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sabbylina wrote: ↑Mon Sep 03, 2018 2:13 pm I have a fine layer of light brown stuff at the bottom of my tank. It could just be debris from the shrimp like bits of their shells and waste products.

But will these waste be potentially toxic in the long run?

I have this same brown crud (and a couple of black-ish looking spots as well) in my tanks. I believe it's just algae - nothing to worry about. I really do need to get some snails so they can get down there and take care of it. I think you're fine; and I don't think this algae has anything to do wit...

Hello guys, I have been keeping these shrimps in my mini-tank for a little less than a year. Many setbacks along the way but I’ve managed to pull through eventually, and it finally seemed to be all OK...until this new crisis emerged. I have attached a photo below, the bottom substrates are slowing t...

Hello Guys, I have some new questions, please help me, Thanks! 1. The sand in my original tank started turning brown and spreading, I have attached some photos of it below. My shrimps seem unaffected by now since the brownish sands haven’t touched surface yet, what is this and is it OK to leave it a...

Hi Flipper, Thank you for your help in my posts. Your green rock looks really good, I wish I can have one inthe end and catch up with your progress. Do you know the perfect salinity for supershrimps? I keep mine at between 1.008-1.01. Mustafa said he will be adding my region soon, And I will post ph...

Okay. As others said, you don't need to add algae... I haven't yet introduced my chaeto and my rocks are green. Just leave your tank by sunlight and algae will grow. I don’t understand, will the algae just grow out of nothing but rocks and sands? But where does it come from? Please allow my ignoran...

Mustafa said that shipping to Hong Kong shouldn't be a problem. If you can't receive packages from the United States, I believe that the closest thing to Mustafa's chaeto is chaetomorpha linum. Do you have a pet store near you? You can check ammonia levels with a kit. API sells a nice and easy liqu...

Between Super Jess and Mustafa, they said everything I could’ve said, and only better. Your tank probably had too much ammonia (due to the food, the live plants, the snails). Although what happened to the second tank seemed more like the wrong type of salt was used or maybe chemical got in there - ...

Did you use "live sand"? If so, that's part of your problem and it would explain why the "brown" stuff grows in your substrate. Too much organic waste. The other problem were the freshwater plants, which you now took out (good!). Also, did you use actual "reef salt" ma...

"Cycling" the tank refers to allowing time for the nitrogen cycle to establish itself. The nitrogen cycle is how waste products (biomatter) are broken down and converted from harmful (deadly) ammonia to nitrite and then nitrate which is less harmful to the shrimp. It's nature's waste mana...

First thing you need to do is stop feeding. Second you did good by removing all those live plants. It's just my opinion that macroalgae (only the studd Mustafa on this site sells) is the only type of plant you want. I have 50+ opas in my tank and they are doing great with just brackish snails and m...

Can u walk us through your tank setup? Did you cycle either tank? Were the original tank’s water bought from the store? What kind of salt did you use to set up the 2nd tank? There are a lot of missing information to be able to make an educated guess... I started out by purchasing a big water jar fr...

First thing you need to do is stop feeding. Second you did good by removing all those live plants. It's just my opinion that macroalgae (only the studd Mustafa on this site sells) is the only type of plant you want. I have 50+ opas in my tank and they are doing great with just brackish snails and m...

I think that it's probably the plants decomposing, as others have said. Try a bare tank... Just use a substrate with calcium and slowly acclimate them. Think of it as a "hospital tank" until they are all better. Then you can slowly add macroalgae. Currently I keep the remaining shrimps in...

I think that it's probably the plants decomposing, as others have said. Try a bare tank... Just use a substrate with calcium and slowly acclimate them. Think of it as a "hospital tank" until they are all better. Then you can slowly add macroalgae. Currently I keep the remaining shrimps in...