After doing some “research” I’ve discovered some (mold?) on my driftwood, I’m not sure what to do or if I have to take the tank apart, any information or insight might help me out, thanks in advance.
So around a month ago I bought 10 shrimp, they came with 3 extra. I drip acclimated and added them to my tank. They scuttled into hiding and I started to only see them a once or twice throughout the week. It became scarcer and scarcer. Now I don’t see them at all?!
I cleaned out my tank yesterday and moved everything but the wood in the centre. I’m confident they are gone.
Could they all have died?! There’s absolutely no evidence. Perhaps eaten by my snails and platy?
My tank is 110l with 12 platy and 6 corydora, unknown amount of bladder snails.
Thank you
I got some colorful shrimp for my tank before I knew about how easily they breed. I didn't realize that crossing color lines will result in wild type babies. Oops!
Original batch: 6 yellow, 2 red, 1 blue
I now have about 20-30 grayish- clear shrimp. Plus 3 black and 2 more yellow. Many are berried.
If I let my little shrimp world just be, how long until the wild type start producing strong colors again? 6 months? 6 years? 60 years?
I'm debating if I will be able to watch evolution play out in real time or if I'm just doomed to have 10000 gray shrimp and should begin curating and culling my herd to be more aesthetically pleasing.
I got 10 Blue Dreams about a week and a half ago. I just noticed today that one of them all of a sudden has red. Is this normal? Given he coulda been developing red for the past few days and I coulda missed it. Maybe it just molted? But they were all definitely blue when I first got them. Water parameters are normal. Just wanted some second opinions since Im new to keeping Neo’s. And sorry for the poor picture quality, my phone wouldn’t focus lol
Hey all! We have an active healthy 5 gallon neocaridina shrimp tank but I want to upgrade size and really lean into the build. If I go out looking for my own driftwood (that I would properly prepare before adding) and rocks to build the hardscape, what wood/rocks should I look for or avoid. I live in Virginia and will likely collect from lakes, rivers, and beaches.
I don’t want to overpay for rocks and wood from stores or online shopping like I have for the other 3 aquariums in our home. I am also leaning into a heavily planted tank. Any shared information will be appreciated.
Also, if this is a terrible idea and I’m just dooming the tank before I even start then please let me know. I’m not putting this together on a shoestring budget or anything but we are renovating parts of our home so I’d rather not spend the funds earmarked for that on this build.
However I would really like to at least have this cycling by Father’s Day if possible since it is a gift for my husband. I know our shrimps won’t be moved there until after the nitrogen cycle finishes and we have some algae growing and some biofilm available for them to eat but I’d like to be able to showcase the tank by the day it’s supposed to be gifted.
Thanks for your time reading and responding! 🫶
*picture (for tax) of current setup from before the plants took off and we added shrimps and a couple guppies*
I’ve had 4 shrimp die in 3 days after having them for a month.
My parameters:
Ph - 6.8
Ammonia and Nitrite - 0ppm
Nitrate - 10ppm
GH - 6
KH - 3
Is it the high TDS 700ppm or am I overfeeding them. I’ve been feeding them every day. I hear that can fatal to neos. They have been fine up until now so I’m not sure what is going on.
It’s a heavily planted community tank.
ignore the Daphnia I have a lot of bladder and ramshorn snails and detritus worms in my little shrimp tank, and I'm trying to think of ways to feed the shrimp and make sure the shrimplets are fed enough but the snails keep covering and eating all the food, i did powder feeding and it worked for a while but bow detritus worms are booming,
Hey all! So I’ve kept fish in the past for 3-4 years and did incredibly well with them (Mollys, Small pleccos, and snails). I gave up the hobby due to school but decided to get back into it but go nano tank for a small but fun vibe on my desktop table!
I setup the tank about 3 days ago now and plan on letting it cycle 4 or more weeks until parameters are right for the lil shrimpy dudes.
I conditioned the water as usual, added Fluval Bio starter, a small 1mL dose of Flourish by Seachem and planted 1 x Java Moss, 1 x Anubias Nana, and 1 x Watersprite. I boiled cholla wood and added that as well! Today the sprite looks a little brown though near the roots and has like 2 black spots near the joints of 2 stems. The anubias also has a small spot on a leaf or two which almost looks rotted? I included pics of these for y’all.
Is that the melting people mention all the time? Will it bounce back I hope? I went out today and bought a simple Aquaeon LED clip on light to bring the PAR up a lil bit to 15-27 (average/peak) because the stock led just sucks, I knew it did. Just in case light problems are happening or would happen in the future. Didn’t want to go too crazy on the light though as these are apparently low-medium light/PAR plants?
I repotted the sprite into its own little isolated cup either holes and topped it up with gravel and a root tab at the bottom of the cup (root tab made by ThriveCaps).
Is there anything else I should be doing to get this jump started or just stay patient? I know my ammonia levels were kinda high yesterday, as well as nitrates but no nitrites… I feel like I’m missing something with this nano build and just wanna ask you experts for some advice on what I may or may not be doing right or wrong. Bunch of pictures included for y’all! Thanks!
I have had cherry shrimp for just over 2 weeks now and I found babies!!! It is a 5 gal planted tank that has been set up for a bit over 2 years and was for a betta. After my betta passed I decided to try cherry shrimp! Oh these guys are absolutely adorable!!! Started with 20 that I ordered off of Amazon. Wonder how long it will be before I have too many? Is there a thing as having too many shrimp??? 🤭
They’re no more than 3 days old and I’ve counted 15 so far! My pinky (and small male) and an adult female shrimp for size reference.
So, follow-up to previous post-
Think this cherry is pregnant?
Question one: this snowball has clado, yes? How long does a clado shrimp need to be quarantined? He’s been salt dipped twice and molted once.
Question two: I️ always thought this thin little orange dude was a male but now it looks like they have a saddle so now I’m thinking maybe I’ve been wrong?
Thx
One of my little dudes has some new darkening on the sides of his exoskeliton along his gills but the gills themselves look normal. Before I move forward with treatment can anyone confirm, is this rust spot disease? All the reaserch points to it i just want to be sure. Thank you in advance
Crazy lil lady chilling out of water 😨
Hey everyone just set up my first tank and would love some feedback. I have a 10 gallon with Fluval Stratum, two sponge filters, and a Fluval Sea EVO light(from old tank). For plants I have anacharis, pearlweed, moneywort and java moss on some Mopani driftwood.
I used API Quick Start and tap water conditioner. The water is pretty murky right now which I'm assuming is normal for a new tank with fresh Fluval Stratum? Both sponge filters are running and it seems to be clearing up slowly.
Planning to cycle for about 4 weeks before adding Neocaridina red cherry shrimp. Hoping the pearlweed will carpet over time without CO2.
My main questions are does this setup look good for Neocaridina, is the murky water normal and how long will it take to clear, can pearlweed carpet without CO2, and is Fluval Stratum okay for cherry shrimp? Also wondering if I'm missing anything important before adding shrimp.
Still need to get the API Master Test Kit but planning to grab that soon. Thanks!
PS: Ended up finding the cover with thelight so now its covering hold tank
I started with 20 ish mix of reds and blues im up to 70-90ish… is 10 gallons enough. What do you all do when the population explodes?
