r/Fairyshrimp

I am going to try these less common fairy shrimps. It's been difficult and expensive to get the traingle-shaped eggs. This was the last batch from a local vendor. I have no guarantee about the state of the cysts nor the number of them. They might hatch by tomorrow evening. Let's see what happens.

Please help! Found these on my young triops' back, and i need ID. Hope they are not any kind of parasites. I don't thin they are eggs because they are still young, and the eggs are usually on the bottom.

Hi Reddit,

I'm a beginner shrimp-keeper. On Wednesday May 6th I set up a 5 gallon aquarium. The substrate consists of 4 parts sand to 1 part peat moss along with a spoonful of azomite. In the tank I have nauplii of five species, four fairy shrimps and one clam shrimp.

I have fed chlorella. I was given yeast so I'll try that tomorrow.

I have not seen anyone else try such a tank. I thought it would look nicer having a variety. The downside is I that won't be able to distinguish species.

I have a packet of triop eggs, but I didn't add it as I didn't want predatory behavior.

Let me know what you think and if you have any recommendations.

These are the shrimp species I added:
Streptocephalus thailandensis
Branchinecta packardi
Streptocephalus sealii
Sirindhornae
Cyzicus pilosus (clam shrimp)