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Hi all,

I’ve had these strawberry rasboras (15 total as of right now) from my LFS for roughly a week now in my established 11.9 gallon (UNS 45T). In the beginning, they swam against the current of my outflow and lodged themselves in there- I lost three that way in the first day before I was able to cover it with mesh. No losses since then.

I’ve noticed some of them seem much more relaxed than others. The main school has been glass surfing a lot when the lights are on. I’ve ordered floaters to help give them a sense of security, but wonder why they’re not using the caves in the driftwood I built for them. Only other tankmates are 10 blue diamond shrimp.

I want to know if this is normal schooling behavior or stress, and if their coloration is normal as some seem to have developed a green stripe going down their head to tail. Thank you for any advice!

Parameters are:

-temp: 77 degrees
-ammonia: 0ppm? - sometimes the API test doesn’t show true yellow but it’s not quite .25 either. I’ve been checking it daily to ensure no ammonia spikes.
-nitrite: 0ppm
-nitrate: 5-10ppm
-pH: 6.6-6.8ppm
-light Co2, drop checker always green, 1 bubble every 3-4 seconds
-kH: 3dKh
-gH: 8-9dGh

I feed a mixture of crushed up Fluval bug bites and Sera San color flakes, as well as cyclops occasionally.

Hi all,

First time shrimp owner as of last Friday and it’s already been a heck of a challenge. Help appreciated!

Current tank parameters (45T, 11.9 gallons):

-Ammonia: somewhere between 0 and 0.25 ppm on the API kit (looks much closer to 0 to me, but difficult to distinguish, picture included)
-Nitrite: 0 ppm
-Nitrate: 5–10 ppm
-pH: 6.6–6.8
-KH: 3 dKH
-GH: 9 dGH
-Temperature: 79–80°F
-CO₂: Drop checker consistently green (not yellow)

The tank has been running since March with active substrate. I recently added CO₂, which has been stable for a couple of weeks. I also have a small Wonder Shell slowly dissolving, which seems to have gradually increased KH from ~2 to 3 dKH and GH from ~8 to 9 dGH.

Livestock includes 15 strawberry rasboras and 9 other Neocaridina shrimp. One shrimp was removed to quarantine for suspected Cladogonium on Saturday, and today I lost this shrimp that showed no visible Clado.
The remaining shrimp appear to be behaving normally and the fish are active and eating.

Thank you for the help in advance!

Hi all,

First time shrimp owner as of last Friday and it’s already been a heck of a challenge. Help appreciated!

Current tank parameters (45T, 11.9 gallons):

-Ammonia: somewhere between 0 and 0.25 ppm on the API kit (looks much closer to 0 to me, but difficult to distinguish, picture included)
-Nitrite: 0 ppm
-Nitrate: 5–10 ppm
-pH: 6.6–6.8
-KH: 3 dKH
-GH: 9 dGH
-Temperature: 79–80°F
-CO₂: Drop checker consistently green (not yellow)

The tank has been running since March with active substrate. I recently added CO₂, which has been stable for a couple of weeks. I also have a small Wonder Shell slowly dissolving, which seems to have gradually increased KH from ~2 to 3 dKH and GH from ~8 to 9 dGH.

Livestock includes strawberry rasboras and Neocaridina shrimp. One shrimp was removed to quarantine for suspected Cladogonium, and today I lost another shrimp that showed no visible Clado.
The remaining shrimp appear to be behaving normally and the fish are active and eating.

Thank you for the help in advance!

Hi all, picked up my first ever shrimp (11 Blue Diamond!) at my LFS yesterday. Last night as they settle in, I notice this and get excited that one of them might have eggs. However, my fb group says this is a male, and likely clado (kms). Is that what this is? How to go about treating it?

I’ve separated this guy from the rest, so far can’t see any others with this. On the bright side, found a full molt in my tank this morning so hopefully something is going well.

Tank Info:

This tank has been set up since March, with 1 nerite and 15 strawberry rasbora as tankmates. I have shrimp complete envy food to feed them every other day (per my LFS’ recommendation). Shrimp were bag-floated for 15 minutes, then fast-drip acclimated for 50 minutes upon being added. Tank sits at a consistent 79 degrees Fahrenheit.

My parameters are as follows:

-0 Ammonia

-0 Nitrite

-5-10 ppm Nitrate

-pH 6.8

-8 dGh

-2 dKh

(these parameters are very similar to the LFS where they were purchased)

Still very much nursing my wounds from Season 3, but saw these wonderful cosplayers at a con I’m attending this weekend in San Jose! Healed me a bit. Didn’t get their socials so if this is you, please shout out!

EDIT: Their cosplay TikToks have been found! Check them out at @str4nge.cos and @tophat.cosplay !

Whilst at P*tco a few weeks back purchasing a siphon for another tank, I saw this sad, tiny alien tucked away in the back of their betta cups display. I’ve sworn off big store fish on account of all their issues and maltreatment, but promised I’d grab him if he was still there after I came back from a weeklong vacation. One week later and there he was, buried underneath two other cups and not looking great. I negotiated down his price because wtf.

He’s coloring up now! He was in a hospital tank for the first 10 days or so, then added to his big tank which he seems to like. Massive plant shipment on the way, lots of tannins, airstone, heat and dark hiding spaces, and daily water changes for now. He seems to have some residual swim bladder/buoyancy issues but could be that he was just starving too.

Looking for a name for him! Something esoteric and maybe space-themed. Tried Galileo and it didn’t stick lol. Wish him (and I) luck!