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JoeG: Thanks for the update. I enjoyed reading your prior posts. I am interested in the fact that you only cycled your small tank for a week before adding shrimp - how much of your original tank was put into the new one? I am upgrading my small tank to a 5 gallon but was planning on waiting for 4 we...

SuperProofer - thanks for your comments! I will post more photos in a month or so when the shrimp are added. However, I have one blue plant in my original tank and if you enlarge the photo, there is a shrimp on a blue leaf ..... he was kind enough to pose for me .

:D I decided to update my seven year old tank that had six shrimp. F122AAA2-325D-45E6-B041-E54E4F199176.jpeg I added 25 shrimp and macro algae. I then decided to update the entire thing last week with a new tank and decorations. For the new one, I used black sand as substrate based on info from some...

I have a seven year old 2.5 gallon vase tank that ended up with 7 shrimp after a couple of failed attempts. The 7 shrimp never bred. Since Covid, I moved the tank home from my office and added 20 shrimp. My original substrate was a blue colored gravel. Though my water parameters test normal, I notic...

Sabbylina - thanks for taking the time to comment and your info about the snails. I added 15 shrimp and the macro algae a couple of weeks ago and removed a little of the brown algae. The tank is now next to a window and gets indirect light as well as my 12 hour on/off cycle light. So I will have to ...

Hello! I have been on and off this forum for 7 years. I currently have a 1.5+ tank with 6 shrimp, snails and plastic plants. The tank was on my desk at my office. However, with COVID-19, I decided to bring my tank home so I can continue to add distilled water as it evaporates. My 6 shrimp have never...

Thanks for the responses! I feed every two to three weeks - - a small piece of a fish food flake. The tank is in my office and has no natural light. I will try cutting down on the amount of time my desk lamp is on. Attached are a few photos. Looking back a prior posts, my tank is actually four years...

Hello: I have a small 1.5 gallon "tank" (vase) in which I currently have 5 - 6 shrimp and a bunch of snails. I started with more shrimp, but my first vase cracked and most of the water came out and I lost quite a few. In addition to the shrimp and snails, I have two plastic plants, some ro...

UPDATE: Well, on Wednesday when this happened, I was able to purchase some purified drinking water (no distilled in store) as well as a "large globe" vase (its about 2 gallons) from the Target that is walking distance from my office. I mixed up some brackish water and then using my hand, s...

Great. Thanks for the advice!

What are your thoughts on mixing up brackish water using purified drinking water??? The store was out of distilled. Oh, I have enough marine salt left over to last several lifetimes. Thanks.

When I left work yesterday, all was well with my desktop tank that I just recently posted pictures of. Today, when I arrived to work at noon, do to a meeting outside the office, the ENTIRE bowl/tank was empty!! At first I thought it was a cruel joke or the cleaning person did something . . . then I ...

LeShrimp: Thanks for your thoughts. 8) I cycled the tank for a few weeks before adding the shrimp, snails and marco-algae. They have been in the tank since June 6. Previously, when I moved the tank to the window, the shrimp got all excited and swam around like crazy. In another post, Mustafa said th...

I finally got out my old digital camera and started to play. I did not know it take close ups!

Andy: great posts and photos! It is fun seeing other shrimp aquariums. How many shrimp did start with in your tank?