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Here is Miami . My friends seemed to be about 12 inches give or take . It was the only fish in his 125 gallon with driftwood . I'm going to go on a limb and say he had it for like 15 years . Not sure if I am adding a few years but I know he certainly had it more than 10 years . It passed away when old . I had no idea and imagine he doesn't either lol that red eye is the Black Piranha . He bought it in this state before the ban.

You don't use filters ?

Mine are captive bred and considering how easy the Lousiana dwarf crayfish breed , I imagine the one's you see for sale are captive bred .

I use the Penguin 100B on my 20 gallon tanks and 150B on a 29 gallon tank . I don't use bio wheel because found it got stuck . I just use it to circulate water and keep either Sea-Chem Purigen or Bio-Marine poly-filter pads in them which I SOAK 24 hours in container of tank water BEFORE placing in filter . Like others I highly recommend Hans filter intake guards . Easy to attach, they stay on don't fall off and you wont lose baby shrimp.

I don't test for anything . The reason I do not test is because I'm not going to wait till something is high to do a water change. I had saltwater fish in the late 70s when the only filtration for salt was under gravel filter or box filters and simply got in the habit of weekly water changes without waiting for anything to spike . I simply do a 10 percent water change every week for shrimp and 20 for fish . I love Shield by Borneo Wild which I add with new water and this is coming from someone who finds most products a gimmick . I found the baby shrimp just seem to grow faster and no losses .

Thanks . I asked as know some who do not do water changes and things go well for them.

Thanks I thought of keeping a pair in a 20 gallon long with 4 Whisker shrimp but suspect the red claws would kill them. These Whisker shrimp are killers in their own right and live there by themselves so it was a bad idea every which way . I do love the red claw shrimp and intend to get some when the whisker shrimp expire . Have your red claw killed any of their own ?

At one time they were popular here but the banned them years ago . In reality people were catching young pacu and the media went with the Piranha hysteria . Those who kept them didn't turn them in but you couldn't get any more . Well perhaps a few Piranhas were caught , lol . A friend had a red-eye Piranha by itself in a 125 gallon .

I am one of those without facebook , lol . I would think that regardless of pump the sand would clog it .

I'm not a breeder per-se but my shrimp breed . I have had shrimp in heavy planted tanks for roughly 3 years so no expert . I have very good water here but I have found that 10 % to 20 % water change to be safe plus shrimp thrive . I have had a death here and there with 40 % changes . I find that a big change in water chemistry, temp for them. I do de-chlorinate water prior and it comes directly from tap .

No water changes ?

Wow that is spectacular .

I usually siphon up a few by accident in my white bucket than I put them back as I do weekly water change . I will take a pic of any hybrid . They aren't as plain as reg Louisiana dwarfs but not nearly as pretty as CPO's .

Lol I remember Troll 2 . I found it as cheaply made as Pumpkin head and Anaconda . The original Krampus which this remake is based on was also rather funny .

Killer Clowns was actually rather scary . I liked Night of the Lepus which came out in 1972 and Gargoyles which also came out in 1972.

Have you bred them and how are you keeping them as far as temp, etc ?

I keep Cambarellus shufeldtii which I think is one of the 2 or 3 true Louisiana dwarfs . I keep them outside without a filter in shade but aquaponics method . They have been outside for 2 years and doing great they breed between high 60s and low 80s . They haven't bred outside those temps . They are hardy but dull color. I have not been able to breed CPO's but was able to cross breed one CPO with a Cambarellus. but not nearly as pretty as true CPO.

I am leaning towards a young Macrobrachium red claw but some of these shrimp look rather similar . I had Indian whisker shrimp . Their claws were nothing like the one in your pic and they were still killers as far as would actively hunt down guppies at night . I'm just guessing that yours might be red claw but even if I am wrong. Shrimps with claws like that are shrimp that kill . lol .

I find ghost shrimp unless directly collected locally way more delicate than lets say cherry shrimp . The one's I have collected thrive and still have good size one's which I collected a year ago . The pet store bought one's don't live long . I used to have Indian whisker shrimp which were killers . They even killed adult male guppies . They look like bigger ghost shrimp and some color and very active . I mention them as very hardy and if you like the active ghost shrimp you'll love them but they cant be kept with other smaller shrimp nor fish other than bigger cories .

This the fixture I want to change and since filter is on side and I am not changing that I need a clip on type led that can light up a 29 gallon high tank . The light doesn't look this green to human eye but it does with cell phone pic . GREAT for plants but I don't like the dome on top of tank look . It is java fern, moss growing on driftwood bare bottom and lots shrimp and several male guppies and endlers .

Nice . What type led clip on light is that ? I have been looking for an led clip on light for my rimmed tank and have only found rimless tank types . I am using dome cfl bulbs which works great but not the best look on top of tank.

Keep in mind my temps are in the neo range . I don't know what temps you have . If my temps were below 70 I would use a heater to stay at 72 . The breeders here would know best but I have had great results at these temps and daily fluctuating temps 76 down to 72 .

Wow that is a nice price for a system that works and you're happy with .

Beautiful angel .

My shrimp tanks range from 72 degrees at night to 76 degrees during day because the house temp fluctuates other than cichlid/tropical fish room which has AC vents closed and they do great . Smallest tank is 20 gallons so change in temp is gradual but it does happen every day .