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Okay good news! My shrimp have arrived and are currently acclimating using the slow drip method. I have 2 rcs, 1 malaysian flower shrimp and 5 ghost shrimp. I suffered 1 loss of a large ghost shrimp but The package had been sitting a while before I got to it so It was probably lack of oxygen. The Gh...

Okay some people will probably hate me for this but I feel a need to post my opinion I think all life deserves respect, down to the smallest possible insect. The simple fact is that all life dies. How and when are the only variables. That one mosquito/dragonfly larvae/etc. makes little difference. T...

The stuff I ordered arrived! I'm soaking my sponge filter in tony's (the frogs) tank now. in an hour or two I'll put it in the tank. I also put a replacement sponge over the power filter intake.also got ph up/down, ammo-lock, cycle (which I will not use now) several feet airline tubing, some airline...

sry. broke that rule again. I'll try harder next time. On the good side I just realized that my mom has a three clawed frog in a 20-30 gallon tank downstairs. this tank happens to have been running for years and is full of substrate that probably has beneficial bacteria! I can be an idiot sometimes....

Probably shoulda mentioned this earlier but I decided to use the power filter that came with the tank when I added the shrimp pellets. It has stronger mechanical filtration so I figured I could keep it in until the shrimp arrive. could this be a problem in any way? I have also been turning the air p...

I have not detected a rise in nitrites. It may be possible that the najas is acting as the nitrate eating bacteria and absorbing nitrates, though I think that could be bad because it doesnt sound particularly stable. Sorry about breaking the rules I added it in haste. I was also wondering if legos m...

My ammonia levels have gone down significantly in last 2 days. My current levels are between 1.5-2.5 ppm. they were about 6 ppm 5 days ago as they have been for a while.I recently decided to add 3 shrimp pellets into the water to really spike it. It went really high and now its going down. results a...

yeah i know how the cycling process works. ammonia and other toxins are transformed in cellular respiration into nitrite which other bacteria transform into (almost) hoarmless nitrate. I have no living things in the tank besides najas, 3 harmless snails and some tiny wormy thing I saw squirming betw...

Hi! I'm new to shrimp keeping. I just thought I'd introduce myself or whatever. I just got a 10 gallon tanks. I have some najas in the tanks. I have a stingray brand submersible water filter (10 gallons) and have a sponge filter (designed for 30 gallons. I wanted as much surface area as possible) co...