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Mustafa wrote:Wow...that's quite some growth in less than a year! Glad things are working out. Also, awesome pictures on your instagram account.

Yup things are working out great thanks to you (and your advices), other enthusiasts and the Supershrimp threads!

Molting will definitely get rid of it ^^

If it's swimming and grazing as usual, there's nothing to worry about.

Hi williamhhmclean! :smt006 We all have to move somewhere someday and I too am interested to know how to move them safely :-D My initial thoughts was to just remove a majority of the water in the tank to maybe about a quarter full (water transferred to large bottles) and then carry everything over t...

Awesome post! I've been interested in this species but enough info about them online. Keep it going!

Omg I've been away for far too long. :smt005 My tanks are going great! As of now, there might be around 144 new "members" since August last year! Yes... I keep track of the newborns haha! I think there are 2 berried right now at this moment. They're #14 and #15 berried shrimp since initial...

The green stuff on the rock, if you zoom in to the picture I attached above looks to be "hair-like" but then again I think everything growing in the tank appears to be hair-like, including the moss ball and macroalgae. Sorry I meant, *long* hair-like strands a.k.a Angel Hair Algae. Shrimp...

Great, thanks. My understanding is that this species is a tide pool dweller sometimes dealing with moments of dry land exposure during tidal shifts. I wasn't sure if it was a necessary element that they may need. Yup you're right. Successful breeding of these hermit crabs might have something to do...

Nothing to be concerned of from what I see. I have a tank that has dead coral/rock with algae growth on it.
The green adds color to the tank I feel and it'll act as a food source for the shrimps.
If it's hair-like then you need to remove it, brush it and sun dry.

Welcome to the hobby!

Would it be fine to add the water, substrate, algae that is in my ecosphere that they live in now? (once the environment is stable enough for the shrimp, that is)

Yes it'll be fine to add them.

Minimalism is cool. Less is more.

It's a good idea to cover your tank as it is filterless.
You won't want to see dust or fur (if you have a pet cat/dog) on the water surface and floating around in the water .

Welcome to the hobby!

If you like black substrates, I recommend using black aragonite sand/gravel. They're not too coarse, not too fine. The substrate makes Opaeula colors pop out more. I personally use them and it's great!

Molting of the exoskeleton is a common thing for shrimps, no worries! Usually means they're comfortable and growing up.

Yup mine too. Probably is what they eat

Here's the 6th berried shrimp! If I'm right about the same 2 shrimps taking turns being berried, I noticed this one is always in the open, while the other is unseen most of the time.