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    A Primer on TDS and the Importance on Acclimating and Quarantining New Shrimp 

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    Published on 3rd Oct 2010 04:00 PM  Number of Views: 22911 
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    Lucky you if you are getting new shrimp! Anything new is always exciting! But we’ve all been bitten by the shrimp bug, ...
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    Acclimatising Shrimp (drip method) 

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    Published on 11th Sep 2010 05:30 AM  Number of Views: 8751 
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    Dwarf shrimp are fragile creatures. After spending time either in shipping or traveling home from a fish shop your shrimp ...
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    Amano (Yamato) Shrimp Breeding 

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    Jose
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    In nature Amano’s live in coastal area in freshwater lakes. The lakes where they live have a connection with the sea trough ...
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    Amano (yamato) shrimp breeding 2 

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    Published on 25th Sep 2010 02:59 AM  Number of Views: 10655 
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    Hi guys I have recently successfully raised Amanos cheaply and on my windowsil and so as so many people ask I thought I ...
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    Artificial Egg Hatching 

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    Published on 11th Sep 2010 05:36 AM  Number of Views: 12855 
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    During the course of my experience keeping inverts, there was a time when i used to keep dwarf ...
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    Basic advises for successfull shrimp keeping 

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    Published on 27th Sep 2011 02:33 PM     Number of Views: 6089 
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    • Treat shrimp as other animals with love and respect.
    • Gather as much knowledge as possible on shrimp and share it with
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    Basic Principles of the Hamburger Mattenfilter (HMF) 

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    Published on 1st Nov 2010 12:12 AM
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    In this article I will cover the basic principles of how to use a Hamburger Mattenfilter (HMF). HMF filters are essentially ...
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    Basics of Filtration and Types of Filters 

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    Published on 29th Aug 2010 07:18 AM  Number of Views: 17911 
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    In this article i will cover the Different Types of Filtration and their purpose and some most ...
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    Black Tiger Shrimp Grading Guide Information 

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    Published on 27th Apr 2012 04:02 PM     Number of Views: 4326 
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    The original grading guide for Black Tiger Shrimp was done by George Morzinek (Germany). Here is the ranking for Black Tiger ...
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    Bugs and Worms in a Shrimp Tank - Description 

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    This article is written in order to help easy indentify some of the common bugs and worms in our shrimp/fish tanks with ...
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    Bugs and Worms in a Shrimp Tank - Treatment 

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    How can you prevent introducing snails, bugs, worms and algae in your tank?

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    The Importance of ...
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    Caridina Japonica breeding 

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    Breeding Caridina multidentata / Caridina japonica

    by Dmitriy Migay (Ukraine), used by kind of permission ...
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    Chiller and Thermoelectric Cooling for Tanks 

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    In 1821, J. T. Seebeck (1770-1831) discovered that different metals junctions will develop a small voltage potential when ...
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    Crystal Red Grading Guide 

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    This is a Crystal Red Shrimp Grading Guide.

    Grade SSS (body is white and/or has special head features) ...
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    Crystal Red Shrimp and Sexing 

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    Sexing of crystal red shrimps (CRS) can be done only at least three months old with confidence. At small, both sexes look ...
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    Crystal Red Shrimp Features 

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    This table shows the most important Crystal Red Features with photos; in detail: colorations and patterns of head, chin, ...
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    Curing Bacterial Infection of Shrimp with Seachem Paraguard 

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    Published on 3rd Jul 2011 07:11 AM  Number of Views: 19169 
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    I just went through a bacterial infection a couple of weeks ago with Orange Eye Blue Tigers (OEBTs). I was able to knock ...
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    Custom & Planted Shrimp Tank Set-up 

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    It was many years ago when I had my last tank and by today’s standards many forum member would recoil in horror at first ...
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    Custom & Planted Shrimp Tank Set-up: Day 1-30 

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    For this follow on piece rather than take a day by day approach, I thought I would go by significant events or activities ...
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    DIY Mini Chiller for Shrimp Tanks, Part 1 

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    This is the first installment of The Making of Mini Chiller, yes, a chiller, not a cooler. The purpose of this chiller ...
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    DIY Mini Chiller for Shrimp Tanks, Part 2 

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    Water from tank will go into the reservoir, brush through Cold Fin and mix with colder water inside there, then go out ...
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    DIY Sponge Filter for Shrimp Tanks 

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    This article should show you how to build an effective and safe sponge filter for your shrimp tank. It's relatively cheap and easy to build in approximately 20 minutes. You need these things to build the filter:
    • a sharp knife and a small scissors
    • a piece of plastic
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    Grading system of Cherry to Fire Red Shrimps 

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    Just want to share something I had posted sometime ago on my home country's forum.

    Had been sorting shrimps ...
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    Keeping CRS in warmer temperatures (Includes DIY Manual Chiller) 

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    I have been keeping CRS for almost a year now and because I live in Malaysia, the weather here is very warm. Many of us ...
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    Plants for a low maintance shrimp tank 

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    This article should show a list of easy to keep plants for a low maintenance shrimp tank. So these plants do not need artificial CO2 to grow, although most of them would of ...
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    Red Nose Shrimp Breeding 

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    This arcticle explains how to breed Red Nose Shrimp larvae in brackish water.

    Equipment List:

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    Shipping shrimps 

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    Most shrimp breeders (especially new ones) are afraid to ship their shrimps to other states or places. And ...
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    Shrimp Breeding Basiscs 

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    Please note, this article refers to shrimps of the genuses Caridina and Neocaridina. I don’t know if this technique works for all high order shrimps of these genuses but it will work at least for ...
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    Shrimp Keeping Guide 

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    This guide is for dwarf shrimps like Caridina or Neocaridina species, not for agressive species like bigger Macrobrachium. It´s just a short listing of important things to know for beginners of shrimp keeping.

    Origin:
    Shrimps can be found all over the world. The available species in your local fish shop are often from Southeast Asia.

    Size:
    Most dwarf shrimps are between 2-5 cm or 0.8-2 inches long.

    Behavior:
    Caridina, Neocaridina and similar species are generally peaceful. ...
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    Shrimp Keeping in a Nutshell 

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    Tank Size

    - 1ft and above sized tanks are recommended. Of course, the larger your tank, the more shrimps ...
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    Shrimp Soil Comparison Table 

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    Published on 29th Jun 2011 11:03 AM     Number of Views: 11397 
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    Water paramter for the first tank fillment are: pH- 7.4, 245 ppm, GH ~10, KH ~ 5.

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    Shrimp Tank Cycling 

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    Cycling a tank refers to the build up of essential beneficial bacteria in filter and tank, which break down wastes to non-toxics. ...
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    Starting a Planted Tank Using Dry Start Method 

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    Published on 23rd Aug 2010 05:38 AM
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    For about close to 4 years now I have been into Nature Style Aquariums and during the course of my learning I came across ...
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    Water Parameters: Understanding pH, GH, KH, CO2 and others 

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    Water chemistry is one of the most misunderstood areas of shrimp-keeping, especially when it comes the pH, GH/KH, and ...
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