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This may help:

I only learned though experience Deta, and like I said- back then the jury was still out on if they did or didn't cause harm. Glad you've not had to go through this. --- Nematodes are white worms on the glass, detritus worms tend to squiggle through the water and live in the substrate. Neither is harmful. Planaria are shaped like arrows with little tiny crossed eyes. Some people use no planaria, some use fenben like me. I would remove any snails that you want to keep. Ramshorns don't seem to be affected. Some say it stays in the soil for awhile, so if when you plan to put the snails back in- use a test subject first.

If it is on the gills, you'd see through the carapiece striated lines. Around the side of head/neck area.

Snowflake works well too.

I would have to respectfully disagree with planaria not killing shrimp. Here's why: Several years back when I was developing my Nessie strain there was mixed ideas on planaria and if tehy were harmful. Sure enough, I must have got some from some plants, because only one of my tanks suddenly had them. As teh jury was still out, I did nothing. Imagine my horror within a week when I noticed this: One of my prize Nessies, struggling and being eaten alive by planaria. So I dosed with fenben and got rid of them. Shortly thereafter retardo posted this on Shrimpnow: "If I had not seen it for myself, I would not have believed it!! I saw this cherry shrimp in one of my friend's tanks completely taken over by planaria and immobilized! This shrimp was egg-laden and still clinging to life... Seeing this was extremely frightening and I would recommend getting rid of any and all planaria in your tanks! I had believed that only weak or young shrimp would be able to be caught by planaria, but I watched as another healthy shrimp was attacked and overcome by planaria. Get fish that eat planaria or do as imke_j recommends and treat with flubendazole." You are obviously welcome to do as you wish, however this and my experience has made up my mind not to have them in my tank.

Always great to find a food that works for your shrimp.

Seacur, if you look closely, does the brown spot coincide with the gill?

Well, not really. I mean tannins are supposed to be great for treating bacterial problems. Water changes help for removing bacteria and bad things in the water, but I don't have a solution for each illness.

That would be a big help to many of us.

Found this and thought it may help understand some diseases in our shrimp: https://www.jbl.de/en/aquatics-nano/news/467/recognising-shrimp-diseases-and-reacting-in-time http://www.tantora-intl.com/index.php?lay=show&ac=article&Id=539724902&Ntype=8

Deta is doing a very wise thang. There's no guarantee that shrimp born from pfr parents will wind up pfr and not fire red. So, he sells all as fire red, and you'll be pleased if some wind up as pfr.

Not sure which came first. I know I bought "black rilis" and sold them off before the carbon strain came out. Some background info for anyone reading: Chocolates occasionally throw carbons, reds, and the occasional blue, as well as the occasional wild. The blue diamond was a selected var of chocolate, as well as the carbon. Blue diamonds can produce carbons, chocolates, blacks, reds and other colors, but I have not found this to be the case with carbons. (Maybe there is a true body strain color of carbons out there, but I have bought both blue body and clear body and found both will throw both clear and blue bodies. I have been able to increase the blue body % by selective breeding, and I suspect others are doing teh same.) Those shrimp from blue diamonds that did not display the phenotype wanted were sold as regular Diamonds. These produce a rainbow of colors that can be kept together, and are often sought as a base to create a new var. It is rare to find just regular diamond strain now.

Wow. Really? OKay, I'll wait a month and see what happens.

yepper. No doubt we'll see this again next year.

Some molt after baby crays are born, garden.

My 29g Malawa tank is packed full of Najas guadalupensis. Looking to trade for shrimp or crays. I love win-win deals.

Selectively breed it and it should become a better color.

Why? Detritus worms help keep the tank clean by eating garbage the shrimp leave behind.

No berries from the 2nd try yet. She molted though. Marbles tend to berry up after molting, so don't know if these follow suit or not.

Sweet.

Nice pic. Thanks!

Do you think your younger ones adjusted then, and that is why the better coloration?

Detritus worm probibly. I have them myself. No biggie and no harm.

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Still new at crays, so I'm still learning basics. However I found this on line and it may help: Parthenogenesis? 6/11/13 Hi. I bought an electric blue crayfish from an aquatic pet store in town about a year ago. It was only about an inch and a half long when I got it, and has had no contact with other crayfish since. A few days ago my girlfriend notice what looked like a shrimp in our tank. After taking a long, close look, I noticed that there were baby crayfish crawling about. I looked online, and read about a marbled crayfish that can reproduce by means of parthenogenesis. I read some more, but couldn't find any record of an electric blue crayfish doing this. Is it possible mine has reproduced through such a means? <It does sound likely. The Marbled Crayfish (or Marmorkrebs) is the most notoriously parthenogenetic crayfish and a species of Procambarus, while parthenogenesis has recently been reported among the commonly farmed and eaten Red Crayfish, Procambarus clarkii. Your pet is the Electric Blue Crayfish, Procambarus alleni, closely related to these two known parthenogenetic species, so I wouldn't be at all surprised if you're seeing parthenogenesis in action. Cheers, Neale.>