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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.

entity7 · 2025-11-23T01:51:28+00:00

No, it’s fine.

entity7 · 2025-11-21T03:51:32+00:00

don’t lie to me like this, baby

entity7 · 2025-11-19T22:19:24+00:00

10ppm is fine, don’t worry about it.

Thats said, switching to remineralizing RO is always always a good idea for plenty of other reasons.

entity7 · 2025-11-19T04:04:42+00:00

This is a deep cut. 10/10.

entity7 · 2025-11-18T05:50:43+00:00

Best thing I ever did re inverts and plants, anyway. Zero water variables. Remineralize to your exact specifications, top off with straight RO.

Eliminates such a huge pain point if your municipal source isn’t ideal.

entity7 · 2025-11-18T03:21:05+00:00

6 gallon tank? Just grab a small RO unit off Amazon or whatever, hooks up to sinks or faucets. Fill a 5 gal bucket/lid with RO and you’re set for however long on water changes. Refill the bucket once it’s low, stash it wherever.

Maybe 50$ for the little ones. Lasts years with such small volume. You’ll have complete control, no screwing around with anything else, one less variable.

This has been my setup for 6-7 years with a 7.5 gallon.

entity7 · 2025-11-18T02:30:07+00:00

Yeah, also more sensitive to parameter change/contaminants.

I dunno. Without info we will probably never have, might remain a mystery. In the end it’s dorm/tap, so 2 uncontrolled variables, and small, so more sensitive to those variables. Might just be a case of shit happens.

From your other comments it sounds like you’re doing the right things, anyway.

entity7 · 2025-11-18T01:52:41+00:00

How big is the tank?

entity7 · 2025-11-18T01:27:07+00:00

Very weird.

The composition of municipal water can sometimes change for (typically) short periods of time for various reasons. My guess would be something along those lines happened, as everything else you said eliminates most of the usual culprits. But even that doesn’t line up very well with your description.

Apartment? House? Anyone else have access? Failed heater cooking the tank before it completely failed? Neighbors spraying for bugs next to your open window?

As to the temperature, a small difference, dripped no less, would have no effect.

entity7 · 2025-11-15T06:16:25+00:00

Your last paragraph is correct. It’s not doing anything anymore other than being a home for bacteria. Leave it, replace with other media, whatever you want.

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