Crustaceans molt, regrow limbs, and sometimes just die for no obvious reason.
In this section, I cover what’s normal (bubble-blowing crabs, stress signs) and what’s not. Bacterial infections, failed molts, parasites – I explain how to spot problems early and what actually works as treatment. Prevention starts with water quality and diet.
I bet that any shrimp breeder had a situation than one day the shrimp were active and acting normal and then – what is this ring on my shrimp? Unfortunately, “The White Ring of Death” means that your shrimp is in grave danger. The White
Today I will tell you about freshwater dwarf shrimp with direct development (high order) (such as Red cherry shrimp, Crystal red shrimp, Snowball shrimp and etc.) and how frequent mating affects them. It means that baby shrimp hatch directly from eggs without intermediate planktonic stages
Water temperature is one of the most important physical factors affecting the survival, growth, and breeding of Dwarf shrimp in our aquariums. That is why we need to know the effect of water temperature in order to determine the optimum temperature for the ornamental shrimp.
Although, shrimp breeding are relatively new to the global pet industry trade, nonetheless, it has already become very popular around the world. However, the popularity of dwarf shrimp (as algae eaters and for their attractive coloration) may represent an entry pathway for emerging pathogens and
We take light for granted and cannot imagine our lives without it. However, do our shrimp need it as we do? Do the shrimp share the same necessity for the light? How does light affect them in our aquariums? Light is an important biological factor
Today we are going to talk about how to save the eggs of your shrimp and artificially hatch them. Unfortunately, all shrimp breeders have to deal with the death of their shrimp. This is inevitable. However, what makes it even worse, sometimes we have dead
Molting is one of the most important physiological processes for shrimp growth. It is a very complex procedure in which complicated metabolic processes take place. Since increasing body size occurs in a series of steps associated with the casting of old exoskeleton. In this article,