Aquarium Fish International Magazine.

just thought i would share an interesting article that was in the april issue of this magazine about cleaner shrimps.it seems it wasnt just me that the cleaner shrimps that i get to observe were not just dying off at random.check this read out.[img][/img]the coral smuggling is kinda strange as well.in the may issue there is a article on sword tail and molly hybrids and them being much more common than i had expected.but this selective cannabalism of shrimps is odd find.

Weird! I wonder if other shrimp do this if food is limited?

you know i think this has happend to me when i had a number of peppermints in a small tank that i would put in aptasia riddin rocks.i would keep them rather hungry so that they would find the little anemones tasty but this may have caused some cannabalism in the process.not sure on other shrimps but these are both from the lysmata family so it may be an issue with some of the other relatives.

yeah we get that magazine, its good bathroom reading material. it made me sad when i read that article as i wanted to have a whole tank of cleaner shrimp ...

at least you can get two and be sure you will have a pair.

yeah, i just havent found any that are even 1/4 her size, she is a big girl, kind of afraid she would rip any other apart when it molts...

I've wanted to add a second to my tank after the 90 upgrade...I guess I'll try to find a big one?

well presumably your larger shrimp that is already a resident would be male/female and a smaller addition would more likely be a non threatining male.it also sound like it will work as long as there are only two.

yeah after re-reading the article in the houses "library" i think two are fine, im just paranoid cause mine is a beast among cleaners...

So I went to resubscribe to a magazine and it came to my attention that there will be no more publication of this magazine.It simply didnt make it wich i find strange seeing as there is only two other fresh water mags in competition that I know about.Disapointing really as I do enjoy up to date hobbyist reading material.now I will have to look into the magazine called amazona or something like that.Just letting people know there is no more AFI Magazine

very sad to see a good magazine go belly up and become food for the inverts...