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- Tue Aug 19, 2025 8:44 pm
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Mini moss balls appear after six years!
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Re: Mini moss balls appear after six years!
That's great! The mossball probably disappeared behind some rock or decoration...possibly shrank and/or split into pieces...and voila...you have new mossballs years later. From the size of them I'd guess they are at least a year or two old already. This is truly an amazing plant! 

- Tue Aug 19, 2025 8:41 pm
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: pH stuck at 6.5 and TDS at 9999+ppm
- Replies: 2
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Re: pH stuck at 6.5 and TDS at 9999+ppm
Of course your TDS is high, because you mixed salt into the water to make it brackish. :-D That's why TDS measurements are useless for Supershrimp. How did you check the pH? With the carbonate in the salt mix and the calcium carbonate from your substrate it seems it's almost impossible for the pH to ...
- Tue Jul 29, 2025 12:11 pm
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: How many shrimp for a 2.5 gal tank?
- Replies: 2
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Re: How many shrimp for a 2.5 gal tank?
Hi there! You can start out with 10 and watch the population grow over time. However, with 10 shrimp you may only see about 5 at a time in the beginning if you have lots of hiding places. If you want more to observe I'd go with 20-30. Supershrimp don't produce much waste so you're not "overloading ...
- Tue Jul 29, 2025 12:03 pm
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Supershrimp moss/algae ball
- Replies: 1
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Re: Supershrimp moss/algae ball
Supershrimp tanks can vary in salinity and there is no set salinity level that they absolutely have to be at. We gave a range in our articles here that works for us and we found to be optimal. That doesn't mean that things like evaporation won't affect those levels. You probably received a mossball ...
- Tue Jul 29, 2025 11:47 am
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: New Yellow Opae tank
- Replies: 3
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Re: New Yellow Opae tank
I'm glad you decided to set up a tank for these guys! :) They are hiding more because the tank is new and still getting established, plus there is plenty of food right where they are so they don't have to run around the entire tank and actively look for it. That's why they are less active at the ...
- Tue Jul 15, 2025 11:53 am
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Two years going strong…but no babies
- Replies: 5
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Re: Two years going strong…but no babies
Yep, that's the most likely issue. It can take a long time for the nutrients to get used up by the plants/aglae depending on how "dirty" the substrate was...we're talking months or even years in extreme cases. The reason why the shrimp don't breed is simple...they just don't feel comfortable ...
- Tue Jul 15, 2025 11:42 am
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Snails keep dying
- Replies: 7
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Re: Snails keep dying
It's really hard to say what's going on, but shrimp and snails get affected by different chemicals sometimes. I've had this happen too, where the snails did not make it but the shrimp were unaffected by whatever was in the water. Also, the snails are a little more cold sensitive than the shrimp, so ...
- Tue Jul 15, 2025 11:38 am
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Baby picture :-)
- Replies: 1
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Re: Baby picture :-)
Congrats! That's a super detailed picture of a larva. What equipment did you use to take it? Macro lens or just a phone?
- Tue Jul 15, 2025 11:37 am
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Not sure what type of algae this is
- Replies: 3
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Re: Not sure what type of algae this is
Interesting, it's obviously some species of hair/string algae, but there are so many of them so it will be super hard to figure out what it is unless you start putting some strings under the microscope and dive deep into the scientific literature. 

- Wed Jun 18, 2025 8:34 pm
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Berried shrimp chased by other shrimp
- Replies: 1
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Re: Berried shrimp chased by other shrimp
Replying a little late here, but I wouldn't worry about shrimp chasing each other. These shrimp are incapable of hurting each other and the chasing stops eventually. Most of the time it's males chasing females for obvious reasons. I hope you added more prepared brackish water in the meantime. Don't ...
- Wed Jun 18, 2025 8:28 pm
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Not sure what type of algae this is
- Replies: 3
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Re: Not sure what type of algae this is
I have seen similar stuff before in nature, but I have no idea what it is. In the pictures it appears to be unattached. Does it just float around like that or was it attached to something before? Does it feel soft or is it kind of rough to the touch? Can you rip it apart easily?
- Wed Jun 18, 2025 8:23 pm
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Unusual algae - Opinions re: species?
- Replies: 3
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Re: Unusual algae - Opinions re: species?
From the pictures it's hard to say what kind of algae it is. It may not even be algae, but a type of cyanobacterium. Did this just spontaneously happen or did you introduce something from another tank or natural environment into your tank?
- Wed Jun 18, 2025 8:15 pm
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Larval opae ula macro shot in side view
- Replies: 1
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Re: Larval opae ula macro shot in side view
Thanks! That's an awesome shot! Really close like that they almost look like mysis shrimp. 

- Wed Jun 18, 2025 8:12 pm
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Two years going strong…but no babies
- Replies: 5
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Re: Two years going strong…but no babies
Did you wash the substrate before putting it in? Did you rinse or soak the rocks? If not, then that's where the nutrients are coming from. Unfortunately, there's really nothing you can do besides waiting it out. Just don't feed at all until all the algae are gone. Keep thinning out the macroalgae as ...
- Mon Feb 24, 2025 7:16 pm
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: tiny spots on chaeto
- Replies: 2
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Re: tiny spots on chaeto
Without pictures it's impossible to judge.