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I'm having tons of snail reproduction in my tank, too, and I have noticed the algae (hair or whatever it is) causing some problems. I also bought my algae from the PetShrimp website. Mustafa, could you please clarify on whether or not you recommend removing this algae that you sold us?

Hi Keystone, yes, they move quite a lot. Yesterday I fished out a bunch that had gathered at the surface near the light, but that made, I'm sure, only a small dent in the population. The sand is some sort of artificial stuff, but I ground up some eggshell and sprinkled it in when I prepared the tank...

Thanks Varanus! The shrimp aren't hiding particularly, I just don't know what I'm supposed to be looking for regarding their quality of life, etc. Also, just realized today that the infestation of "Squigglies" in my tank is maybe more serious than I'd previously reckoned. Here's a picture ...

Another update: I had forgotten to mention before that my tank has an infestation of some very tiny squiggly organisms, which I didn't mention before because they seemed to be not causing much trouble. However, I just took a very close look, and I can see that there is a cluster clinging to one of t...

Hey there all! I'm having a difficult time with the keyword-based search, so if my questions have been answered elsewhere, a redirection would be very much appreciated! I started my ~10 gallon shrimp tank in early May, added snails, agae, and moss ball shortly thereafter, and felt good enough about ...

Hello all, first time posting here. :smt006 I started my SuperShrimp tank back in May; it's about 8-10 gallon, with a white "sand" substrate. The 10 snails and 16 shrimp I populated the tank with seemed to be doing well, but lately I haven't been seeing many of the snails. The tank also ha...