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Another year has passed. My tank will have been up and running for 5 years this month. The water clarity continues to improve, slowly. I still do not know what caused the cloudiness. I'm not seeing any berried shrimp for the Spring, yet. Unless the population has reached equilibrium, I should see so...

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By adding treated water, you'll add impurities and gradually increase the specific gravity, possibly beyond the shrimps' tolerance.

Thank you for the pics. I used hermit crab substrate for my tank. The algae is quite green--the phone camera is not very accurate. I cannot recommend using the crab substrate unless one is willing to wait several months for cycling. However, after cycling there is so much organic matter in the subst...

I pull hair algae out when it gets about 2 inches long. The shrimp do not eat it, as far as I can tell.

These pics show the remains of the cloudiness, which is about half resolved.
The shrimp remain at their typical, normal activity levels. My wife's phone camera is not as good as her last one.

Thanks Mustafa and Ace. The tank continues to clear. Since the algae still covers the entire substrate with no dead/dying/browning areas, the LEDs are just fine. No berried shrimp currently. I'm noticing the hair algae is greatly diminished even from a few months ago when I last mentioned it. I may ...

A quick update--the algae/bacteria bloom is subsiding. The water is much clearer. I decided to just watch and see, leaving the tank to its own devices. I've had one female bear offspring since early summer. They are all benthic now. I see no berried females. This is the pattern the tank has followed...

Thanks for your reply, Mustafa. Time for an update. Reproduction has slowed down from the spring-time burst. Now, only a couple of berried shrimp are visible in the tank at any given time. Also, the tank has been experiencing an algae bloom (I think) the last few weeks--the water is a little cloudy....

How many will a 10 gal tank support? I assume the shrimp will naturally begin to limit reproduction at some threshold, if I don't interfere by adding food. Would this be a good way to proceed? What I'm getting at is to never add food, so the population is determined by the algae growth. Has this eve...

I did a rough estimate of the larvae as of today--over 70 little downward pointing heads. Still a dozen or so berried females to go.

A pic showing the current crop of larvae, and one pic showing the tank as a whole. Many of the shrimp on the bottom are difficult to see because of lighting. Also, some of the still-berried females are visible, although a couple of them only have a few larvae remaining in the swimerettes. I haven't ...

I also do not think my set up is 'special', just different from most in my choice of substrate: It accidently proved to be a good kick-starter. I did not choose the substrate knowing it would work out this way. It is easy to differentiate the females carrying eggs, and then count them. I'm getting s...

Thank you for the count! I saw this post the other day shortly after you posted it. I'm always trolling for any updates you post. Hahahaha. This has to be the best thread here. ok Ace, this one's for you, and thanks for the compliment. I think all the contributors to the thread have made it worth w...

I'd be interested in a new plant, too.
Brad