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Ok, I hear ya. I guess I assumed (wrongly) that there were also fish in the tank/bowl, producing more waste than plants alone would manage, but if it's only the shrimp, that makes perfect sense. My bad.

For what it is worth, I saw your posting, but I do not know the answer, so I did not reply. I can tell you some species that I think they're not , but that doesn't help you out much. I think this forum is just a little lower trafficked than some other forums that are out there. I'm sure someone who ...

Nitrate 0 is not sign of uncycled tank :) If ammonia is higher than 0, than it should be sigh of it, but 0 values really not. If you have so little shrimps in so "big" bowl, they can't starve of food. Problem will be elsewhere. maybe something fall to watter, some poisons? The nitrogen cy...

If you have 0 nitrate, then your tank has not cycled yet. RCS prefer well cycled tanks, so it might just be that. I wouldn't give up if I were you. Let the tank cycle fully and try again.

I always have cherry shrimp in my well-planted, community tanks. They usually last a while, and they never breed. (Well, maybe they "breed," but the hatchlings get picked off by my fish before I even notice them.) The one downside is that, if you have your tank planted well enough for the ...