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Their natural environmental conditions, and their photos." width="550" height="72"> <a href="https://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=29395190&siteid=35833264&bfpage=crocvidfreegift" target="_blank"><img src="befree/gallery/befree_promo_120x60.gif" border="0" width="120" height="60" alt="DiscoveryStore.com"></a> </div> <table border="0" width="740" cellspacing="0" align="center" height="8"> <tr align="left" valign="middle"> <td colspan="3" height="2"> <font size="-7" color="#000033">.</font></td> </tr> <tr align="center" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" height="102"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FF9900"><b><font size="3">Making an unusual and interesting aquatic curiosity, freshwater crustaceans add colour and can serve a purpose in any home aquarium. They spend most their time scurrying across the substrate scavenging for food, cleaning up all of the detritus that hits the bottom. Some even eat algae. 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