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wow beautiful! Whoever adopts this rare pleco is very lucky! It must tear you apart to give this friend up. What's his/her name? What size tank is he homed in and what is his diet? Good luck rehoming your friend, I wish it was me!

yes they are really tiny and look just like the parents. I keep various fry and Elder guppies in the shrimp tank that the Assassins are in and havent had a problem. Check your filter, iv seen them hanging out in there

wow Steveo just beautiful and well deserved! I hope someday to have such happy fish and a most clear polished tank

Nooo, not flush, how sad...my lfs asks me every time what size tank I have for the fish I am buying, and also how many fish are already in the tank. They know my tanks and their sizes and what and about how many fish I own. If they don't like my answer or feel the fish may go into an over...

This was excellent info Donya and I hope many people will read it. I never thought of some of the most intelligent advice you offered. We have very cold winters here and the expected power outage do occur, so when and if they happen, I will remember your wise words.

Yes, I admit they eat like teenagers! I'm fresh outta pesty snails for now so the assassin snails will go a scavangering for leftovers. I have tooo many to count now and even more eggs. Someone mentioned that albino cats maybe eating the assassins babies? Not in my shrimp tank, they eat...

When the LFS like Petco/Petsmart get their orders in, the fish are in big bags of blue tranqualizered water. The stores have the right to reject the order if the fish come in half or all the way dead. I never buy fish on the same day they are shipped to the LFS. I always wait a day or two...

well from the research i have done, in a tank, Bamboos live 3 years tops, much longer in the wild. From what i understand it's quite difficult to breed them, the larvae need brackish conditions to survive. The longest one of mine that has survived, is 2 years. It got pretty big, 2 1/2...

Hey! I did google this creature & to my suprize I learned a lot, it was on the ask site. Videos, pics. So relieved they won't harm my Bamboo Shrimp! I thought I was dealing with a chromosome issue. I guess that's why they call me a newbie, Ha! So much to learn, it's a great hobby? or way of...

thanks snazy! It's comforting to know this isn't gonna hurt my Bamboos! They have such a short lifespan(Bamboos) in the tank I would of felt horrible to know these ostracods were harming them. Odd, is it, that I'm so attached to these Bamboo Shrimp, I guess the kids are off to college and the...

I have tons of them in my shrimp tank. I think they lay their eggs one at a time all over the place. The babies look just like the adults only tiny. I give them away to my LFS. They put them in their plant tank. Seems to be more snail to eat in their.

I keep hearing the word "seed shrimp", is this a joke or is there a seed shrimp? My LFS, where I buy all my Bamboo, Cherry,CRS and Skunk Shrimp doesn't know what it is either. Is there such a creature? Thanks for anyone responding

you're right and that does make scense. However, what is "natural" or in the "wild" about being confined to a fish tank? Wouldn't there be some sort of exception to the rule? Bloodworms or pellets? Just wondering...

Hey Hey Hey! Im 50 and I broke my back several years ago, so I know the pain you are referring to. I have the python hose method, but I found I needed a second person to help me, mainly for temp. changes and second I HATE leaks and hoses falling onto the floor, did I say I hated cleaning up 20...

Hi fish friends, I feel dumb, however, what are "Ostracods' OR "Seed Shrimp"? I have Bamboo Shrimp, CRS, Cherry Shrimp and Skunk Shrimp all living happily together with Assassin snails. Proudly to report no deaths in months! I have noticed in the past few months these little tiny bluish/grey...