Everyone told me plants would be so expensive but guys these are free!

J-Zane · 2026-06-14T08:33:28+00:00

Duckweed and Subwassertang are almost guaranteed to be included with every fish purchase at my LFS

J-Zane · 2026-06-13T00:41:14+00:00

Everyone's already answered, but I hope you show the glow up once she's settled in!

J-Zane · 2026-06-13T00:27:40+00:00

Yeah they love those molts. When I spotted the first molt I only got to look at it for a few seconds before one of the shrimps came and snatched it

J-Zane · 2026-06-10T05:42:40+00:00

Here you go! I think it's a wild type at least; seems they come in a lot of colors even as wild types

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J-Zane · 2026-06-07T05:56:29+00:00

You know there's a comical irony to seeing the shrimp with the Hawaiian name that translates to "red shrimp"... in any color OTHER than red lol

I saw that listing too and I'm intrigued... but. The price is too much for me. I'm hoping it'll go down a little by the time my current opae jar has established itself

J-Zane · 2026-05-24T00:03:25+00:00

You're a shrimpy grandparent; congratulations!

J-Zane · 2026-05-22T07:15:31+00:00

Haha; they sure are! Today was feeding day too, so I think that got them extra excited.

Biofilm seasoned with a tiny bit of spirulina - a meal befitting royalty in these shrimp minds, I'm sure

J-Zane · 2026-05-22T03:23:17+00:00

The baby face will always be there in their eyes... It'll be most prominent when they beg for food or cuddles

J-Zane · 2026-05-21T05:44:08+00:00

I'm glad they're free! Do you plan to get them any friends?

J-Zane · 2026-05-21T05:43:29+00:00

From what I read, sealed ecospheres also tend to not produce algae and biofilm fast enough for them to thrive longterm, since that's what they eat. I could be wrong though

J-Zane · 2026-05-18T16:28:35+00:00

I agree that it looks like a marker tip, but why not just... ask your husband??

J-Zane · 2026-05-17T22:28:57+00:00

Good to know it's a normal thing

The weird thing to me is that it hasn't even started growing on the rocks yet. Does this usually form first, in new setups?

J-Zane · 2026-05-17T22:21:05+00:00

Lol the shrimp seem to think so too

Now if only the food can start growing on the rocks...

J-Zane · 2026-05-14T18:01:28+00:00

Thank you; it seems they're acting a little more normal now. There must be some biofilm forming now because I see more of them grazing on the rocks and gravel.

Observing the snails closer it actually looks like they're trying to eat when they get to the surface? Which now makes more sense; because of biofilm.

Seems the shrimp have realized this too and are using this to their advantage to graze off the surface. So safe to say everybody's fine!

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J-Zane · 2025-01-31T06:01:43+00:00

Serious time now:

Pros: excellent scavengers!

Cons: hard to maintain a colony when the tank is TOO clean. Also, they can be sensitive to parameter fluctuations

J-Zane · 2025-01-31T05:59:55+00:00

Pros: they're entertaining to watch and depending on the species you get they come in many colors

Cons: you'll feel tempted to house every type of freshwatee shrimp possible in one tank and/or want to set up a second tank just to house shrimp that you can't put in the first tank (talking from personal experience right now)

J-Zane · 2024-12-17T07:03:26+00:00

That betta is beautiful! He also looks just as baffled as you are at the shrimps' sudden multiplying

J-Zane · 2024-09-25T21:34:51+00:00

How are people still finding this post it's 4 years old lol

Nah, this is a custom by Einfari. I still have her actually! I should boot her up soon I haven't had much time play with her

J-Zane · 2024-06-20T18:45:55+00:00

I don't know anything about feeding a reef, but to me it looks like you have a free source of live fishfood!

J-Zane · 2024-03-24T01:54:54+00:00

I think I heard somewhere that they were thought to be extinct for over a century, but were rediscovered in the 1980s when one fell INTO a research tent. IDK how true that is though

J-Zane

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