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Hello,

I've been keeping these awesome shrimp for a little over a month now. I got the tank setup beginning of January, let it cycle until the beginning of March. No issues, only topping off with RO water when evaporations occurs. after I got my shrimp, they all colored up nicely after a few days ...

There is a wonderful tank setup document on the main page of Petshrimp.com

In addition to that. Aquarimax pets has great resources as well.

TL;DR;
1/2 gal tank or larger, I like 2.5
substrate if not using a calcium based substrate add crushed calcium.
Brackish water 1.008-1.016.

Macro algae will ...

Hello, I just finished adding my shrimp to my first ever setup for these awesome crustaceans.

2.5 gallon with aragonite sand substrate black lava rock and macro algae.
I am loving how active they all are.