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I actually purchased HAN snowflake food. I don't know if there is a difference between his food and SL Aqua snowflake, but it looks the same and my shrimp go crazy for it. They continually graze on it until it's all gone. Sometimes it takes a full day. Just depends on how much I put in. Han sells his snowflake $3 for 10g, $6 for 25g, and $10 for $50g. He also sells a sample of it for $1. Check his website to clarify all that. hanaquatics.com

I could take pictures of this momma all day. And this new little aqua blue bolt! Thanks Shrimpscales for exceptionally beautiful shrimp! (Blue bolt momma came from him too) AND this new little Aqua blue bolt

The tank looks great! I love the setup!

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Not the greatest picture quality. Berried Blue Bolt!

I just watched video of your stock of blue velvet shrimp... They're beautiful!

Thank you

I recently took out most of the dwarf sag and started a carpet of glosso. The tank looks much less chaotic now and more clean. I'll have to take another picture soon!

Welcome!

I keep Taiwan Bees and Crystal Red shrimp. Tank size (Gallons and dimensions): 20 gallon long. 30x12x12 Lighting: Finnex Planted Plus Filtration: Large Dual Sponge Filter Temperature: 73.2 F Water parameters: pH 6.5, GH 6, TDS 142 Water change schedule (+ how you keep babies from being syphoned out): One 10%-12% water change a week. I use a media bag placed over the end of the siphon and have it tied around the top of the siphon tube. Food you use: I use the full line of HAN foods. Leaf litter vs no leaf litter: Definitely leaf litter. It provides areas for shrimp to graze on, a constant food source, and antibacterial properties.

I don't know much about mosses, but I really like the way the one on the left looks. Very pretty!

Maybe it's because I've been putting in plain RO water to lower my GH. I haven't been adding any minerals into the water. I'm going to monitor them over the next week. I tested my parameters and my GH is 6 and TDS was 142. In happy with those. I'll hold off on a water change for a while and see how they do.

Okay so I was breathing a sigh of relief, but now I'm worried again. I made sure to look over all the shrimp one more time just to look for abnormalities and I noticed one of the berried females has one of her long antennae missing. Are there other causes of this or is solely a bacterial infection that causes this?

Yes they are always grazing and moving about. They immediately go to food when I put it in the tank. All food including leaves like amaranth or kale are gone within 2-3 hours. Occasionally it takes them a day or so to finish snowflake food depending on how much I put in. The babies I have right now are still small, but seem to have really nice color. I know the water changes may be stressful, but the majority of the shrimp still have nice solid white shells with bright red markings.

Congratulations!

I have quite a few berried females. They seem to be molting okay and the babies are growing. So I'm crossing my fingers that after my next water change my GH will go from 7 to 6 and I can let them be for a while.

I have around 10 berried females. They seem to be breeding okay and none of them are acting sluggish. I'm going to chalk it up to the frequent water changes I have been doing. Hopefully my next water change will get my parameters where I need them and I can let them be for a while. I don't have a video, but I will take a picture of the whole tank tonight.

So I rounded up and took pictures of all the shrimp in my CRS tank that have clear or splotchy coloration. Out of 65+ these 6 are the only ones that have clear patches. I zoomed in more on the original shrimp I had been looking at. As I sit here looking at them they don't look pink or orange and they don't have any broken antennae. I have always had a few shrimp in this tank with poor coloration, but I had purchased them on AB knowing some would have decent coloration and some wouldn't. Please let me know if any of these shrimp look like they have a bacterial infection or show signs of of being unhealthy. Ps. Thank you so much for all your help. I know whenever I'm in a time of need concerning my shrimp, the members of shrimpspot are always there to help out in any way they can and I truly appreciate it! I should also mention that in the last two weeks I recognized that I had my GH and TDS levels were too high in several of my tanks so I have been doing a 10-20% water change every two days with pure RO water. I have been checking my parameters everyday and so far I've gotten my PRL and TB and CRS tanks down to a GH of 7 and a TDS of 142ish. Could this be a contributing factor to coloration? Since I'm not putting any minerals into the water to lower the parameters and using pure RO would the shrimp be negatively affected? I'm trying to go slow about it so I don't shock them.

I have a finnex planted plus on mine and really like it!

I will take some more pictures when I get home this evening and post them to this thread.

Do you think the shrimp in the picture looks like a bacterial infection?

To me mine doesn't look milky, It just looks different. I have a few CRS in this tank that have always had poor coloration. He just looked a little odd. Does he look milky to you? I really don't have a reference to compare it to. I was hoping someone would have a picture so I could see what a milky CRS looked like

So there is something wrong with this particular shrimp? Or all my shrimp may be unhealthy in this tank? How do I know what imbalance there is if that's the problem? What kind of pollutant could cause this? I was hoping it was nothing and I was just being paranoid. Now I'm really worried

Does anyone have any pictures of CRS with a bacterial infection? I know some people describe them as looking milky. The reason I'm asking is because I walked past my CRS tank and noticed a little shrimp that looked a little odd to me. I have about 5 or 6 shrimp in that tank that have areas of splotchy clear coloration. I have had no deaths in this tank and everyone seems happy and healthy. I just recently lost on of my favorite TBs out of the blue so I think I might just be paranoid. Here's a picture of the shrimp in question.

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