Just a reminder that it’s flea/tick season, so if you treat your furry pets, be mindful that every time you pet them, you’re getting shrimp killer on your hands. Wash extra well, and maybe even avoid putting your hands in the tank for a couple weeks.
I scored all these plus more ( was also able to put a bunch in a separate tank too! ) on Facebook for $20!!!! Absolutely insane of a deal
They’re super vibrant! The video doesn’t do justice !!!
Yay! The video is not good but the joy is great!
Got my first neocaridina in March and had 1 shrimplet before, but this egg batch was great! Saw at least 5-6 new shrimplets today!
Got some “blue galaxy” caridina, some look the same, but others pretty different. Are these all the same shrimp? (Minus the orange rili, and crystal red and amano) I also got some boa I picked up in another tank.
This singular shrimp has had my mind in an absolute hurricane. I spent a long time studying different infections/parasites neos can have/develop. I probably spent way too long doing that... This shrimp is now dubbed Robert because he's pissing me off. He's beautiful. (I at least think male? Usually I'm pretty good at sexing these guys but this dude's got me stumped.) I love that white on him and it very clearly covers his legs, tail fin, face, whiskers, the works. This dude is a 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 shrimp. But dear lords I keep thinking its parasite white. The anxiety is loud and the bugs in my brain are yelling at me lol Thanks for reading my dumb lil panic. If he isn't just a 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 shrimp and y'all notice something I don't, please let me know so I can fix it! This is my first neo tank. I just ordered a bunch more and this guy was in that batch. My tank's well established and thriving! The algea agrees -_-°
Tank is at 76 degrees, and I’m doing a water test now. Should I heat the tank more? I’m confused, I just got them yesterday and they were swimming around the tank.
Hi, first time keeping these guys and they're super cool -- when people talk about the grade of a shrimp, how is that determined and what features are you looking for? Is it just color, color in a certain place, overall health, etc.? Attached one of my guys for reference.
Thank you!
I️ have these two tanks that literally sit right next to each other and one is doing great and the other seems to be a shrimp killer…
One is a 3 gallon hydroponic with sponge filter and heater. The pump for the filter deposits the water in the upper white chamber where the pothos roots are, and then circulates back down in kind of a rain-like drip. This tank has been running for multiple years and has housed a variety of small fish and currently has a nerite snail who has been a longtime resident. Live plants are growing just fine. Shrimp though… they last a few weeks and then start to kick it. I’ve tried multiple times, first with just a two adult shrimp, then tried a slightly larger group, and one even arrived berried and had babies but they all started dying again. I️ transferred the remaining shrimp to the bowl next door and everybody is surviving and thriving.
There’s no visible signs of pests - Planaria or nymphs or anything like that.
Edit to add: water parameters consistently test within normal/ideal ranges
So how do I️ fix the small one? Should I️ just dump it and start over? Maybe try different substrate rather than crappy blue gravel? Or do I️ just bail and call it a total loss? Any suggestion welcome!
I was filming one of my pregnant shrimp and I seen them drop an egg… is there anything I should do or will it be fine?
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I started this 6 gallon about a month ago and had some issues earlier but I changed the light cycle to only 6 hours and I'm nkt sure what kthe factors could cause this gross stingy algae from forming. Had some issues from adding new plants which causes some of my shrimp to freak out. But added active carbon and verified with the store that I got the plants from that there wasnt any harmful pesticides that could of leeched from the plants. My shrimp seem fine now but I only see a few of them from time to time. I added close to 20 babies and 5 adults. One was berried and had the babies. Though I've noticed several dead ones. The adults seem normal now but the babies occasionally jerk around or just float without moving and them come back to normal.
Important to note also that I have started to notice a decent number of little white hydras in there. Bought a couple different versions of no planaria only to find out that the one that actually works to actively kill them has betel palm nut extract. I ordered some that should arrive tomorrow.
Also these are the parameters via drop test
GH:11
KH:5
PH: 7.2
Ammonia:0 ppm
Nitrite:0 ppm
Nitrate:0 ppm
Copper (dissolved and chelated): 0ppm
I used tap water treated withtabk first aqaurium water conditioner and added appropriate amounts of GH/KH+
I am currently quarantining it. The gill area appears pale and there is like a greenish thing inside of it when I shine light, not sure if it is just its organs? Guessing it's not cladogonium since it's not external. Can anyone help me out? Thank you.
Second time giving them these very expensive shrimpsicles (they didn’t even touch them the first time)
I like all my shrimp in the tank, but this one is my favorite 💕
Some shrimp (including one of our babies) on the shrimp lollipops I just bought. I wasn’t sure if they were gonna like it but they all loved it. Including some of our ramshorn snails. Will be a nice treat for them occasionally.