May 2008

Iodine is an important part of a Dwarf Shrimps life cycle. It is needed to promote healthy molting and to encourage immune responses to injuries. It is obvious that any Dwarf Shrimp keeper would want their shrimp to have adequate amounts of iodine, but is supplementation needed? A staple in the diets of most Dwarf […]

This is the first update of my Soft Water Shrimp in Hard Water experiment. This experiment is intended to see what a difference keeping soft water shrimp in hard water for long term will make on their growth and breeding. Here is the plan for this experiment. I will continue the experiment for 3 generations […]

There has been a lot of debate lately among Dwarf Shrimp hobbyist about weather or not some of the “soft water” shrimp can be kept in hard water.  Well, I have plenty of experience with hard water as I live in the Orlando area of Florida and my water is basically liquid rock.  It has […]