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  Live Rock Critter ID

  • Created by: deL
  • Published: 16-03-15, 04:25 PM
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  Live Rock Critter ID

  Live Rock Critter Identification
  

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  Live Rock and the various creatures on it was the single biggest pull for me to try out a reef aquarium after owning several freshwater setups. The amazing diversity of life in a marine tank and the factor of "not knowing" what it is that is living in there is something that can't be replicated by your standard tropical freshwaters. Whether to mark pests for removal or out of scientific interest, this guide to identifying some of the more common hitchhikers on yo

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  Bresedium brevipes - Freshwater Crab

  • Created by: ChrisVW
  • Published: 06-02-15, 12:39 PM
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  Bresedium brevipes - Freshwater Crab

  These crabs are in the Sesarmidae family, here is what Peter Davie from the Queensland Museum sent me: Bresedium brevipes (de Man, 1889) Distribution: QLD (NE coast); central Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Indo-Malaysia, Philippines). Ecology: burrowing, estuarine, mangrove, swamp, intertidal. Peter Davie has "...collected them in upper estuarine mangroves as well as from the edges of freshwater sections of small creeks somewhat further upstream than the mangrove zone, but larval development ...

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  Australatya striolata – Riffle shrimp

  • Created by: DiscusEden
  • Published: 24-10-13, 06:27 PM
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  Australatya striolata – Riffle shrimp

  
  Photo thanks to unissuh
  
  Name:
  Scientific: Australatya striolata
  Common: Riffle shrimp
  
  
  Temp: 18 – 20c
  
  ................................Average..Lowest...Highest
  Water Temperature...19.2.........17.0.......20.3
  pH............................6.6...........6.2..... ...7.2
  Water Flow...............MEDIUM
  Turbidity...................LOW
  Total Hardness..........VERY SOFT (44 ppm) ...

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  Caridina cantonesis - Crystal Red Shrimp

  • Created by: Penthrox
  • Published: 18-10-13, 12:37 PM
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  Caridina cantonesis - Crystal Red Shrimp

  The Introduction
  
  As the popularity of Crystal Red Shrimps grows in Australia, people will seek places to find out more about their new hobby. It is time to do up a beginners guide for the keeping of these wonderful invertebrates. This information has been gathered by my own experiences and also from other breeders. Use these experiences to help with your own setup and hopefully be able to assist you in the right direction.
  
  The Basics
  
  Water Parameters ...

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  Anisoptera - Dragonfly naiad

  • Created by: DiscusEden
  • Published: 24-08-13, 01:52 PM
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  Anisoptera - Dragonfly naiad

  
  Photo thanks to DiscusEden
  
  Name:
  Scientific name: Anisoptera
  Common name: Dragonfly naiad
  AKA: Dragonfly nymph, Mud-eye
  
  Country of origin: Australia wide
  
  pH:
  Temperature: cold water to tropical, depending on local conditions
  Hardness:
  Water flow:
  Oxygenation:
  
  Maximum size:
  
  Diet: Predators. They are capable of completely wiping out a population of shrimp in your...

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  Caddisfly larvae

  • Created by: Hextech
  • Published: 20-08-13, 10:54 AM
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  Caddisfly larvae

  Just concerned for my little endlers as I found a couple of these insects. They don't swim particularly fast and I can't exactly tell
  where they start and end because of their camouflage. Not quite sure if its part of their body? The head pokes out and they swim around clumsily.
  
  
  I have not noticed a decrease in the number of endlers but they do breed quite fast.
  
  
  Photo thanks to Hextech
  
  Photo thanks to Hextech
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  Lymnaea stagnalis - Pond snail

  • Created by: DiscusEden
  • Published: 17-08-13, 06:51 PM
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  Lymnaea stagnalis - Pond snail

  
  Photo thanks to Lacehim
  
  Name:
  Scientific name: Lymnaea stagnalis
  Common name: Pond snail
  AKA:
  
  Country of origin: worldwide
  
  pH: seems to thrive in both acidic & basic conditions
  Temperature: can grow in cold water ponds & at discus temperatures
  Hardness: requires some kH - or the shells will become too soft
  Water flow: standard
  Oxygenation: standard
  
  Maximum size: ...

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  Neocaridina heteropoda var. red - Red Cherry Shrimp

  • Created by: Juls
  • Published: 22-07-13, 09:51 PM
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  Neocaridina heteropoda var. red - Red Cherry Shrimp

  The Humble Cherry Shrimp
  
  
  
  A Very Mature Female Cherry Shrimp, Photo by Dazzabozza Many of us know of the Humble Cherry Shrimp, Some adoringly and others who point there noses up with disgust of such a common and "beginner" shrimp. It's Latin Name is Neocaridina denticulata sinensis "variation red". The Wild Neocaridina denticulata sinensis, Being a little clear / muddy brown shrimp found in Taiwan, China and Vietnam. The Red Variation we all know and Love ...

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  Notopala essingtonensis - Essington Snail

  • Created by: DiscusEden
  • Published: 20-07-13, 08:58 PM
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  Notopala essingtonensis - Essington Snail

  
  Photo thanks to Dave Wilson, Aquagreen
  
  Essington Snail
  
  Notopala essingtonensis
  
  General information: A Mollusc in the family Viviparidae similar in shape to the Waterhouse snail but only half the size. It is also different in that it has a very hard shell. Size grows to approximately 25 mm but usually about 15mm in size, the colour varies throughout its range, from pale tan to black, the specimens in the Carson River and Keep River are pale tan...

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  Notopala waterhousei - Waterhouse Snail

  • Created by: DiscusEden
  • Published: 20-07-13, 08:44 PM
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  Notopala waterhousei - Waterhouse Snail

  
  Photo thanks to Dave Wilson, Aquagreen
  
  Waterhouse Snail
  
  Notopala waterhousei
  
  General information: A Mollusc in the family Viviparidae, Australia's largest freshwater snail. The Mollusc Scientist at the NT Museum, Dr Richard Willan, suggested this species as a possible nice display animal for Aquaria. In March 2005 I obtained some of these snails from a permanent waterhole in central Australia. They have been trialled with aquarium plants and...

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