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Hey Guys, So my plants in both of my shrimp tank appears to be suffering from chlorosis (iron deficiency) . The leaves looks normal except that they are not really growing and are yellowing. It could be a host of mineral deficiencies but for right now iron seems the most probable since I have wister...

I saw my shrimps doing it for the first time a couple days ago...it was quite...fascinating to watch. At first I thought my shrimps were dying...

I have a 5 gallon tank and when it gets dark the entire 4 walls are covered with ostracods, I can't even begin to count them. I've been using a toothbrush to brush them off but I am not sure if I actually crushed them or just sent them running.

I thought fuzzy hair algae only grow on plants? Can they grow on rocks?

Hi, My java moss has been going through an algae epidemic so I havn't had time to try out my experiment yet ( trying to save as much as I can from dying). I do have to say the shrimps love the black hair-like fuzzy algae stuff. They swarm all over it. I was thinking of actually keeping a small tank ...

Hm....do u mean since they don't eat java moss when its alive, the shrimps won't eat java moss when it is cooked? My impression is that shrimps dont eat the moss, but the algae on it. Also, I thought in previous threads shrimps don't eat raw dandelion because its too tough so you have to cook it...s...

Hey guys, I'm thinking about cooking and/or drying some java moss, then see if my shrimps will eat them. I read that people have tried dandelion and various types of greens, and how a lot of people complain they have to constantly rip out chunks of overgrown java moss. Think it would be a great idea...

Interesting story. I was at Petsmart buying an oto (the ones at my local LFS is 5 bucks each!) and the manager had to teach the guy how to properly catch and bag the fish. The manager then promptly scoop water out from another tank :shock: and spent the next 5 minutes trying to net otos, sometimes s...

I consider them as my babies...cuz that's the closest thing I'm ever going to get to conceiving a newborn life...

From what I can see, a whole bunch of my shrimps look like your pic. I believe they are either male or still developing or both. Time would tell.

What I do is usually scrubbing only 2 of the four sides of the tank. When the algae grows back then I scrub the other two sides. That way I will at least have a good view of my tank from some angle.

I guess both explanation make sense and could be the reasons...thanks!

is all that plant necessary for a high density cherry population? The point about java moss outcompeting the algae/microorganism makes sense and I was wondering if some plants + daily water changes would suffice for the high bioload.

"He found that the water grass was too much and grew too fast inside his CRS tank. He didn't want to trim the grass bit by bit. Then he conveniently cut much of the grass in one go so that he didn't need to do it so often. God knows all his 800 CRS died overnight." I am not exactly sure wh...

I have wierd unknown tiny critters running around in my tank (very small, size of a dot (.), anyone have a guess to what it is and if the cherries will eat them?