This is one of my 4 dwarf crawfish, 2 of which are berried. I have to setup a large tote for them so the babies have room to grow.
One thing I learned about them is they love to eat bladder snails (at least mine do).
I have always stared at my unused fireplace in my living room and wondered what it would look like with a shrimp tank there instead. I finally convinced my wife to let me build a tank inside the fireplace for Father’s Day. We had a gas fireplace that was not connected so I removed all the parts that I could. I put in a plywood base and added supports to the front so I could bring the tank out flush to the mantle. I have an outlet to the right of my tank so it was easy to run a small power supply into the tank area. I trimmed it out with high density fiber board and it is attached to the mantel with magnets. It turned out exactly like I wanted it. Maintenance isn’t too hard because I have plenty of room for access. I put an automatic fish feeder so I don’t have to remove the cover so much. So far zero issues. Edit: it’s a 20 gallon tank
Well... I though everyone was messing with me. Can I avoid them getting into the canister? Or should I just let them be?
Tw: last photos are dead shrimp
I've had a 10 gal for running over a year with cherry shrimp, a school of pygmy cories, and some neon blue rasboras (sundanio axelrodi). Over the past maybe 3 days? I've lost all of my shrimp except 2 of them, which I've since moved to my rejects tank, where all the shrimp have been doing fine.
I probably had 50-100 shrimp, most of which were all bred and born in there, that are now all gone (the snails and scuds have made quick work of them fortunately/unfortunately). I moved 3 weeks ago with no problems and topped off the water recently with one gallon of RO water.
I don't have much tank maintenance since it's heavily planted (fertilized with root tabs), and besides the heater and filter (aqua clear 20) it's been pretty self sustaining. I clean the filter every other month or so, and I top off the water every 2-3 weeks (either ro, or a mix of ro and conditioned tap).
My water parameters have been stable with no nitrites, nitrates, or ammonia since it was initially cycled. Ph has never been below 7.0 and never above 8.2 (gradually lowered with adding tannins). GH is 9 and KH is 5 (previously has been closer to 7/8). There hasn't been any chemicals, cleaning, or something that got into the tank as far as I know.
Does anyone have any idea what could've happened?
the way i rushed to get my phone out when i saw this little guy im gonna cry
If you wanted to try breeding something like this, what starters would you choose?
I'm afraid I can't afford metallic shrimp, but I find myself in a good position to breed them. I'm thinking Blue Diamond Neocaridina to start, maybe 10 of them and 1 gray? Now, everything I've read says "mixing will over ride the recessive genes and result in wild shrimp".
Every breeding experiment I've actually seen shows that mixing red and yellow definitely gets you a few orange. So what do you guys think?
Quick note, I've read enough to know its probably impossible and that's okay. I'm going to try because I need a shrimp tank anyway and might as well make a fun goal out of it, any advice or thoughts are welcome.
Hello! I recently pulled the trigger on starting a small tank for my apartment. Its a 3 gallon! I am unsure if that is too small for shrimp or what kind of shrimp can be kept in a small tank like this. I am hoping and praying I can get shrimp. I have been cycling it for almost two weeks. Although I could not find ro water I landed on using crystal geyser? ( I am still looking atm + having a system for it is too expensive for now) I added a pic of all the supplies I used to set up the tank. The only thing in the tank that I did not rinse was the aqua soil. Everything was pretty friendly to set up! The only thing I really had trouble with was getting the micranthemum micranthemoides clean from the tissue culture jelly. It took a lot of time but I'm excited for it. The only thing i worry for are the damage I did to its leaves? It seems to have new healthy growth. Also on the bottom near the aquasoil is a sorta milky white? Unsure if that's good or bad. My end goal was to get the blue neocaridina shrimp and name them all Hatsune miku. So shrimp reddit I humbly ask my foreshrimpers to guide me to success.
Is the micranthemum okay?
What is that stuff by the aquasoil?
Can I even get shrimp for this setup? And if I can how can i get to the proper ph range.
I think my shrimps tank this afternoon, and There’s some weird white caterpillar crawling on the glass of my fish tank! Do I have to scrap them all and get out of my shrimp tank?
New shrimp keeper here! I’ve had blue jelly neos in a planted tank for about a week now. No fish, but plenty of snails. Noticed a few of them have this spiky white stuff on their heads. Easiest to see in the video but I’ll add pics in a comment below. Can’t tell if its food or a parasite or what and I don’t want to panic too quickly.
Was planning on a water change today, and was going to add an almond leaf and an airstone, but I don’t want to stress them out too fast if I need to medicate them.
pH 7.8
Gh 6dph
Kh 6dph
Nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, phosphates all 0
At first I thought he's just molting then I took a closer look. I don't even know what these are.
I've been on vacation for a couple of days. After coming back one of my amanos has this red/pink sploch. It looks a bit fuzzy to me. What could this be? I've done some research but I haven't found a clear answer.
Thank you for your help!
Ph: 6.3
Kh: 1
NO2:0.05
NH4:0
I started off with 12 shrimp 3 and a half weeks ago. The first shrimp died within 3 days, the day after a molt.
The second shrimp died on week 2 again within a few days after a molt.
Shrimp 3 died 2 days ago, one day after a molt.
shrimp 4 died today, 8 hours maximum after a molt.
Each molt has been complete and the shrimp has gotten away fine but then a death always occurs. I need help!!!
I also suspect I have one berried female, but not 100% sure. Otherwise, shrimp are still growing and have a much vibrant colour, very active once the tank light comes on. I feed them every other day and keep the food in for 2-3 hours maximum. Important to note that some shrimp have molted and been fine but I’m noticing the deaths after a molt always.
Here are my parameters and the poor bugger
Hey guys. Have had my shrimps in the tank for around à month. Thwre are these white things on the walls of the tank ,, not sure what it is. Any ideas??
Newish owner here I really wanted to grow out a lawn/carpet. I finally did it but now I’m worried that the shrimp don’t have any place to stand lol. I know they can stand on the blades of the “grass” but I’m wondering if it’s bad to have the whole bottom covered in plants ? Sometimes the grass can get really tall if I don’t stay on top of trimming it and then I worry they don’t have a place to stand or swim if the grass gets tall enough to reach the middle of the tank
his eye is poking out of the water. lock your doors. they’re planning something.
He loves his “bugs” so much