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I’m very excited to find my first berried red cherry shrimp as a new shrimp keeper (2 mos). I thought I saw a white-ish patch developing underneath the shrimp and I’ve kept an eye on it, and sure enough they are turning into eggs, plain as day for the eye to see. I was looking to see if there...

When I really try to see them, some of them do seem to have a tail. Others don’t. Maybe they’re two different things (?) or maybe just adult/young. They seem to hang out in the dirt on the bottom and get sucked up when I change the water. I’m trying to spare them though. Sometimes I can take...

As long as you have space for it, to get a nice sized tank complete with light, filter and heater for under $100 is still a steal…as long as everything works and the tank doesn’t leak. I would also say that there will be more deals out there too though and sometimes looking for the next deal is...

Yes, but I would need a microscope to get those little things in focus. Generally speaking I would love to look at my aquarium water with a microscope anyhow. I just don’t have one.

Thank you both I’m relieved that it’s not something detrimental. After watching both of the videos you shared with me I think they probably are water fleas.

Sorry about that, I thought you’d still be able to watch it. I don’t have a lot of subscribers but I didn’t think everyone would wanna see my little shrimp video. I made it public now.

Above is a link to a short video of tiny critters near my shrimp at feeding time. They move in a twitchy type of swim and sometimes appear to hop. I am looking to identify these things. Are they daphnia? Are they baby amphipods? Are they something else (good or bad)? I think I’ve seen them...

I also have a well (TDS ~400) but I use RO water remineralized for human consumption (TDS 5) to do my water changes. I use Shrimp Mineral powder to add GH/KH to my shrimp tank. In my other planted tanks (without shrimp) I use Seachem Equilibrium. Any evaporation is topped off with straight RO...

Is there driftwood in your tank? Perhaps your pleco is having a digestive issue such as constipation if it isn’t getting the fiber benefit from driftwood.

I found a Fluval Edge pre-filter that is small enough to work well on the intake tube in this little tank. I put it on yesterday and already have shrimp hanging out on the pre filter. Then I also got some fine (and thin) filter sponge for an internal cannister Fluval filter and I placed them...

Hi Colin_T, I never liked that little filter. It barely moved surface water and the intake was stubby, only going down about 1/4 of the way to the bottom. It was given to me when I purchased another tank, so I guess I can’t complain too much. The filter doesn’t appear to come apart and I...

Can anyone recommend a good small tank and filter for less than 10 shrimp and a small amount of pond snails, ramshorns and some amphipods? I have a small 2.5 gallon Topfin desktop aquarium and the filter just took a dive on me. I can’t get it to work and never really loved it anyhow since it...

Being new to shrimp keeping I acquired a TDS meter and I love how easy it is to just stick it in the water and receive a digital readout of the result. Is there an easy meter for the other parameters that we test water for? Something we don’t have to measure drops and wait 20 minutes for. It...

I have a 38 gallon tank kept at 75 degrees with a good amount of algae so I picked up a nerite snail to live in that tank and help clean out some of that algae. When I put the snail in that tank he won’t budge. Sits there for 3 days, doesn’t move at all. I take that same snail out and stick...

Thank you Uberhoust. betta4ever, the blue fish is an electric blue acara. It loves to hide in the driftwood and swim through the tightest crevices between wood pieces.

That angelfish does have pink and blue hues. That pic is not enhanced at all.

Hi PheonixKingZ, are you a shrimp keeper? I’m love shrimp and am new to keeping them.

Java fern needs potassium according to master aquatic horticulturist Bentley Pascoe (whom you can find on YouTube)....FYI. Anubias needs micronutrients such as boron and molybdenum to flower. I know you're not trying to make the anubias flower, but if it is flowering it would seem to be a...

Hi everyone, I've been keeping fish in planted tanks for over 30 years but have always lived in the city and used city water. Now I'm living in the country and have a well. We use potassium chloride and a product called Iron Out in our water softener. For this reason, I've been buying RO...