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Eh, not a big deal, Ace - my shrimp are happy, the snails are doing their thing and the plant is now residing in a little jar on my windowsill.

I use Instant Ocean - a little less than 1.5 cups in 5 gallons of RO water gives me a SG of around 1.012/salinity just under 20. It's checked with a refractometer whenever I do a water change or top up with RO. Looked through my photos and realized I don't have a good "before" comparison p...

minishrimps, do you mind my asking where you got your dwarf crabs? If posting a link in the forum isn't kosher, please PM me. Thanks!

demonte1997, cool! What kind of tank do you have them in, and what parameters do they like? I have a small 5-gallon hex with about 50 Opae'ula (soon to be more, I hope, as there are several saddled females) and a 20-gallon hex with a mixed population of mostly Caridina shrimp (CRS, CBS, Ruby reds, b...

Hmm. I compared it with pictures from when I first put it into the tank and it's definitely bigger - awfully vibrant looking for something that's dead. But if there's a chance it's why my macroalgae fell apart, I'll take it out. No reason it can't sit in a jar in my windowsill.

Ken, the light is from a two-year-old fluorescent bulb - it's actually quite dim. And the Süßwassertang came with the Opae'ula I got from a local breeder; he'd adapted it to brackish and it's been thriving - growing slowly, for sure, but not showing any signs of melting.

That's interesting! I tried to move it today and it completely fell apart into individual strands - actually had to turn on the filter to clear them from the water. Is there still hope of its resurrecting itself?

My macroalgae had been doing great (it was at least triple its original size) but has been looking pale in the last couple of weeks and is now definitely shrinking. Water parameters are all good and I have not lost any shrimp or snails. The tank is a little 5-gallon hex. I also have one of Mustafa's...