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Probably about 20 or so. Not to mention the babies that he only just recently hatched. Still have about 8 in the tank

Interesting....I had not heard that about the sand. Could be something there. I didn’t think of it earlier but we do run the carpet cleaner from time to time due to my cat. I’d there a way I can minimize the risk to the shrimp when we do this? The tank didn’t exactly come with a lid and I haven’t be...

Hmm...I can't really think of anything that could have caused it. Nothing has changed in the environment in the six months we have been in this house. It's just strange that the tank was doing so well right before the collapse. I can now confirm that their are 8 survivors so hopefully the tank can r...

Not sure what happened. Tank was thriving for going a year. Even had three berried shrimp with lots of babies. Then seemingly over night they all started dying off. I removed the bodies and did an 80% water change. Now only about 5 or 6 shrimp and all the snails remain. Not sure what my next move is...

Sounds like a good idea. I will try that next.

After so long it should indeed be ready, but if you want to encourage visible algae growth then one option is to take the top of the tank off so the water has more access to algae spores. I just remembered that her son has a HEPA filter in his room. Could that be delaying the process by removing al...

The tank has an led light mounted on it and it gets plenty of indirect sunlight during the day.

After successfully setting up my own tank, I thought it would be fun to set up a small tank for my girlfriend's son. My tank is a two-gallon tank that was up and running with visible algae growth in only a few weeks. For him, I got a smaller one-gallon tank. It has been cycling now since right after...