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Two (male and female I guess), i had more 3 or 4 maybe but only two remained the rest "mysteriously" died like the rest anyway I couldn't risk two clown fishes and a sea star to keep the two pistol shrimps and it started to be a sure thing that those pistol shrimps killed the rest no body else...

Hi, I had tank that was full of live there was ghost shrimps, small crab, small decorative crab, small fish(the kind of fishes that remains at the bottom most of the time), hermit crab and snapping shrimp one by one everything started to die so after 9 months that only thing that remained was...

Thanks for your quick answer I made a lot of google search for both Copepods and amphipods Well, it seems to be Copepods :) . thanks once again that was very fast & helpful

Hi, currently the only alive things in my aquarium are some pistol shrimps these days I see very tiny creatures walking on my tank's walls since any picture will show them as tiny white dots, I am including this video instead YouTube - Odd tiny creatures in my aquarium some clues: before their...

I am not sure if my pet store has calcium hydroxide or not but I think they should have something like that, because they should have faced such problem before

I am sure roka posted a link, but I can't explain why I can NOT see ANY links other than those at the end of each post he make I am using Firefox 3, but I didn't see any links also with Opera Have no idea why but if possible please post the link using insert link button, or even type the link...

Now my problem is not in how to obtain lime it is what is lime and what is its side effects I can't really see any links related to lime in your previous post

I am sorry, I am a bit beginner and have no idea what is this "lime" is it some kind of chemical ? does it has any side effects, does it kill anything other than those pests? will it affect the good bacteria by any mean?

Thanks for the information I have searched a lot and found that the best solution is "peppermint shrimp" But where I live there is only one shop that sell such things and they don't have any kind of shrimps currently the other predators that were suggested are also not likely to be found, but I...

Just to clarify something, the first picture is a creature and the second picture is a different one (or thats what i think) none of them is mobile nor has calcareous tube One day I was giving my shrimps a very tiny piece of boiled yolk and while they were taking it from each others it fall in...

Agree, they are the most amusing creatures in my tank

Hi, I have other creatures to identify they looks like hydra , but i thought hydra only exists in freshwater tanks This one has been enlarged serveal times, those creatures can't be seen with naked eye shot0023 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! This one can be seen easily with naked eye animated gif...

The dots are in the two sides of his chest looks similar to the dots your shrimp has this is reliving :) Thank You

some photos whoteDots1 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! whoteDots2 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

My ghost shrimp has white dots on his carapase (chest) It looks as if it is ICH, but I thought ICH attack fishes only Any ideas what can this white dots be? Note: I don't have any fishes in my aquarium