Tech

Recently I wrote a blog post called Redder Red Cherry Shrimp . The post focused on what affects the coloring of Red Cherry Shrimp. There was a comment left on that post that included some information that I forgot to mention: Continue Reading

In the Dwarf Shrimp world there is a lot of talk about R/O water, but what exactly is it?
Reverse Osmosis (R/O)
The movement of freshwater through a semipermeable membrane when pressure is applied to a solution on one side of it.
What this basically means is that a Reverse Osmosis filter removes anything that is in solution [...]

A question that I am asked often and see posted on forums often is “How do you catch Dwarf Shrimp?”
When attempting to catch Dwarf Shrimp, if not using a proven technique, it can be quite a pain because Dwarf Shrimp can be fast and quite agile. But using this simple technique it is very simple [...]

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 Shrimp [...]

 
During the expansion of TheShrimpFarm.com’s hatchery one of the less popular shrimp, but arguably one of the most important to the hobby, was not getting the attention it deserved. The breeding population of Neocaridina heteropoda was placed in a bare bottom aquarium with plenty of filtration. They were fed normally and water changes were [...]

    
Over the past five years or so my two hobbies have been raising dwarf shrimp and photography.  I have found that dwarf shrimp are one of the more difficult things to photograph.  They are always moving, they are small, and they live in an environment not ideal for photography.
In my photography hobby I used [...]