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It is most likely due to stress. With fish, shrimp, crabs, a crayfish, their color reflects their mood. Animals that molt (crustaceans), tend to take longer to get their full color back, after loosing it. It may take two or more molts for the color to return. Make sure that there are plenty...

I doubt that any mainstream filter will create too much current for any species. In nature, most species of shrimp live in streams, where the currents can be very strong. I would go with what ever you like best, just make sure that the water is sufficiently filtered, and that the water surface...

Their larval stages are vary abbreviated (I've read they have one or two free swimming states). They don't require any special feeding, or environmental needs like brackish water to mature. As with any shrimp colony, which ever method of filtration is used, a screen of some kind must be used...

Sorry guys, my blarney stone (head) had a bit of a fit, right in the middle of IM'ing someone in the Mafia game. My wife got me to the hospital, where I come to find out I've had another stroke. The prognosis is good, but my right side is still weak. Personally, I think Judgemax put a hit on...

Palaemonetes paludosus are actually not that aggressive. Their main feeding tactic is to grap a piece of food, then swim/hover in the water away from anyone else while they devouer it. They are not hunters, rather opportunistic scavengers. There are cases of shrimp sold under the wrong common...

It's difficult to tell the size of you shrimp. I am fairly sure it's a female. However, it may be a P. paludosus, or possibly M. lanchesteri. Given the apparent size, I am leaning towards a common Ghost (P. paludosus) species.

The species of 'blue' dwarf shrimp that I'm familiar with are all very pale. The shrimp that tend to have the most color are the adult female shrimp. You'll need to wait a few days, to a few weeks for your new shrimp to relax to display their natural color. Make sure that their home is...

There are many different illnesses that can plague aquarium housed shrimp. Without sophisticated testing, and or intimate knowledge of the illnesses and diagnoses, it's impossible to determine the cause of death. Shrimp that display milky white tissue are stressed. That stress can be from...

It's true that they live longer than a few years, but I've no idea how old they are when I bought them. To date, I've never found a confirmed account of someone successfully rearing Atyopsis moluccensis larvae to adult hood. The most successful person was able to get zoes to progress through...

Thai Micro Crabs; Limnopilos naiyanetri <-- Try googling that. I believe that 'Micro Crabs' and 'Thai Micro Crabs' are one in the same.

Did you treat your water with fertility meds? Good luck rearing the young snails!

I doubt that any species of shrimp has the leg strength to 'jump'. They can flick their tail for a quick boost, much like crayfish. Any species of shrimp is able to to climb out of an uncovered tank, if the waterline is high enough. The only things that I've had that have decided to vacate...

That would be a wet kiss... I hope your snail brushed before puckering up.

You could make a floating raft/hatchery and put the clutch on it, then float it in another tank. That's what I used to do, worked great. I anchored it to a corner with some dental floss, so the raft would not get overturned by the HOB filter.

I've kept shrimp with dwarf species of crayfish, as well as some non dwarf (C. quadricarinatus) without problems. However, a 10g tank is to small for a quadricarianatus, they get to be about 10" long. Keep in mind, any individual crayfish, of any species, can have a 'bad attitude'. They can...

There are freshwater clams, but some people don't like them. This is because they will bury themselves in the substrate, and they could die there, causing the water to foul. Some have been able to keep them alive with no problem. But they do best in a well established tank, they are filter...

Another easy way to get him/her to stay in the tank, and out in the open, is to put a power head in the tank. Put a filter on the end, I use a hard clear plastic tube, with a block of filter foam stuck at the open end, and ram the power head intake into the pipe. You can aim the jet of water...

First, make sure that they have a good breeding environment. Make sure that there's at least one inch of glass above the water line, two is preferable so the eggs don't get wet. Make sure that your water parameters are healthy. If your snails are not healthy, it's possible they will not...

Kids are great fun. I've mine trained to tell me when they see a pair of my Macrobrachium shrimp doing the mating dance. A few months ago, while we had friends over, my son yells at the top of his voice, 'DAD, your shrimp are gunna do it!' from the aquarium room. Conversation stopper, and...

Bamboo shrimp are not a 'dwarf shrimp' species. Usually, when people say dwarf shrimp, they're referring to Neocaridina or Caridina species. Bamboo shrimp are of the Atyopsis genus, and not closely related at all. FYI, the 'dwarf' in dwarf shrimp does not really apply to the overall size of a...