r/shrimptank

This is Pixel. One of both my 3 month (while with me) old cherry shrimps.

Was definitely a little more challenging than I thought to setup a no filter / no water change shrimp & Endler bowl, but now in 3 months everything is thriving and water parameters are consistently perfect.

Do you think shrimp hatchlings will survive in a bowl like this?

I have nowhere else to share this or anyone else who would care but I found a shrimp about two feet from my shrimp tank this morning, completely dried out. I’m so sad but also impressed it made it that far? It must have crawled up my pothos stem and went over the edge. 😭 it was perfectly dried out though so of course I’m keeping it in a jar. RIP shrimpy

hopefully my photobombing betta stays away from the babies lol

Myself and my partner bought 5 shrimp last year, they were sold to us as amanos, and 3 of them definitely are amanos. With the other 2 (pictured), however, we remain to be convinced. They're ~2 cm long and the speckled one in particular has a patterning that we've not seen in any amanos. Are these just funky juvenile male amanos or something else?

I have been maintaining this shrimp tank for close to two years now and recently decided to top the soil layer with aqua soil for better plant health. I knew this would disturb the balance and might result in a few deaths. However I have lost as many as 15 shrimps out of 20-22 shrimps I had. I also replaced 20-30% water the next day Incase there was excess nutrients in it. But shrimps kept dying. I started to watch closely and saw this white worms floating around the aquarium. They are in single digits yet I saw one on this sick shrimps antenna (video). Please help if this is some sort of an infestation that I need to worry about and what could be the easy solution for it?

This little 10 gallon will hopefully be home to many more shrimps. How often do they have babies?

My first time having baby ghosts, they are so cute 🥺🥰

Was going to take a photo of this little guy snacking when I realised he is in fact a she and a mama to be!

Super stoked to see what’s coming!

Tank was setup January 18 and cycled using FritzZyme for a boost before adding neos in mid-late February. I do 10-20% water changes every other week and top off water as needed. Fritz is added during each water top off and water change, and I use Seachem Prime to dechlorinate tap water. It has a variety of plants including lobelia cardinalis, dwarf hair grass, java moss, pothos, heartleaf philodendron, etc. It has fluval stratum as the substrate, a piece of cuttlebone for extra calcium, and a piece of mopani wood. I use a 10 gallon sponge filter and air pump. I do not currently use fertilizer.

In the last week, I’ve had one die each day. I did a 50% water change after I had several die off. Any thoughts on what I need to do to stop this?

Ammonia: 0 ppm, Nitrite: 0 ppm, Nitrate: 10 ppm, Copper: 0 ppm, TDS: 160 ppm, KH: 4°, GH: 6°, pH: 7.3, Temp: 72.1°F, 5 gallon tank *(All parameters were checked today just before posting. I use the liquid API tests and a Vivosun TDS meter.)*

slowly picked apart over a week.

won't foul the water.

24/7 shrimp food source.

very high nutritional content.

my shrimp didn't care much for spinach leaves. but all my otos and shrimp graze on mulberry leaves nonstop.

I have a couple of Amano shrimps I bought from my LFS. One on 11/18/2023 and the other on 1/26/3025. A month ago, I spotted a baby Amano. I couldn't believe it, but then I saw it again the second time within a couple days. I have not added anything to my tank and only performed water changes or top offs. I felt sad because I was under the impression that baby amano shrimp cannot survive unless it's in brackish water? There has been multiple sightings and it's growing. How is that possible?!! Caught it on video frolicking among the Christmas moss. It's super cute!

She molted last night and now this. Is she berried?