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Do you have Shrimp in your aquarium?
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Yes
 
54.29%
19
No
 
45.71%
16
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Posted 4/7/2008 9:41:43 AM


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I don't.But maybe someday.
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Posted 4/7/2008 1:26:21 PM


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I have a bamboo shrimp in my community 30gal whose name is BB. I'm waiting (trying to be patient :hehe for a fish store to be able to order some cherry shrimp for me. They said that they would only come available in the summer... sigh. My bamboo shrimp is bright red with a cream stripe down his back and has seven cream spots on both sides of his body. He's awesome!

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Posted 4/24/2008 7:06:31 PM


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No but I have brine shrimp in a little tank I bought my brothers for Christmas

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Posted 4/24/2008 7:48:54 PM


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I voted yes even though the 2 red cherry shrimp I had died a few days ago Long story but basically I did have them for 2 months wasn't a water thing I believe they felt out numbered by fish and it stressed them out big time!!

At anyrate getting a 2.5 gallon and going to have a shrimp garden with only cherry shrimp, can't wait will post pix here

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Posted 5/2/2008 11:03:37 AM
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i've got 2 lil ghost shrimp with my 3 platys.  They like sitting on top of my pleco for some odd reason. 
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Posted 5/4/2008 8:00:12 PM
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I used to have shrimp and snails in my community setup. At the time at had 7 tiger barbs in a 29 gallon and within 24 hours all 10 ghost shrimp had disappeared. The Golden Apple snail I was told I had ate my plants faster than they could grow. When I removed it to a 2 gallon bowl, it disappeared the next 2 days. I would love to have some shrimp to help keep the bottom of my tank clean.
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Posted 5/4/2008 8:04:35 PM
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That's neat! Wish you had some pics.
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Posted 6/23/2008 5:13:21 PM


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I have 2 bamboo shrimp in my tank along with tetras and a little green cory. They do a good job of scavenging fine food particles off the bottom and they love to sit near my CO2 difusser pump which always emits a good stream of water and wave their fan like appendages in the currentd to catch food. They are very cool little creatures to watch! 
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