To help make sure that you have all the info you need before making a purchase I want you to be aware of the following:

Livestock - Shrimp and Other

• Shipping Size - I ship juvi shrimp. Smaller shrimp produce less waste during shipping and therefore I am able to reduce the shipping weight and cost. Additionally young shrimp adapt better to a new tank then adults and therefore have a higher survival rate. Below are pictures of a actual order of Cherry Shrimp that I sent to someone. I have included a ruler for scale so you can see the average size of the shrimp I ship. Due to their size, please be careful when keeping them with fish.

• Compatibility Issues - Many shrimp species can interbreed with each other while others have different temperature, pH, or water hardness requirements. These issues mean that many species are not suitable to be kept together. Please review my compatibility chart can be found here. Please make sure you have reviewed the other requirement's for any species you are considering keeping together to make sure they have similar requirements. Feel free to contact me with any questions you have regarding compatibility.

• Shrimp and Fish - Be aware that fish will eat anything that fits into their mouth. More aggressive fish (cichlids for example) will tear the shrimp into bite sized pieces if necessary. Please be aware of this when planning your tanks. Most species can be kept with small tetra or community fish but the fish WILL eat some or all of the baby shrimp. I do NOT recommend to put your shrimp with fish initially. Once your shrimp have had time to multiply you can add some small fish and see what happens but adding small shrimp (like the ones I sell) to a tank with fish in asking for trouble.

• Shipping Days - I ship on Saturday's and then usually on Tuesday. Orders that are not received by 6pm the day before a shipping day may not be shipped out until the following shipping day. I only ship on certain days to cut my trips to the post office (I have a day job) and also to try and to minimize the shipping time for the shrimp. I will try and work with you if you have specific requests though.

• Tracking Your Order - You will receive an email from Paypal with a tracking number. Please make sure you will be around when the package is delivered so it is not exposed to the elements for very long. You can call the post office and ask them to hold the package there and you can pick it up in person. I do that during the summer so the shrimp are not exposed to the 110F weather in the post office vehicle and then the oven that is my mailbox.

Dry Goods - Mosura

• Mosura Mineral Plus and Shizhen - ships as a concentrated liquid to cut down on shipping weight. It is necessary to add water to bring the total volume to the 180mL mark.

• Volume of Product - Many of the Mosura products have desiccants in them to keep the products fresh. Since some of the volume of the bottle is taken up with a desiccant the bottle will not be full once the desiccant has been removed. The volume or weight I have listed in my store is the volume or weight of the actual product and does NOT include the desiccant weight.