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The last 24 hours have been stressful. Last night one shrimp was acting odd. It would pop several times in quick succession and then float to the bottom, lay on its side or upside down, and not move for several minutes. That went on for several hours until I went to bed. This morning I checked and d...

The new shrimp arrived Friday, so I added them and my current shrimp to the new tank. The tank had been cycling over 3 weeks with snails and macroalgae. My current shrimp were moved from the old tank with a measuring spoon. This way I was able to keep the shrimp in water the entire move and avoid pi...

Maybe I can bread the spiders in a spirulina powder and bake them before dropping them in the tank. In theory that could train the shrimp that spiders are food :twisted: shrimp caviar if you will. Tank has been cycling 3 weeks now. No visible algae yet, but since I have followed this sites instructi...

Mustafa wrote: ↑Fri Apr 13, 2018 2:47 pm "Ok, ok..fine...i'm tired, you're horny, I REALLY want to rest...just get it over with..QUICKLY!!"

That’s what she said!

I’m no expert, but around these parts a filter is not recommended.

Regarding the tank being ready, just wait for visible algae. Having said that, I moved 10 shrimp from an ecosphere into a tank that hadn’t been cycled at all. They survived.

We are 2 weeks into cycling the new tank. The snails and macroalgae were added a few days after the tank was started. Here is a photo from today: 274ED291-F9A7-4878-9D12-47F622EE274D.jpeg This will be the final move for these shrimp for quite some time as I want them to start breeding... so I need t...

Well that’s too bad changing the water has such a negative effect since I will be moving the shrimps to their larger home in the next few weeks. It will set me back yet again :( but I think the new environment will be much better for them in the end, and that’s what matters. Patience is a virtue...

A second or two is all I need as well maybe I was a shrimp in my previous life

I only feed one small shrimp food pellet once a month. This picture represents the evolution of my shrimp tanks, and my understanding of how to care for these guys: B494EA8A-8DF5-4DFF-B2F0-83246E41CA6D.jpeg I started with the ecosphere, but after finding this site I felt horrible and quickly moved t...

Well it’s been over a year and I do not have any berried females :( On the plus side I still have 10 shrimp! Any ideas what I’m doing wrong? This week I will start cycling a new tank which I will be moving all my shrimp to once there is visible algae. It will increase their tank size from 1 gallon t...

After the loss of one shrimp a couple months ago, the remaining 10 shrimp seem to be doing fine. There is more visible algae in the tank, and the eggs of one female appear to be getting larger and/or more numerous. She is not berried yet, but I hope she is close. She is the largest shrimp in the tan...

Well Varanus it seems you were right I came home today to find the poor guy looking like this... I feel terrible. I am also wondering about the haunting pose he has assumed in death its like he is saying he's going to haunt me for the rest of my days...

IMG_20170806_160548.jpg I noticed one of the shrimp laying upsidedown on the bottom of the tank this morning. After watching him for a couple hours I have seen him moving some of his front legs and he has even popped once. I have not seen this behavior before. All the other shrimp are acting normal...

IMG_20170729_171108.jpg Forgot to mention I added all the substrate, shells, water, and coral from the new ecosphere and this is what my 1 gallon tank looks like now! I also did a 50% water change today because my OCD had me worried that the new additions to the tank could potentially mess with my ...

IMG_20170725_182520.jpg Not long after occasionally bragging :wink: about my shrimp I was given an ecosphere originally containing five shrimp but now down to one within 6 months of delivery. Previous owner thought the shrimp was better off with me so today I added him to my tank bringing the grand...