Freshwater shrimps are gaining an increasing number of fans amongst tankkeepers, however, during the early years, not much was known about them and their requirements, and so shrimpkeeping wasn‘t always easy. We decided to travel to the countries where these fascinating inverts are originally found very early on in order to learn more about them and to explore their habitats. Especially the south of China is a hotspot for various shrimp species, and thus this first special edition will deal with the shrimps and their habitats found in the Middle Kingdom. Of course we hope you‘ll have as much fun reading this magazine as we had preparing it, that we can take you with us on this Crustahunter trip and that our adventures and findings enthuse you.

Keep on shrimping

Werner Klotz/Chris Lukhaup