Soothing Shrimp

Not off hand. Just some things I have learned over the years.

As long as he's not stuck. I've heard some horror stories of babies being trapped under soil.

Everybody! Field trip to Will's Farm!

Some things to think about with dropped eggs: Your wc may have triggered it your shrimp may have been a first time mama your params may be off.

Sweet tank and shrimp! Welcome!

They all look BM to me. A nice red see through. When they first came out, the breeder stated the rostrums had to be short. It was marketing to hold off the competition. That quickly faded as a myth though when the same breeder was also selling BM with regular rostrums.

Yeah. So you'd change your scape to air plants, succulants, etc.

Has it kept shrimp out from the inner area or either side?

Oblongshrimp carries them.

Where are you located?

Wow! Reminds me of the rainbow eucalyptis tree. https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrB8pkjCbJWryYADhSJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBsZ29xY3ZzBHNlYwNzZWFyY2gEc2xrA2J1dHRvbg--;_ylc=X1MDOTYwNjI4NTcEX3IDMgRiY2sDMWVqMG11dGI0a2MwcCUyNmIlM0Q0JTI2ZCUzRGRMRnNJb3RwWUVLaWQ5N0VndnBySHhLWUlmRGZFdUNlZEQ2ZTRBLS0lMjZzJTNEOTMlMjZpJTNERzdwVFc2YU1XOGpXS045ajdkYmsEZnIDeWZwLXQtMjAxBGdwcmlkA2o4Nm5wMWpVVF9DTTNTVm1WQVZhTUEEbXRlc3RpZANudWxsBG5fc3VnZwMxMARvcmlnaW4DaW1hZ2VzLnNlYXJjaC55YWhvby5jb20EcG9zAzAEcHFzdHIDBHBxc3RybAMEcXN0cmwDMTgEcXVlcnkDcmFpbmJvdyBldWNhbHlwdGlzBHRfc3RtcAMxNDU0NTA4MzQxBHZ0ZXN0aWQDSU1HQzE-?gprid=j86np1jUT_CM3SVmVAVaMA&pvid=kxkPrDY5LjEXTBb3VkowGRLsOTkuMQAAAAAb9m_L&p=rainbow+eucalyptis&fr=yfp-t-201&fr2=sb-top-images.search.yahoo.com&ei=UTF-8&n=60&x=wrt

Have you considered Collards? Or Leopards? Collards are rainbow colored, while leos are bred in all kinds of different morphs. New Mexico whiptails reproduce through parthenogenic reproduction, and can be really pretty shades of stripes on a blue background. Theoretically you could keep one and still have babies.

Nice amount of berries. Congrats! What is the green plastic squiggly thing?

I think it may depend if they have additional food.

I will. It won't be as epic as Jomes does. heh Mine is just a tenner. I have been thinking of adding a volcano though....

Wow Homes, that looks good!

LOL Mine, too. You fit right in.

A few drops of marine iodine in the water will help molting easier. Interesting...

I just don't want it to be heavy...

Okay, found out I can use latex dryloc for masonry. Basically a thick latex paint.

Anyone have any experience making styrofoam carved backgrounds? I can do the carving from extruded pink/blue foam. What is non toxic/light to coat it with?

I've decided to take a risk and try Vampire crabs. (Geosesarma) I've been wanting to do a vivarium for several months now,but got sidetracked on coral, etc. It's just how my mind works. I research something for an extremely long time, and then get sidetracked. LOL So, I have to figure out a layout. I'm going to use a tenner I already have and set it up like a vivarium. To buy a viv tank is just too much cost for me right now. I'm going to try to do this on the cheap with parts I have laying around. Geosesarma are notorious for just up and dying, so I want to have everything in place before I even buy them. I know almost nothing about them thus far. LOL But, I knew almost nothing about shrimp when I first ventured into them as well. I'm sure it will be a huge learning curve. I've read they'll eat flakes, but I'd be afraid of mold on the moist ground. Pellets from a dish would be nice, I think? Mealworms/crickets, etc can be done- but I'm not one to keep buying live food. Perhaps some shrimp culls in the water? Who knows? I found some moss growing on the ground on the walk taking my twins to school. Thinking about harvesting some of that for land...

Nice!

I don't use ada soil, so someone please correct me if I'm wrong- but I think ada soil just buffers ph and doesn't do anything to gh/kh

Small tanks are great if you can keep up with parameters. I suck at that with tiny tanks. LOL Basically the idea is the larger the amount of water, the more stable the parameters- and the more time you have to correct something before big problems happen. The smaller tanks, one parameter can suddenly be slightly off and cause a chain of reactions quickly. Unfortunately, the more expensive shrimp are usually the most sensitive ones as well. Like I said, some people are great at it, and you may be one of them. I suck at tiny tanks.