Molting is an inherent cyclic process that occurs in all crustaceans, as a crab grows its hard exoskeleton (shell) becomes too small for its body and it must grow a new one. The process of...
Category: Shrimps&Snails
Crayfish, also known as crawfish, crawdaddies, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, mudbugs, etc. are freshwater invertebrates. In recent years, they have also become quite popular...
Scuds (or side-swimmers) are small shrimp-like invertebrates belonging to the family Gammaridae. The choice of keeping or eradicating them in shrimp, fish, or planted tanks has been a popular...
Bee shrimp (Caridina cantonensis) are probably one the most popular dwarf shrimp species in the aquarium hobby. They are beautiful, easy to breed, and interesting to watch. So, today I would like...
Unfortunately, shrimp keeping hobby is not always sunshine and rainbows. So, today I am going to continue my series of articles on dwarf shrimp diseases and parasites. This time it is a...
Even though Theodoxus snails (also known as River Nerites or Ladybug snails) are pretty common in Europe, they are one of the rarest snail species you can find on the U.S. pet trade...