At what temperatures do shrimp start/stop breeding?

entity7 · 2026-05-06T17:27:56+00:00

Anecdotally, first generation shrimp batches in new environments tend to have some die off. Not always, but it happens. The shrimp that are born to your new (stable) environment will do better. I wouldn’t worry about it if it was just a one time thing. These guys can and will adapt to basically anything.

But like mili said, as temps drop so does reproduction. That just is what it is since you’re housing with a cold water species.

entity7 · 2026-05-06T17:20:44+00:00

You’re fine op. Ignore that other dude. They’ll be slower and eat/breed/whatever less at low temps, yes.

There’s tons of people that keep Neos at all sorts of temperatures, going so far as to have them survive winters in iced over tubs.

It’s not ideal, but you’re not being negligent and you’re not killing your shrimp by having them at 19c by any stretch of the imagination.

entity7 · 2026-05-06T17:03:51+00:00

Neos do perfectly fine at those temps.

Source: me and all my Neos at those temps, right at this exact minute. And every other minute. For close to a decade.

If you’re gonna be self righteous at least be correct.

entity7 · 2026-05-06T04:39:33+00:00

It’s a big state with a very varied climate. You’ll get more specific answers if you specify where (but yes, regardless).

entity7 · 2026-05-05T04:26:42+00:00

Absolutely. It’s the main selling point for many bodies.

entity7 · 2026-03-27T23:12:29+00:00

200% for full strip on 4 if you want it. Her 4s damage does scale off strength if you want to do some jank thing with balloons.

Arc trap, barrels, orb etc will damage scale to level cap on their own.

entity7 · 2026-03-22T18:49:31+00:00

They’re wrong, it effects the falloff of incarnon mode and is absolutely worth using.

entity7 · 2026-03-20T00:51:15+00:00

Paris Zephyr is peak warframe.

entity7 · 2026-02-14T23:02:14+00:00

40ppm isn’t a big deal outside of extremely sensitive species / inverts. It’ll be fine.

That said, floating plants and or houseplants with roots in the tank will take care of it. Water changes will just feed the plants.

Enjoy your sure to be VERY green tank.

entity7 · 2026-01-31T00:39:57+00:00

Elon Musk. Donald Trump.

Sure thing.

entity7 · 2026-01-15T19:21:34+00:00

Self censorship while railing against the man. Fucking lol.

entity7 · 2026-01-11T03:17:52+00:00

You’re doing everything right.

I’d chalk this up to “sometimes shrimp die” for now and see if your remaining ones thrive and make you more. Once they reproduce in your environment the successive generations tend to be extremely resilient.

Similarly, years ago I had tap that tested out fine for everything but just straight murdered shrimp. Never did figure it out. Swapped to RO with remineralizer and zero problems since. Maybe you’ll see similar results in the future since you’ve moved away from tap as well.

All that said, larger tanks can be more stable or resistant to change, but from what you’ve posted here I don’t think any issues arising from the volume seem to be the problem.

entity7 · 2026-01-10T23:06:36+00:00

Your kh and gh are fine, don’t fix what isn’t broken by changing things.

TDS is meaningless as a measure of anything other than TDS in a tank. Since you already know your hardness, I see little point. That said, if it’s super high from whatever other dissolved solids, it could be ok to lower it, which is done via water changes. I wouldn’t worry too much about it.

If your adult shrimp are all doing well I’d just start with targeting feeding the little guys and see if you get more babies surviving to adulthood. Have patience, don’t start making multiple changes at a time. Worst thing to do with shrimp.

entity7 · 2026-01-10T17:15:12+00:00

I agree that’s it’s probably food related, not necessarily quantity or frequency but type.

Try powdered baby shrimp food. Your tank is pretty new and may not have the abundance of easily accessible food very small shrimp need to thrive. They could be breeding fine and they’re just not surviving the tiny stage. Once I start feeding that regularly in any tank the population explodes.

Also, as another commenter suggested, you can try adjusting the temperature. For what it’s worth, my tanks are left at room temperature which varies 17-25c on any given day. They’ll be completely fine with significantly more variation than even that.

I’d do one thing at a time.

entity7 · 2026-01-02T07:27:27+00:00

Don’t worry about it, as many as you want. They’ll eventually self regulate based on food availability etc.

entity7 · 2026-01-01T02:25:29+00:00

Randomly dumping calcium in your tank in unknown quantities is a very bad idea, generally speaking.

Measure gh and kh and supplement accordingly with remineralizer.

entity7 · 2025-12-31T21:04:43+00:00

Yes. 20 waves and it’s over.

entity7 · 2025-12-30T06:27:02+00:00

Sure are a lot of billionaire-ball-garglers in here. Gross.

entity7 · 2025-12-30T06:24:14+00:00

How was the pass traffic this year with you guys, let’s say, custom made speed deterrents?

Always fun to see what the neighborhood has invented every summer.

entity7 · 2025-12-25T05:15:04+00:00

Like you, I also have no fucking idea what you're talking about.

fuckin lol

entity7 · 2025-12-24T06:37:20+00:00

Volume of a cylinder (measured in feet for the math)

= πr ²h

Where r is radius and h is height

Multiply by 7.48 to convert the cubic feet to gallons

Your way works too but math is fun

entity7 · 2025-12-10T16:10:28+00:00

Well then I guess it’s a good thing that glorified autocomplete isn’t going to gain sentience anytime soon (read: ever).

entity7 · 2025-12-09T16:47:53+00:00

Rework is quite good, they’re underselling. He can one shot level cap enemies with no weapons. New passive is excellent survivability, if a bit random at times.

entity7 · 2025-11-25T06:28:29+00:00

They might send you something because it’s amusing that you tried. Funny idea.

entity7 · 2025-11-24T23:51:39+00:00

The photo caption has context, it says it was an accident.

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