Shrimp

Bettas are loner fish. They’re as antisocial as they come. They are even known to fight their own reflection.  Bettas would rather have the entire …

Sakura in Japanese means cherry blossom. So bearing a similar color to cherry blossom, the name for this shrimp was forged. They are one of the popular dwarf shrimps, which fall under the category of cherry shrimp.

You will know why this shrimp was named a panda shrimp when you lay your first glance at this shrimp. These shrimps aren’t an original …

The primary cause of this is the importing of shrimps from areas where they already have this problem. As a result, many shrimp keepers put their shrimps in a quarantine tank before mixing them with other shrimps to prevent such possibilities. This helps in controlling an outbreak of foreign diseases in their tank.

“Sexy Shrimp” by Brian Low is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Not all shrimps can live in saltwater or freshwater. But is there a possibility to keep these two …

“Bloody Mary Shrimp” by Sans Vertigo is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0, “File:Red Cherry Shrimp 1.jpg” by TheJammingYam (talk) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Most aquarists get into a dilemma when getting …

Goldfish, angelfish, bettas, cichlids, frogs, turtles, crayfish, gourami, danios are some of the worst tank mates that can eat ghost shrimps. On the other hand, your ghost shrimps can peacefully cohabitate with friendly tankmates like Ruby tetra, small Guppies, neon Tetra, otocinclus, Pygmy Cory catfish, panda garra, Hillstream butterfly Loach, etc.

Factors like inability to acclimate, poor water parameters, overstocking, overfeeding, white rings, no plants in the aquarium, and wrong tank mates are some of the reasons why your ghost shrimps keep dying. Thus, you need to address each of these problems one at a time carefully, and you won’t have a dead colony of shrimps.

It is an exciting thought to mix different shrimp species in a tank. However, such combinations can go haywire if you choose the wrong tank …

Often the ghost shrimps are mistaken with whisker shrimp and vice versa. Both these shrimps are an excellent addition to your tank and help keep …