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It helps to take water and filter residue from a healthy established freshwater setup and use it to jumpstart a new tank. As for fish, I would not use any species of fish as a shrimp birth control measure. You can control the size of your shrimp colony through feeding alone. You will find...

The only way I know to increase the metabolic rate of shrimp is to increase the water temperature of their tank. However, this will also shorten their life span. The same is true of snails (higher temp, faster growth, dead sooner). I highly recommend not taking any action, and let nature...

1. Red Cherry Shrimp will quickly reproduce in freshwater. Amano shrimp require brackish water in order to grow from a zoe to a full grown. The adult shrimp of both species have similar environmental needs. 2. Yes. But with Amano shrimp, you'll need a few aquariums, dedicated to rearing...

The tank no longer resides there. After he left his office had a drastic tankotomy. That room for more than five people to sit and have meetings.

My employer allowed aquariums, so long as the tanks were maintained, by the employee during non work hours, and that nothing illegal, or dangerous, was kept (no constrictors, vipers, or venomous insects). One middle manager had 50g a tank with five piranha (I can't remember which species), but...

The key issue is keeping the water quality. Shrimp are vulnerable to stress, caused by small fluctuations in Nitrates, Nitrites and Ammonia . With a small tank, the margin for error is extremely tight. If you have a 10g tank you can get away with testing water once a month (unless you spot...

Danios will not make good tank mates for any shrimp. If you are bound and determined to try shrimp, go with Ghost/feeder shrimp, as you can find them very for around 25 cents, each. The fish will harass the shrimp, even if they do not try to eat them. Danios tend to actively swim, and search...

It's the young shrimp that will be the main casualties. I would also watch out for your crab. When it molts, the fish could easily kill it.

It is likely that your shrimp is stressed. This could be from any number of reasons, illness, poor environment, or even old age. It will likely not last much longer. FYI, for clarity, most 'Ghost' or 'Glass' shrimp sold in N. America are P. paludosus. Try googling that for reference...

"But, I'm not dead yet."

I'm not sure, but from the size of it's parents, it isn't a dwarf species. I would also recommend that you, if you have not yet done so, check the water chemistry (particularly for nitrates, ammonia, and metals). In your pictures, I can't see the 'white fuzz'. Do you mean the pleopods beneath...

FYI, crustaceans will occasionally, loose a limb, or segment of a limb, when they molt. When a crayfish/crab/shrimp grows, the flesh will wrinkle beneath the carapace. Since the outer shell is hard, and cannot expand, this creates pressure, and initiates the molting process. Once free of...

Just about any quality source of salt, in low concentrations, will have no real negative impact to freshwater invertebrates. I do advocate using higher temps (~85F) when using salt to cure ich, as it reduces the amount of time it takes to kill off the parasite. IMO, the quicker the problem is...

I would recommend even waiting until after you're done with school to get anything larger than a 20g tank. Having a vehicle to move the tank around is an issue, as well as having friends willing to help heft it.

I thought I would add a bit more, from what I've learned and experienced over the years. My responses are in red. I would recommend that you also test your water for other toxins, metals in particular, as they are extremely harmful to shrimp. Good luck.

Hooked, come on! This is the best you could come up with? How about 'found dead, hanging from the bars of his prison sell, by a rope braided from his own armpit hair'. Sheesh, show some initiative. ;) Sorry guys, I'll be away for a few days. Someone shank LadyG for me.

If you are particularly paranoid about parasites... You can actually purchase many types of copepods and such online, they are usually sold as cultured, or live foods. If you have any fish in the tank, the tiny critters will be rapidly consumed.

I guess I have to hit the chimes. Whisker shrimp are frequently Macrobrachium lamarrei lamarrei. They are an easy to keep species, that will reproduce without any special conditions, such as brackish or marine water. They will be more aggressive than the typical dwarf species, but they are...

Just vote to shank LadyG, first night. Other than that, it's all good.

I've never actually had a police mugshot taken of me. It's not like I didn't try; one Halloween, my two best friends and I, played a Halloween prank on some of our friends. Long story short, we were caught by the police, while faking a home invasion, AND impersonating police officers. A true...