Petshrimp.com Discussion Forum

Even though there may be no signs of algae it's probably there. There's also biofilm. I started a small jar for 12+ opae. There's no visible algae anymore. The jar has been up for around 8 months or so. I didn't add any opae for the first 2-3 months but let it sit in an area that offered direct ...

Hi

thanks for your expertise.
I do not see any brown algae around tank glass. I only saw it before I put my 1st supershrimp. Brown algae was gone right after 1~2 days when my 1st 10 supershrimps came in.

tank is clean as mirror, so I don't have to clean at all. (much easier than when I had fish ...

Hi..

I started my tank since 4/18 and I never fed.
also, new babies were hatched around end of June and I never feed them anything.

now, there are more berried shrimps.
do you think I have to start feed them?

It's been about 3 month since I started my tank and my son found berried shrimp the other day.
what should I do? let me have your expertise.

Sasquatch wrote: Tue Apr 10, 2018 4:32 pm I’m no expert, but around these parts a filter is not recommended.

Regarding the tank being ready, just wait for visible algae. Having said that, I moved 10 shrimp from an ecosphere into a tank that hadn’t been cycled at all. They survived.

thanks..

thank you all!!

removing filter + moss balls + other plants + driftwood.
will wait for couple more days and add Supershrimp..

thanks..again.

Hey guys.. how are you?
it's been 4th weeks I set up my 6 gallon tank but I do not see any signs of algae.
thanks to Mustafa, I followed up his steps to set up my tank and just waiting to see algae to add Supershrimps.

LED light, 12 hours on, 12 hours off (6am on, 6pm off)
no direct sunlight ...