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poopians. Ghost shrimp are aggressive . I have caught them in the area canals and found them aggressive . I also find them harder to keep than most fancy freshwater shrimp .

I was just kidding around but in a 125 with only 1 shrimp but I do not think you would ever need to do water changes in such a size tank with one shrimp .

Soothing, I agree with your theory . Have you considered setting up a 125 gallon with just ONE shrimp . I think this experiment for a year would be interesting.

Doc, A planted tank will keep the tank cycled but looking at a planted tank without adding something is hard too do , lol. I had an extra 20 gallon in my garage but finally caught a fairly tame wild leopard gecko which was living under my dryer in the garage and put the skinny fellow in the tank , got him/her some crickets .

Perhaps you are over feeding ? Don't feed for a few days , than try a fresh pea . I feed 3 days a week but throw in a pea which they love every couple of weeks . Well by fresh I mean a canned pea , rinsed in tap water , break it up a little bit and they love it .

Brown cardboard will work just fine, I just happen to like black because it enhances the fish, shrimp colors but any cardboard, poster board , even black paint on the tank bottom will work. Of course outside of the tank , lol. Cardboard or poster paper you attach with scotch tape . Than you do not use gravel and you place your driftwood with moss (if you want) and some clay pots if you like with plants scattered about the tank. I mention either driftwood piece with java fern and or moss and or a few small pots with plants because I think the colors on danios become much more vibrant when they have something that gives them cover and the comfort that plants give them. The celestials are very pretty . Think they are fairly new to the hobby , maybe 5 years . I can not copy and paste but if you look up bare bottom discus tanks photo gallery , You will see how nice some are . Easy as can be as far as cleaning .

That'll work . Do you have a cover to keep the water in from splashing as you drive?

Hungle, My first tank decades ago was saltwater . We did not have all the equipment you have now. It was under gravel filter or box filters and water changes . Even the filters back than could not be used because they had metal parts . I kept cucumbers , constantly multiplying feather dusters and other inverts (not intense light needing coral like they keep now ) . I used to do a 5% water change twice a week because it would not throw off the salinity (I did try to get at 1.020 in new water ) , water I was using was not same temp as tank and if something was wrong a 5% water change wasn't that much. Everything thrived so I stuck with that method with freshwater shrimp . My fish inside/outside I do larger water changes . I use the water for the plants . I use tap water and have had no losses with shrimp and they breed well . My tanks are planted tanks which is a big buffer , I use Borneowild shield which I add to the new water (only 1/2 of that little spoon ) and prime dechlorinator . Everyone has different methods . A friend has aquaponic shrimp tank with bamboo growing roots deep in the tank and it looks very pretty , they rarely change water only replenish water. I'd try that method myself with some local cherry shrimp in a backyard patio tank because it does look nice but it just gets to hot here for shrimp unless a pond , plus my wife would kill me for intruding on her orchid area .

You could keep some cheap cherry shrimp in there , male endlers livebearers , even a planted tank with nothing else will be nice and keeps the tank cycled.

Chibikaie , Scuds are the easiest live food to culture esp if you could keep them outside (in shade) , no filter with a piece of driftwood on the bottom ., Fish not only love them but you see it in their color . I find driftwood (NOT the rock hard Mopani) to be the key as far as heavy breeding, They colonize the driftwood like termites .

Soothing. I guess over 300 gallons www.tropicalfishmiami.com You see the cement vats on the site . They only sell cherry shrimp and not mail order for shrimp so the site isn't in competition with anyone here but their cherrys are huge and the water isn't cool either. Hungle, On my 20 gallon tanks I do 5% water change twice a week using de-chlorinated tap water . Temps are 76 during the day and 72 at night . I could be wrong but I suspect that the 76 during the day also plays a factor in the breeding.

I could be wrong but pretty sure mine breed all year long and I attribute this to the weekly water changes . I do not keep any shrimp outside but find those who keep cherry outside (Fish farm that sells them) The shrimp are noticeably larger than tank Cherry shrimp .

I would go with the Marineland penguin 100. I have used one for years .

Fire belly toads are easy or if you can keep the tank fairly cool all year long , three lined salamanders which are small and semi aquatic . Florida newts (peninsula newts ) can go warmer than eastern newts , they will use land/water and you see them more than 3 lined . We used to find them even in summer bit further north in ponds . If you keep the tank warm the tiny Green house frogs are very interesting but they do like it warm. They are rather vocal for such a tiny frog . Soothing, When I was in the Army I was at Ft. Sherman Panama for a year and there were mudskippers all over the mangrove swamp but they hate each other and constantly chased each other , think they are territorial . One of the prettiest places I have ever seen .

Okay thanks.

I'm going to look into them as like them but don't want any plants eaten .

Camaro, There are different types of nerites sold, think 3 types . Perhaps it was the type you purchased.

Poopians, If live plants are not for you, you can use a bare bottom tank . Just either paint the outside bottom of it or use black, etc poster paper (scotch taped) . You could put a few small clay pots with plants here and there.

What color did you get ?

I imagine the Sulawesi snails will eat moss, plants?

Soothing, You have seen them go after baby shrimp?

I have some scuds in all my shrimp tanks . I have no issues with them but they do eat protein and eat shrimp food. Fish LOVE them . Since I do not keep fish with the shrimp , I place a little dish , etc with shrimp food and siphon out scuds . Mine also came in moss from the pet store but I am to blame for not "disinfecting" the moss prior to placing it in tank . I used to have them in my 55 before adding shrimp and several days of CO2 killed them. They breed rather well in filters and colonize driftwood .

I can already tell that they only eat algae and do not eat my snail food unlike other snails . I like them . I am going to get 2 or 3 more per tank . The lady gave me the type of nerite but I forgot . Will find out come next week . Very underrated snail which I never knew much about till you told me. I did know they were around but just assumed they were at best brackish .

Sorry to hear you lost them, By recycling the system , I imagine you mean the small tank where you raised the baby shrimp not the 55 ? I had a smaller separate tank besides my 55 for Harlequins but never got any babies and had them for years.

subtletanks, Now that look I like .