Finnex PX-360 Review – All in One Compact Canister Filter
So…. with the 10 gallon Walstad planted tank I’ve broken down and invested a meager $40 in the Finnex PX-360 compact canister filter. I had researched it and all seemed to say that this was as good a...
View ArticleHomemade Fish Traps or Shrimp Traps and a Warning
I feel terrible…. I feel like an idiot…. So, in my struggle to get this mini-cycle under control in the ten gallon tank I’ve tried a lot of things. Including pulling out the (now browning) water...
View ArticleSelling Red Cherry Shrimp?
Well… I don’t have enough shrimp yet to think about selling any but…. the thought has crossed my mind that in a few months I may have enough to sell. In fact, I’m so jazzed about the dwarf shrimp I’m...
View ArticleBuilding my Shrimpire …. or is that shrempire?
I’ve really got hooked on dwarf freshwater shrimp. We have red cherry shrimp in two tanks right now and I’m thinking about the possibilities of a third tank (for yellow shrimp maybe…) I’m also...
View ArticlePlaty Fry Sexual Maturity
Well…. I’ve already updated this on the platy fry post, but…. in looking at our oldest tank of fry. They’re now almost 2 months old. (Born 2-19-11) They’re still quite small fish and all look female at...
View ArticleRed Cherry Shrimp Wild Ride and Outdoor Platy Update
I’m still a bit stunned. I came back inside from looking in on our outside fish and noticed two dark objects bouncing around in the flow of the uplift tube from the undergravel filter in our 5 gallon...
View ArticleRed Cherry Shrimp 1/2 Gallon Mason Jar Experiment
I’ve been captivated with the red cherry shrimp. They’re unique, have interesting personalities and seem really resilient. I have a tank that is exclusively red cherry shrimp now and for quite a while...
View ArticleFreshwater-Shrimp.com
It’s not quite ready yet and we don’t yet have enough Red Cherry Shrimp for sale, but I have been hard at work on Freshwater-Shrimp.com as the portal for selling Red Cherry Shrimp and hopefully beyond...
View ArticleRed Cherry Shrimp in a Mason Jar Part 2
So, our first experiment with red cherry shrimp in a large (gallon?) mason jar went really pretty well. They survive d there for several months until we hit a real hot spell. The jar was on the...
View ArticleBreeding Red Cherry Shrimp
Red Cherry Shrimp (neocaridina heteropoda) are wildly popular shrimp for the home freshwater aquarium, many people expect to soon be breeding red cherry shrimp. You may know that I’ve written about...
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