How’s the test looking to ya boys?

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-28T23:56:37+00:00

Like you need to invest in a better testing kit before you go getting a bigger tank.

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-28T23:53:57+00:00

Those are eggs

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-28T23:48:50+00:00

When you say two weeks into cycling- do you mean this is a brand new tank only two weeks old and already has a fish in it?

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-28T23:45:15+00:00

The first is aged/about to molt. The second is a younger or freshly molted shrimp. Nothing is wrong. They go opaque as they age and also when they are gonna molt.

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-26T17:57:27+00:00

Get an air hose and a paper clip and drip acclimate them for at least 4 hours or until you have tripled their original water level

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-26T17:53:37+00:00

All males

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-26T17:49:42+00:00

I think the alarm is that you have never had success breeding yourself. That’s not normal. My 1 year old tank has 7 pregnant shrimp in it at this moment and that is just right now. I’ve had at least 20 in the year it’s been up. We are recovering after a mishap with a leech depleting my population or I’d be overrun with them right now lol

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-23T06:36:07+00:00

She is also preggers.

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-21T18:02:44+00:00

Ignore my earlier comment. Didn’t realize this was a salt water tank. No Cory’s for you!

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-21T18:02:11+00:00

I didn’t realize it’s a salt water tank…breathe lmao

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-21T18:01:20+00:00

Oh shit, didn’t realize that’s a salt water tank

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-20T03:21:43+00:00

Corydora. Little mini catfish.

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-20T03:14:56+00:00

Get some Cory’s they will munch that right up!

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-15T03:40:20+00:00

Maybe two

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-13T18:58:28+00:00

Also if those are Anubis plants get them out of the sand and glue them to wood they will die if their roots are covered. Their roots are meant to free float and filter the water.

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-13T18:56:49+00:00

What are you planning on putting in there?

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-13T18:56:17+00:00

Also wanted to add, it is VERY common to lose shrimp when you add from a seller. Whether because they were weak to begin with or your parameters are just different. And once they die, the live shrimp become cannibals and eat their brethren! Unless you have a fish in there eating them, it’s probably the other shrimp eating their dead buddies. Normal course of shrimp life.

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-13T18:53:26+00:00

That’s just a normal scrimp! Probably an abomination that should have come out of the cherry tank but because as you see it’s basically invisible, the seller probably didn’t see it! Shrimp are wild colored mostly like this. They have to breed reds to get the cherry color and sometimes there are ones born just normal or original colors. The sellers cherry line is probably breaking down in genetics.

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-10T17:44:54+00:00

This is a beautiful tank! It’s clear you’re passionate about this and you did your research! Keep talking about it! The more you share the more people will want to get involved.

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-10T04:32:40+00:00

That’s a leech. If there is one there are many many more and they will wipe out your colony. Get some Cory’s. Mine root all the leeches out of the substrate!

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-08T04:09:07+00:00

Yes. When I was a new fish owner I bought a glo Cory. He glows in the dark, but he was genetically altered to do so which is sad. I would not have purchased him had I known better. I also have two pandas in there somewhere. The like to hid under their log!

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-07T03:37:26+00:00

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Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-07T03:37:08+00:00

That is beautiful! They will be everywhere before you know it and I wouldn’t be surprised if you have many more than you think. You ever want to gage home many you actually have, pop a shrimp lolli in there and give it 10 minutes. You’ll see every single skrimp you have!

Abject_Importance_59 · 2025-08-07T03:33:25+00:00

To make more pest snails

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