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I’ve been creating a new tank for my friend and in the last week have noticed a dark Kelly Green algae growing everywhere. Is this dust algae? I had it near a plant with a grow light so I’ve turned that lamp off but it’s still spreading.

My snails are reproducing like crazy as well! I'm starting to get worried b/c I only have a half gallon tank and the 5 I put in it are at least 25 in less than 1 year :( That being said, my shrimp are reproducing a bunch lately too, so I guess I just had a bunch of great algae in the half gallon tan...

Yes! Sorry I didn’t update sooner, but both mommas released their babies-I’d say about 10 each! Here’s a pic of some of them when they were in the floating stage 😬 Lately I’ve seen two of them as little tiny shrimp but don’t see any of the other babies. Could they all be hiding? Could they have been...

Very cool! Momma #1 still has all her eggs and tonight I have a 2nd berried shrimp! It’s a regular maternity ward in my tank now!

Thanks Varanus. I moved two snails over this morning and so far so good

That’s a great picture of the first hatchling swimming on his own!

My snails arrived but I’m worried that if I add them to my tank the momma shrimp might drop her eggs. I put them in my cycling tank instead. When will it be safe for me to add some to the tank with the berries shrimp?

I noticed the momma is doing something weird with the eggs that makes them move a lot. I’m wondering if I’m actually watching her squeezing them out??

Congrats! I just got my first berried shrimp after 2 years and I hope she holds on to her eggs! How long did it take after you noticed your berried shrimp before the larvae hatched?

I know it looks like a wineglass, but it holds a half gallon. I have a second tank I’m cycling now that holds a gallon. So I ordered snails from you to help clean/eat the brown algae on my tank walls, but lo and behold today I have my first berries shrimp!! I’ve had this tank for over 2 years and fi...

I have 12 super shrimps in it. The brown thing is a seafan or something that was in the ecosphere with some of my shrimps. I thought I had a bunch of algae bc it’s growing all over the seafan thing and bc the walls look a little brown. I have recently given them a shrimp pellet that I drop in and th...

Hmmm, I have mine near a window so it gets indirect sunlight all day. I don’t have a light over it, but I do turn on the ceiling lights in the room at night. I find it so frustrating to not know exactly what went wrong ya know? Thank you for your input though. I’m going to try and remove the dead ma...

Should I remove it if it’s dead? I have left it in to see if it would rebound, but I’m worried that decomposing plant life is bad for my tank, right?

Love the tank! Where did you get it?

Any help as to what I did wrong to kill it so that I don’t let it happen again?