Shrimp Keeping Articles

Berried cherry shrimp carrying eggs under her abdomen

Should You Feed a Berried Cherry Shrimp Differe...

For tonight’s feed, give the colony its usual small portion. A female carrying eggs can keep grazing with the others, and there’s no need to try to deliver a meal...

Should You Feed a Berried Cherry Shrimp Differe...

For tonight’s feed, give the colony its usual small portion. A female carrying eggs can keep grazing with the others, and there’s no need to try to deliver a meal...

Cherry shrimp beside a pale patch of film on driftwood

Can Shrimp Eat the White Film on New Driftwood?

You put a lovely piece of wood in the tank on Sunday. By Wednesday, parts of it look as though somebody has draped wet tissue over them. Then you spot...

Can Shrimp Eat the White Film on New Driftwood?

You put a lovely piece of wood in the tank on Sunday. By Wednesday, parts of it look as though somebody has draped wet tissue over them. Then you spot...

Red and white Crystal Red shrimp beside a small wafer

What Should You Feed Crystal Red Shrimp?

Crystal Reds can be surprisingly quiet at feeding time. You put a little food down, watch a red and white shrimp approach, and see it pick for a moment before...

What Should You Feed Crystal Red Shrimp?

Crystal Reds can be surprisingly quiet at feeding time. You put a little food down, watch a red and white shrimp approach, and see it pick for a moment before...

Thermometer on a planted shrimp tank with surface ripples

Should You Feed Cherry Shrimp During a Heatwave?

On the first really hot day, you might walk past the tank in the evening and find it’s warmer than it was at lunchtime. The room still feels stuffy, the...

Should You Feed Cherry Shrimp During a Heatwave?

On the first really hot day, you might walk past the tank in the evening and find it’s warmer than it was at lunchtime. The room still feels stuffy, the...

A pipette lifting leftover shrimp food from aquarium slate

How to Remove Uneaten Shrimp Food Without Sucki...

You spot half a wafer still sitting beside the moss and reach for the siphon. Just as you bring it down to the gravel, a shrimplet appears out of nowhere....

How to Remove Uneaten Shrimp Food Without Sucki...

You spot half a wafer still sitting beside the moss and reach for the siphon. Just as you bring it down to the gravel, a shrimplet appears out of nowhere....

Cherry shrimp grazing on a submerged Indian almond leaf

Can Cherry Shrimp Eat Indian Almond Leaves?

Drop a dried Indian almond leaf into a shrimp tank and it can take a while to look like anything worth investigating. It floats, perhaps catches on a stem, then...

Can Cherry Shrimp Eat Indian Almond Leaves?

Drop a dried Indian almond leaf into a shrimp tank and it can take a while to look like anything worth investigating. It floats, perhaps catches on a stem, then...