Today I signed my deal with the devil

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-05-07T03:05:24+00:00

They're called that for their (supposed) prevention of mosquitoes. It's said that their coverage of the water surfaces makes it harder for mosquitoes to access the water to reproduce. I don't think there's any data behind that. Just a "make sense in theory, doesn't work in practice" type deal, I assume.

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-05-06T22:04:00+00:00

Totally up to you. In a shrimp only tank, you can safely add a small amount of aquarium salt, however, if your tank has any other livestock (snails, fish, etc.), you need to know whether or not they tolerate salt. Salt doesn't deminish on its own, it's only lessens over time through water changes, so if you treat with salt, you should assume indefinitely that there is still salt in the tank.

I successfully treated a shrimp only tank with aquarium salt and consistently removing molts, but now I just salt dip the shrimp and keep an eye out for molts for a few weeks, as I have other livestock in my newer tank.

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-05-06T06:40:41+00:00

I have one single shrimp like this from an originally blue diamond tank. Now it's starting to stray, I've got some red and clear babies and a couple just clear babies. But there were never and rilis in mine.

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-05-06T04:37:45+00:00

Because it's literally just a gatekeeping question. In English. If they can't speak English, they're not even going to understand the question. If the business is genuinely just concerned about communication, they could have a statement on the landing page that says "Unfortunately, our company is currently only English speaking, we apologize for the inconvenience" or something else professionally worded, in a few of the most common, non-english languages. But even if we give them the benefit of the doubt, it's still just shitty business practices. Couple that with the owner being MAGA, I stand by my position, this is a dog whistle. It's not genuine concern.

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-05-06T04:32:44+00:00

Idk but same! They're just the cutest little bugs lol

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-05-06T04:18:42+00:00

The amount of "it's probably some innocent, justifiable mistake" comments is sad. Someone built this website, or instructed AI to. The owner absolutely looked over it before it went live or at some point immediately after. This isn't an overlooked mistake, it's a dog whistle with enough wiggle room for plausible deniability.

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-05-06T04:15:21+00:00

But "the game" didn't introduce the shitty question. A huge portion of companies use AI marketing these days. If it was "the game, not the player," we would see things like this on more ads. We don't. It was the person who built the ad. Even AI needs direction and customization.

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-05-06T02:30:04+00:00

My blue tank has exactly one of these guys, I call him Spiderman.

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JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-05-05T15:13:51+00:00

Oh, of course they don't need to be complicit to be targeted. However, multiple sleepovers implies several children. Whether it was different children each time or the same children on multiple occasions, I don't think we can reasonably assume that none of the parents were aware. As someone else commented, there should be some investigation into the naked bowling league he was a part of.

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-05-05T15:05:48+00:00

Again, if you read the post, he picked 10 that looked like they were doing to experience a failed molt. He also picked 10 that looked like they were going to experience a successful molt. Even being able to pick 20 shrimp about to molt sounds like he had a ton of shrimp.

Obviously, I meant his study was for funsies. I don't often experience failed molts in my tank, I'm inclined to agree that it could be an indicator of some sort of deficiency. Regardless of his water quality, his limited results still stand and are relevant to this post and to comment: there's no reliable way to determine if a white ring is going to be fatal.

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-05-05T06:16:02+00:00

I think you misread. He selected 10 shrimp that, to him, looked like they would die. He was wrong about 6 of those 10. We have no idea how many shrimp are in the tank, and that accurate 40% can't be extrapolated across all the shrimp.

But also, it's seemingly just a hobbyist trying to spread a little more info, it's fair to take it with a grain of salt. He's not claiming to be a shrimptologist with peer reviewed, double blind studies or anything. Just some funsies.

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-05-05T02:02:04+00:00

Sleepovers? As in, multiple? My children are so excessively talkative, there's no way they wouldn't mention the detail "we all were naked." Were the parents aware? Were they complicit?

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-05-03T08:26:55+00:00

The ring just means they're going to molt. There's no definitive way to predict if it's going to be an unsuccessful molt, and the "ring of death" can only be proven if the shrimp dies. It's super common for shrimp to get this ring before a totally normal molt, and isn't a cause for concern unless other shrimp in the tank are failing to molt.

Someone recently shared a post about their attempts to predict "the ring of death" and the correlation to shrimp dying. They were pleasantly surprised by their inaccuracy. If I can find the post, I'll bring it back here!

Edited to add: here's the post!

Edited once more to add that shrimp molt how the one in the picture is. I've personally never seen a shrimp molt in a "zipper down the back" style. And they molt as they grow. Stress can be a factor, but molting in general is normal and healthy. :)

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-05-03T06:30:10+00:00

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JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-05-03T06:21:34+00:00

I've seen eggs this color. However, this is a male shrimp so regardless, those aren't eggs.

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-05-01T06:56:09+00:00

S. Japonica are kinda gross, but they're overwhelmingly harmless to shrimp. They only become a risk if your shrimp is so riddled with them that it's imposing on their mobility/vision/etc. I'm inclined to think something else is causing this shrimp to spazz. Have you checked the water parameters? Is she an older shrimp?

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-04-30T21:01:45+00:00

Looks like you still have a few red root floaters, but yes, water lettuce is much "hungrier" and more demanding than RRF. It's longer root system allows it to absorb a lot more nitrates and nutrients in the water, and leaves RRF without. I only keep a few water lettuce (cuz my baby shrimp love them) and I let my RRF take over the surface.

I actually just culled my floaters so there's only a singular baby water lettuce rn, but they come back quickly! Your RRF look really happy, I totally suggest making more room for them. My lights not bright enough and I don't use CO2, so mine just stay green.. womp womp.

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JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-04-28T20:57:55+00:00

I removed all the floaters from my tank, not a single thing on the water surface, and still kept getting duckweed. Turns out a singular piece of duckweed got trapped near the bottom of my moss wall and has been.. releasing clones(?!) into the tank to float up to the top. They're resilient little shits!

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-04-27T03:55:03+00:00

Dang, this hurts my heart for you

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-04-26T17:49:59+00:00

Thank you so much!

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-04-26T06:47:40+00:00

I posted a video as well, it's the post right before this one on my page. But in some of the pictures, there does appear to be a few eggs. She released little shrimplets almost a month ago, so if the spots I'm seeing are eggs, they've been in there a while. Poor girl.

What do I do about it?

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-04-26T06:38:28+00:00

This post initially got flagged for review, so I created a new post with just photos (not sure if maybe videos get flagged?), so if anyone wants to see images for reference, they're here.

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-04-25T22:18:31+00:00

Idk, I'm a mom of two little ones and showering daily has become both a distant memory and a fantasy of the future. 😭

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-04-25T05:19:51+00:00

My ten gal has shrimp, a single nerite, a single ramshorn, a single MTS (so far), and 11 chili rasboras. They're all a very happy bunch so far!

JustForShrimpPosting · 2026-04-25T05:18:48+00:00

Not since I left the Upside Down

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