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This makes me so happy!!! It’s awesome to see so many! I really love this! We are going to the big island in a few weeks. Definitely stopping by!

I hope they are hiding. I’d be so happy!

Now it’s time for me to pray my other babies will be ok.

Dch48, thanks for taking the time to respond to my posts!

Debbie

Awesome info! I just checked my salinity with a refractometer, and it’s 1.010. I did top off my tank a day or so before I saw them floating. It was 4 total. And, they were hanging out exclusively where I added fresh RO water. There’s virtually no water movement. I wonder if that was it? So, I killed...

I bet I lost them I hope everything with my tank is ok. I have 7 shrimp total and 4 are berried, so I assumed all was good.

I hope my other babies will make it.

Thank you for the reply! I really appreciate it.

Debbie

I had my first floaters a few days ago! Man, I love those little babes! But, after 2 days they’ve disappeared

Do floaters float for more than a few days? Or, did they just not make it?

Debbie

I’m so excited for you! This is such a fun journey! My tank is 5 months old, but I remember how excited I was to get my SCRUMPS! After killing 24 of my 31 scrumps :cry: cleaning biofilm with a white paper towel.....I now have 2 berried mommies! I rinsed my tank, substrate, crushed coral, and all dec...

Out of the 31 original shrimp, I went down to 7 in one day. :cry: I did 1/4 water changes every other day 4 times, and then left them alone. Their color rebounded very, very slowly, and 1 or 2 are still pretty light. However, today I checked on them and I have a berried female!! So, happy they are h...

Thank you to everyone for replying to my posts! It’s very much appreciated! This journey has been fun, exciting and stressful. But, I’m happy to announce that after almost killing all my scrumps, I have a berried female! YAY!!!!!

Thanks again for all the support and advice!

I’m glad yours are all doing good!! Thank you for your feedback! Mine seem to change color too, and I have 2 that basically stay clear. I guess that’s normal.

Thanks again!

Debbie

Thanks for the replies.

I don’t know what happened. But, I did something wrong. It’s a learning process. Too bad those little babes had to suffer. I think

Question: Should all my shrimp be red? Some are so pale. Is that a sign something is off?

Thanks!

Deb

Last night I lost 20 shrimp :cry: Yesterday evening I noticed the surface of the water was covered in green algae. I thought, “I should get that off so the light can penetrate to the bottom of the tank!” So, I used several paper towels to get it off. If I could go back in time, and not be stupid. I ...

:smt006 Welcome MrsDebLo! I hope having the Mustafa mossball and algae hastens the cycling. I ended up waiting 6 weeks for my tank to cycle. 5 gallons is a decent size tank. How many shrimp are you planning on starting with? Are you getting snails? Hi! :smt006 I just added 30 shrimp. They seems hap...

Dch48 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 08, 2019 3:40 am My shrimp are in and doing well. They were very pale on arrival but are already coloring up after only 3 days.
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Your “Scrumps” look good! I hope mine get red like yours. Is everything still going good?


Deb

Hi Everyone! I started my tank 6 weeks ago. After 1 week I added Mustafa’s moss and algae balls. At 4 weeks I added 10 snails. And today I added 30 “scrumps” (that’s what I call them). They seem happy, and busy. I hope they are doing well. They were really pale, but I can already see some color comi...

The wait is definitely tough. I'm still waiting for my cycle to finish. I still have Nitrites but the Ammonia is gone so it should finish soon. There is some brown algae and the macro algae sometimes pearls and floats. It's been somewhere between 3 weeks and a month since the brackish water went in...