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Pics: Such neat little guys and very healthy. Huge thanks to Wes for sending them.

The Macrobrachium lar arrived. Wes was able to send out a pair of them. Very very cool creatures. I highly recommend Wes - great guy to work with.

With the larger Macrobrachium species, the young begin in saltwater and as the larvae go through the growth phase, they move up into freshwater. The species you posted above looks similar to a Macrobrachium carcinus or americanum (there are a few members here who have more knowledge about this...

Looks like I'm getting some more prawn. These are a sister species to the Giant Blue prawn. Very exciting. Huge thanks to Wes at Rare Fish for sourcing them. I highly recommend him for anything you're looking for.

I've had vampire shrimp and they are really neat creatures but they seem to startle easily. Perhaps they would feed at night with fish in a tank. A tetra tank or something similar with docile fish would be best. That photo of the guy holding a prawn is massively doctored btw. They get quite...

This one is about 6 months old. Maybe 5" shell with 12" long claws.

Keeping them with fish is difficult. I have 3 rosenbergii now all in their own large dedicated tanks. This species can get over 12" body alone. The males will have claws that can be well over double the length of their body. They can be quite active when hungry-much faster than your average...

I need a cheapie top for my 20 gallon long tank. Doesn't have to be anything special. I was thinking something plastic or acrylic that is semi-translucent would be entirely sufficient. The Marineland and other glass canopies are insanely priced and more than I need. Did any of you just hit...

Thanks RD :) I have to give my water company credit. They returned my message within an hour. Their rep said they use liquid chlorine, sodium hypochlorite. He also went as far as to state they never have used, nor intend to use chloramine. The residual in my area is only supposed to be...

After reading through this article, I'm beginning to realize potentially the error of my ways when trying to 'condition' my water with an ATI tap water conditioner product. At this point, I have a message into my local water company inquiring as to which active ingredients they use, or I may...

I need very large diameter siphon hose (>1"). Not happy with Home Depot and Lowes. Neither seem to have a decent selection or price. Figure there is a place online that sells this for an affordable price. I tried McMaster Carr and wasn't impressed there either. Any places you guys like to use?

Anyone have some or know where to get them? Looking for any of the larger Macrobrachium species. Thanks for your time. -Rick

I have a nasty ick outbreak on my tetra tank. Already lost 4 out of 8. I turned the temp up and added a bit of salt. What else can I add that won't kill the invertebrates I have in there? The inverts are red claw macros. :( I hate ick. So lame...

My blue prawn need to grow claws back but once they do I'm hoping you can snag some pics of them. Cloverfield shed again today and has little T-rex claws now. haha

Whoa Sandy, awesome pics! I wish my camera was that good. :) They really are adorable. I'm sure you will get some babies out of them too. :)

Those S. American prawn are very tough to come by. So if anyone sees them, please post up here. Been wanting some for over a year now. :/

Monster Energy has a very tacking looking logo to begin with. Their product is a joke.. for all intents and purposes, it's probably one of the worst things you can ingest. My gripes about their tackiness and polluting America aside, their is no confusion between our logo and theirs. They can...

I agree about it being a Cherax. Doesn't look like the blue moon variety but more of a zebra or tiger variety. You can add some cuttlebone to the tank for extra calcium.

If you end up getting some, I'll split the order with you to help defray costs.

I got mine from Aquaculture of Texas. The owner there insists on sending them overnight UPS or FedEx. USPS Express is way cheaper. If you can get him to ship them via Express, you should be able to get 100 PL prawn for less than $80. That's not a bad deal considering. Just make sure you...