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I vote to lynch LG.

LOL, it's extremely easy to get hooked on crustaceans. I had the bad luck to get it when I was a kid in the late 70's. My friends and I would net crawdads in the streams above my house, then keep them in large buckets, and feed them tadpoles. Now I've got two rooms in my house with tanks...

The main problem with a tank that contains a small volume of water is that it takes diligent maintenance to keep the water healthy. Shrimp are extremely sensitive to toxins, such as ammonia, nitrates and nitrites. So if you keep shrimp in a small tank, there is a very narrow margin for error...

Try rebooting it. For instructions on how to reboot your particular iPod, google 'reboot ipod *' replace * with nano, video, touch, etc...

All crustaceans must molt. In rare instances shrimp can carry a fungus, but it usually coincides with a female shrimp that is berried (carrying eggs attached to her swimmerets). The eggs are what the fungus grows on. However, when a shrimp molts the fungus is discarded, with the old...

Walmart sometimes carries a 10g tank for $10-15. That is for a tank only, no filter, hood, or substrate is included. You can get a sponge filter, and an air pump for around $30, or just get a cheap pump and make a sponge filter. Good instructions to make them are available online (google DIY...

One thing to keep in mind, just about any fish can stress dwarf shrimp. You may not have any problems, but keep an eye on how the shrimp behave. If they constantly stay under cover, and rarely venture out into the open, the shrimp may be stressed enough to drastically shorten their life span...

My first thread was a lame intro, 'I'm a computer geek... I like shrimp... blah blah blah." It is funny that over 90% of all of my posts are in the Freshwater Invertebrates section. If it weren't for my shrimp sales thread, and Mafia, it would be 100%. :D

You say that now, but I'll still vote to lynch you, even though you're the Dungeon Master, this round.

Very nice tank. I hope you soon have a thriving colony of shrimp. FYI, if this is your fist shrimp tank, it likely will not be your last. :)

Shrimp sold in North America as 'Ghost Shrimp' are most likely to be Palaemonetes paludosus. However, many Macrobrachium shrimp, in their juvenile post larval state, appear exactly like adult Palaemonetes paludosus. Palaemonetes paludosus commonly have spots of pigment, orange, yellow...

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this, but there's no accurate way to tell how old a shrimp is when you purchase it. Amano shrimp in particular are troublesome, since so few people have been able to breed them in captivity. Some things to remember, cooler temps equate to a slower metabolism...

Don't count on your crayfish consistently eating fish, some do some don't. It may do so, but the odds are not good. Most likely it will kill one every once in a while, or it will decimate the fish population, leaving mangled fish parts all over. Crayfish can be very messy eaters. I keep...

I'll play, if I can be Jefferson Twilight and kill bkw.

Green eggs could very likely be dropped shrimp eggs. If eggs are dropped, it is difficult to get them to hatch. They typically mold and the embryotic shrimp dies.

I've recently started a project breeding Macrobrachium scabriculum. They have a life cycle similar to bamboo and amano shrimp. That is, their larva are hatched in fresh(ish) water and then mature through their planktonic stages in water with progressively higher salinity content. There are...

Their large claws are mainly used in digging, mating, and fighting. FYI, a 10g tank will not hold a large crawdad for long. If you're getting a juvenile that's only in inch or two, it will be OK for a while. But make sure that you have a full hood, with weight on it so that it can't escape...

I am 80% sure that it's a Procambarus alleni. Better photographs, with closeups of the rostrum are needed for verification.

$35 is more than I would pay. You can find them on Aquabid for less. When shopping for one, try to get juveniles, or young adults at least. The younger animals are better suited to adjusting to new environments. Adults tend to suffer more from the stress of shipping and differing water...

Have you considered the fact that many of you are calling snails cute? Seems a bit odd to me. ;)