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Hi - I have read on the forum many times that you should not use live sand. The bacteria in the sand will die and pollute your water and you will have an ammonia spike. The way to remedy this is very frequent water changes until the ammonia is under control. Read the post that is on top - he used su...

Wow - really cool

Hi - I also bought that food. The first time I fed, the shrimps ignored the food and I ended up trying to remove it from the surface so it did not contaminate my tank. I read on this forum that if they ignore the food, there is already enough food in the tank for the shrimps. The second time I fed, ...

Lol .....I noticed the lava lamp ..... nice photos & fun to see the floaters

Cool picture! You are so lucky to see a molt I have had a tank for seven years, though until recently a small one, and have never seen a molt .......

Really great looking tank! Thanks for sharing a photo. How many shrimp did you add to your tank? Any snails?

Wow !! - Congrats .... seems like you have the magic touch

2nd UPDATE - I wrote above that I thought I snipped a shrimp in half when transferring him to the new rank. Today, I saw a shrimp swimming backwards with a strange movement. I looked closer and image my surprise when I saw the shrimp had its tail missing - I think (hope) this is the one I snipped: E...

Dch48 - thanks for the information. I also thought the biofilm was the filmy stuff on top of the water.

Recently upgraded old tank for new. Cycled for four weeks before adding shrimp. Are the white spots on the inside of the glass the start of algae growth? Below is the whole tank:
Thanks

UPDATE - I finally transferred my shrimp from the vase to the tank. The vase had been in service for 7 years with no water changes - just topping off the water as needed. Trying to capture the shrimp with a net while still full of water was impossible. So I used a measuring cup and started taking wa...

Interesting article. Thanks for posting it.

Super Cool

Congratulations on the progress! I hope mine will finally start to breed like your shrimp. Would like to see a current photo of your tank.

Thanks, Vorteil. Really appreciate your thoughts .... looks like I will be having some fun trying to round up the shrimp to transfer ....