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I just did a 75% water change. I mixed Fluval reef salt with distilled water, SG 1.012. I have a meter for measuring this. I have been using API test strips and I have separate strips for ammonia. I also have some Tetra ammonia test strips, and both read 0. I feel that a 1gal aquarium is too small t...

Much much much worse news: the "stuck" shrimp wasn't stuck, it was just dying. I woke up this morning to one dead shrimp and 3 other "stricken" shrimp which I'm sure will die shortly. One of these is my favorite EcoSpherian, Ruby. A few days ago, I added a small 10W heater to kee...

Thanks so much for chiming in with some suggestions. I think I will try topping up the gravel that's already in there with one of these non-live, clean sands (whatever I can get in the US!). All of my beneficial bacteria is already established in my gravel, so I think filling in the gaps wouldn't di...

Sad news: today I noticed a shrimp that appeared to be stuck in the gravel. After some time, it still didn't release itself so I very delicately removed some gravel pieces to allow it to free itself, but it did not. I think it was too weak already. I siphoned it into a quarantine cup, but I'm fairly...

Also, I can pop the tiger nerite Lyle back and forth between the FW and brackish aquarium. He adjusts immediately and eats all the things. I wish I had just him for both aquariums-- one is enough to keep them both clean.

Update! I added riccia, subwassertang, a clump of moss that came with the subwassertang(?), and frogbit. I now have 6 low-grade red rilis (mostly males) and one bright blue shrimp (my LFS had some and I really really really wanted him!). There are now 2 nerites in there because the one in my Opae Ul...

I just added my shrimp a week ago, and they settled in immediately! My understanding is that you can't have too much coral. I also have a huge piece in there and it provides a ton of surface area for algae growth. My shrimp love picking over it, and I love how they stand out on the white background....

Wow, congrats! I hope she hangs on to them, too!

Here is a photos of some ladies hanging around chatting about the interior decorating in their new home: This was taken a few hours after I added them to my tank. You can see how red they got! I only expect them to become even more resplendent within the next few days.

Will do! They all turned red within a couple hours to the point that I can no longer tell which ones are my OGs. It's truly amazing how quickly and easily these little guys adapted to their new environment. So for now, my plan is to do mostly nothing. I might move Lyle back into the FW aquarium for ...

10 shrimp + brackish mossball arrived today! I dumped them all into my little tank, since my liberated EcoSpherians were having such a great time in it. Everyone is mostly all up in the lava rocks, and very few are swimming openly (those that are are happily clutching tiny pieces of snail poo). I to...

Photos on the way, Ken! I'll post them in my original discussion.

This is the thread I was looking for! Does anyone else have experience with feeding veggies to supershrimp? I was a little hesitant because I was not sure how the salt in the water would affect the breakdown of the vegetable matter. I love feeding shrimp veggies because they don't disintegrate like ...

I also think shrimp hobbyists are more likely to enjoy all of the color varieties and species of FW shrimp, and the work involved in keeping up a planted tank. Even though I'm aware it will most likely end up being a total disaster, I LOVE monitoring and fussing over my accidental 1-gal planted aqua...

What immediately comes to my mind is that they have 20 year lifespans, and will breed easily in a decent setup. It's unlikely that I will purchase more than the 10 I just bought (unless I move somwhere that allows for more tanks!).

They're kind of one of those things you only need to buy once.