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Thank you thank you thank you so much for the response!
I didn't want to harm any of them.

Hello everyone, I feel so silly asking this but what water is alright to use for my shrimp? I need to top my tank off desperately. :oops: I used to use a brand that came in a gallon and was plain no additives r/o water from Kmart but as a whole it went under and I haven't found anything like it whic...

Thank you so much Varanus for your response! I know it doesn't sound true but I haven't fed the tank since I established it, in fact the only time I did was just a week or two ago when I noticed the baby shrimp and it was about 3 of the small beta fish food (not flakes the small kernels). But I will...

So here's the update on a tank that I started about a year ago. I was brand new to the site and very excited for my new supershrimp! I set up my tank and was off to a rocky start wondering when, and even if, any algae would grow in my tank. Slowly but surely the algae did grow and I was excited to g...

So it's been 3 months since my last update and I wanted to check with the community, which has helped me every step of the way, to see if my tank is ready for some Super Shrimp!! I finally have algae growing but I'm no algae expert and wanted to see if this is ok for the shrimp. -Is this good algae?...

It's been a little over a month and I'm finally seeing algae growth, however, it's (apparently) the only thing I can grow in all of my fish tanks which is hair algae. -Anyone have any advice for growing any other type of algae? -Will the hair algae be a danger to my shrimp when I receive them? Good ...

Thank you @KenCotigirl ! Can't wait for them!

Update on tank!: I found some really nice holey rock that sent a beautiful variety. I'm seeing discourse for marimo balls so we'll see if I can keep them in the tank or not. Edit: on pay day I'll be able to order the macroalgae and I'll be replacing the regular marimo balls with the supershrimp one'...

Sounds doable since I'm going to be ordering the macroalgae to help thing along. Also how long should I wait to put the snails and algae in the tank? Is there a wait period? And will adding water from an established freshwater tank help cycle any faster? ( mix the freshwater with distilled water and...

Perfect! Thank you so much I ordered a few good pieces of the rock and will have some aragonite sand as well. I'm going to establish this 3 gallon tank first but I'm already thinking ahead for a bigger 7.5 gallon tank! I'm so excited!! There's so many tank options out there I get overwhelmed especia...

Thank you again for the reply @Varanus ! So it sounds to me I'm going to ditch the live sand. And unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any fish supply stores near me, at least none with live rocks or limestone or holey rock and online I don't feel comfortable spending 50-150$ on a product I can't ...

Thank you for the response Varanus! The live sand I have has aragonite in it as well as: calcium, carbonate, magnesium, potassium, and strontium. How would I know whether the sand is still "alive" or "dead"? Also, would it be alright to have a layer of this sand underneath a laye...

Hi all, I've been really fascinated with Opae Ula for a while and I'm finally in a financial situation to get everything I wanted together, however I had some questions: -For my substrate is it alright to simply use Caribsea brand Caribbean Live Sand by itself? -Should I add another substrate as wel...