). The pond wi...	xlinkinparkx	3	17-Jun-2005 02:56
Banana Shrimp. Info wanted pls. Am thinking of getting this shrimp for my planted aquariums. Can't seem to find anything much on them online. I read in another thread they're also ca...	Sen	2	15-Jun-2005 23:58
clams, are they alive??? well i just got my pack of clams, i ordered 6, and this guy sent me around 25] but when i opened the package, about 10 of them were dead (open) so i...	greenfootball	3	15-Jun-2005 04:54
crayfish and snails Will crayfish eat applesnails? I have 2 little 1" crayfish. Right now they are in the tank with the baby applesnails and mostly seem interested in p...	sham	2	14-Jun-2005 05:32
Enemies Do the ghost shrimp have anything that would find them well chewy. ie tetras gourmies catfish or mystery snails?...	judz	6	14-Jun-2005 04:39
MTS and ghost shrimp questions MTS-can they tolerate salt, as in a brackish tank? Ghost shrimp-do they eat plants? Would there be any chance they could get ahold of and eat guppy o...	Theresa_M	3	12-Jun-2005 08:34
Can someone please help me figure out what kind of snail I have? Can someone tell me what kind of snail I have? It has a round shell, not pointy at all, and somewhat of white lines running up and down. They breed...	FISHLOVEME	2	09-Jun-2005 08:37
Can a cray fish live with goldfish? Exactly that. thanks in advance!...	123mjb	11	09-Jun-2005 03:06
talking of clams.......... i would really like some clams in my tank i live in the uk do you know of any sites in the uk that sell them?? as i fear that international shipping...	ILoVeOsCaRs	4	08-Jun-2005 06:07
mystery solved..cherry red shrimp disappearing i added cherry red shrimps (8) in my tank a month ago....and just after a few days...some of them disappeared..and i seldom see the shrimps roaming th...	tankie	1	07-Jun-2005 17:56
SHRIMP TANKMATES??? can anyone suggest a suitable shrimp to keep with a male betta, 5 cherry barbs and 3 ottos in a 15g with sand substrate and artificial planting? i am...	hembo666	15	04-Jun-2005 00:48
Floating Snail! need advice Shelldon's getting old now, I think - I've had him for maybe a year and a half. For about the past day or so, he's been floating at the top of the tan...	kitsoncoalesced	7	03-Jun-2005 20:12
limpets.... I am interested in something called limpets.. I have read about them but I havent gotten a good picture of them yet. if anyone has one Id appreciate...	switchbladeclownloach	4	02-Jun-2005 19:53
clams anybody have them? how are these things in your tank? how many can go in a 29 gallon? do they move around? i am planning on buying 6 of them for my 2...	greenfootball	3	02-Jun-2005 06:54
one apple snail gone..only the shell left:( When i woke up this morning to see how the fish was doing i found 1 of my apple snail gone..i only found a empty shell ..the question is who did it?...	Rob1619	3	31-May-2005 18:12
strange wild pond larva things... ID needed, can i feed them to my fish? Outside we have a man made pond of sorts made from a plastic horse trough... today I noticed it was FILLED with these gross larva looking things and I...	devon7	5	30-May-2005 00:54
Dominant Male Prawn See the following links for some images: [link=http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/Shagreen/Shrimp16.jpg]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/Shag...	Veneer	0	27-May-2005 22:49
Injured Red Claw Crab HELP! I very stupidly managed to injure my red clawed crab last night during a clean and water change. I didnt notice the crab hanging onto one of the plan...	ChrisParsons	0	26-May-2005 09:27
freshwater clams and mussels? anybody know where to get them? perhaps a website? i know arizona garden has them, but i think the shipping might be a little outrageous for a poor c...	greenfootball	4	22-May-2005 07:37
Red Claw Cray WITH EGGS! [img]http://fishpics.liveingeorge.com/albums/userpics/1000...	Callatya	4	21-May-2005 10:49
Snails?????? My daughter brought home a black mystery snail last night and I do not know anything about these snails can anyone help me?????...	kidsmom	8	20-May-2005 19:24
snails down the drain so i was thinking about this last night while doing a water change, but do snails that get flushed down the drain make it to the sewers alive? i'm su...	moondog	12	19-May-2005 19:17
expecting baby shrimp So I've got a few red cherry shrimp, and I believe one of them is holding a clutch of eggs under her tail. They've been there for about two weeks, and...	illustrae	4	17-May-2005 23:23
invert bioload can anyone tell me what sort of bioload shrimp and snails carry in comparison to fish, i am thinking or adding some inverts to some of my tanks. thank...	hembo666	3	16-May-2005 23:42
snails I am a beginner with a problem. I have snails that are popping up out of nowhere. I'm guessing that they are mating but I still have no idea where t...	averagejoe_la	4	16-May-2005 00:03
Calcium for snails. I keep pufferfish, so I have a small tank for raising snails. They are constantly laying eggs and are multiplying very well. I am concerned about th...	pookiekiller12	4	13-May-2005 22:04
What causes molting? I was wondering is there any other factors to molting besides the animal getting bigger? I mean like weather, water changes so on anything really.....	angeleel	9	11-May-2005 02:20
mixing red cherry shrimp with bolivian or german rams as the topic suggest...can one do that...will the shrimp strong enuf to defend themselves??? thx...	tankie	6	09-May-2005 23:23
Begginer To Inverts Hi, I want to know if I could keep a ghost shrimp with a betta in a 2g tank with no filter,heater, or aeration....	cheech_n_chong	5	09-May-2005 03:28
Snail Identification Can anyone recommend a snail identification site please, I have one in my tank (probably more), it doesnt appear to be a malasian, Apple, or common Po...	leongreenway	8	08-May-2005 05:35

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