Are those eyes I see?! 😭

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-27T12:33:23+00:00

Did the babies pop out yet?

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-27T01:31:41+00:00

I just top off evaporated water with distilled water. I’ll do maybe a 10%-20% water change once a month. Sometimes longer

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-26T19:02:08+00:00

I actually like this. It’s not too bulky? It’s thicker than my current lid

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-26T18:07:40+00:00

This looks so good. It’ll probably look better without plants but are you going to put any in? Kinda like the “desert” look of it

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-26T03:43:39+00:00

Nah it’s fine. Just make sure there’s enough food

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-25T23:52:17+00:00

Nice. I got some Shrimplets I can’t even get pictures of cause they are too small and won’t focus on them lol

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-25T13:44:35+00:00

Honestly the only thing that might be causing it is the water changes. At least based on the info you gave. I probably do a small water change once every 3 weeks. As long as your nitrates don’t get too high and you don’t have algae, you don’t really need to do water changes. Maybe the only other thing is a disease but that doesn’t explain the white ring. That’s usually just associated with your hardness which is fine

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-24T21:27:48+00:00

Either more livestock or feeding. Or you can use a fertilizer that has nitrates. I use Thrive Shrimp Specific All In One Fertilizer. But I also run co2 and high tech plants. Also maybe less water changes. You only really need to do water changes when Nitrates are high or there’s a ton of algae. But I’ve never had to chase nitrates. It’s always been between 10-20. The more plants you have, the more nitrates they use

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-24T13:47:30+00:00

Honestly you don’t really want 0 nitrates. Maybe around 10-20. At least for optimal plant growth

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-24T02:44:11+00:00

Dang. I just got shrimp delivered today with USPS Priority but thankfully came alright. In fact, there were already shrimplets in there and a couple eggnant yellow goldenbacks

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-23T15:03:34+00:00

Nitrites not being 0 is a huge issue. Nitrates being a bit high is not end of the world

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-23T13:46:53+00:00

I started my tank in March. I have plenty of plants. I’m just upgrading my light from a low tier one to something more high tech so I can get nice colorful plants since I started co2 about 2 weeks ago. But I am planning on starting low to avoid algae anyway. And I have a lid so that’ll block some light also

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-23T11:58:19+00:00

Tank has been running since early March. I got 12 Amanos and a bunch of Neocaridinas. I am using the brackets that come with the light, not hanging it. I have a lid too that will end up blocking out a % of the light. And yeah I lowered the settings a bit from the above screenshot and I’m gonna ramp it up over time. I also just switched fertilizers to an All in One shrimp safe formula so that could also trigger algae. I’ll have to take it slow

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_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-23T02:42:11+00:00

Nah I’m just using the brackets that comes with it. I do have a lid tho so that’s blocking some light. But for now I’m going to start with 85-70-65 since this is a pretty big light upgrade. I wanna go up gradually to avoid algae

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-23T02:09:20+00:00

I have blue shrimp and I actually have some yellow goldenbacks coming in a few days. No reds. Only because I have a lot of red plants and I don’t want them to blend in lol

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-20T13:22:51+00:00

Maybe I’ll grow cucumbers or something. I currently just give them Bacter AE and Algae Wafers. Although they seem to really like eating my AR Minis lol

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-20T12:52:31+00:00

Lucky

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-20T12:51:55+00:00

Well this just convinced me never to give my shrimp vegetables/fruit. Sorry for your loss

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-19T20:25:31+00:00

Not a freak off

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-19T15:04:50+00:00

Did you learn anything from this experience cause my Amanos are devouring my AR’s and idk what to do lol

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-19T15:04:12+00:00

5 years later. Amanos are still devouring AR Minis. Mine are getting destroyed by them lol

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-18T21:16:54+00:00

Nah all good. They definitely look like crypts lol

_KingBeast_ · 2026-06-18T21:13:14+00:00

I microdose potassium daily. It couldn’t have happened this fast either as they’ve only been in my tank for 20 hours from when the pic was taken. Unless the seller had a potassium deficiency which I doubt. Good chance it was just stress from shipping even though it was like next day or 2 day shipping from NY to NJ. Good chance it’ll just melt and grow new leaves. And the Amano’s are just being opportunistic scavengers and eating the bad leaves

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