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To let their digestive systems clear, reduce waste, and because adult fish usually don't need to eat every day. Fish can get fat too.

Tetra is right. unfortunately, there are very few fully aquatic freshwater crabs available in the industry. Vampire crabs(purple or otherwise) are mostly terrestrial. They can do well in a half water half land setup, but absolutely cannot live submerged. It may take a while, but they will...

Frank's Aquarium-Freshwater Crustaceans, Hillstream Fishes, Gobies, and more gets them in periodically. If he doesn't have them right now, you can shoot him an email and he'll get them for you. I hear micro crabs have high mortality rates though. --Adeeb

If she's eating veggies, then good for her. Can't really have too much, just make sure to vary the diet so she gets an assortment of nutrients. Snails will eat as much as they want to, no need to worry about overfeeding. Just make sure food isn't sitting around in the tank for days or your water...

It depends on how large and well established the tank is. They feed off microfauna in the water column, so would do better in a well established planted tank. It's hard to say for sure, but if you feel that they are not getting enough food, then you can try spot feeding. --Adeeb

Yeah, eventually they will have inbreeding problems as the gene pool is limited. Breeders will often cull out weaker/less desirable individuals, and add in new blood every so often. --Adeeb

Ghost shrimp won't eat adult RCS. They might find baby RCS to be a nice snack though. If you don't mind less productive breeding, then mixing the two shouldn't be a problem. --Adeeb

Sure can. Mine live in brackish :D --Adeeb

I have keep ghost shrimp and while they are aggressive feeders, I have never had them attack anything. I would say ghost shrimp and RCS would be fine together, but have heard of overly aggressive ghost shrimp before. --Adeeb

There are fully aquatic freshwater crabs, but not many find their way into pet stores. I can think of thai micro crabs and rusty crabs offhand. You probably won't see them at your LFS, but they can be ordered from FRESHWATER and TERRESTRIAL CRABS and DWARF CRAYFISH on occasion. --Adeeb

Depends on the type of crabs you want to keep. I'm assuming either fiddler crabs or red clawed crabs. If it's fiddlers, they will appreciate equal areas of land and water, and sand is probably the best substrate as they like to dig burrows. If you're keeping RCCs then you can have a more aquatic...

Looks like what is sometimes sold as "black midget shrimp". Some Caridina species. Take a look here: Shrimp ID and Algae Eating Freshwater Shrimp --Adeeb

They are peaceful and would probably be fine with any fish that won't bother them. Depending on the species, they can get pretty big too. The only problem is that they have evolved to live in desert pools, so they have a lifespan of 90 days or so I think. If you're serious about keeping, you'd...

Following :popcorn: Looks great so far! I want to see how that waterfall turns out. I was too lazy to put mine together xD --Adeeb

If you mean red clawed crabs(Perisesarma bidens), they are neat little guys. Fairly easy to keep, just need the right conditions. Most importantly they need brackish water and land access. They like to climb, so some logs and plants out of the water is adequate, and you don't need full land...