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What I do is usually scrubbing only 2 of the four sides of the tank. When the algae grows back then I scrub the other two sides. That way I will at least have a good view of my tank from some angle.

One of the writers of the Japanese says:

The best water temperature for maximum reproduction rate is 25 degrees Celsius.

A Japanese hobbyist in the book mentioned that he successfully bred SS- grade CRS. He said he put ten high-quality parent CRS into a 45 cm tank and let them breed. He said 45 cm is the best tank size.

And did he get all SS grade babies or were they a mixed bunch ?

same just happened to me. "carefully" pulled up a couple of E. Cineriums from my crs tank to move to anther planted tank last week. came back from the weekend and found the tank in distress. must have changed 50% of the water 4 times in 3 hours. after a change of water the shrimp would settle down for a while and then in 15 min start scrambling all over again trying to climb out of the tank. must be something in the soil i stired up when i pulled up the plants. 95% of the tank was not disturbed and is very heavily planted. temps are kept at 72F by a chiller, and all tests showed 0 nitrates, nitrites, ammonia even before i did the first water change. in the end lost 4 of my A's and S's probably due to stress. after that all is fine and they are acting normally. strange thing was none of the babies died, even the ones i could barely see, and tehy never showed any stress at all either. long story short, dont disturbe the tank much at all, just do water changes...

Yes. A Japanese writer says "avoid sudden changes as far as possible".

When I was a new shrimp keeper I kept a few cherries. Then I was away for a month and I just left the tank there. My tank only got java moss and sand; no pump, no filter. Then I was surprised to see that they were all doing fine when I was back after a whole month. I only found that the glass part of the tank looked brown and dirty. Then I cleaned it and the glass looked crystal clear. I changed part of the water as well. The whole tank looked so new and clean. Oh, the next day I found that all cherries died overnight

So far there are only three Chinese words in the book that I don't undersstand. A CRS lover mentioned how she kept her CRS without an air pump and they were doing well. She mentioned something called "Moong Tork" stone. I don't know what it is in English. I'm just translating the sound. Tonight I saw this kind of rock in a big fish shop. It's white in colour, quite expensive ---> US$15 for just a few small white rocks. I don't know how to use it or why it's effective. The packaging is full of Japanese words, but unfortunately I can't read. Let me find some ways to check it out later. Will keep you all informed later.