One of my shrimps with eggs seems to curl up into itself. It's shell seems normal otherwise. I've also noticed that it uses its legs to pat or brush it's back. Is this normal? It reminds me of my dog on its hind legs trying to push out it's poop.

This tank has really taken off and I'm overjoyed!

Caught this horrid beast trying to evolve

I like them because they bring a tank together. For some reason it feels more natural to see a zillion little pikmin crawling around doing their own thing. It’s kinda like a snapshot of the wild or at least a garden. Same reason why I like snails

They’re also useful. Eating leftovers and other whatnot in a tank. Because of this they really don’t need much. At least that’s my experience with red cherry shrimp. Of course I still feed them directly but you cannot deny their utility.

Lastly I just think they’re cute. I think people have a general dislike of tiny crawly things with lots of legs, so this may be a contributing factor. I don’t know they just have a polite disposition that I appreciate.

But what about you guys? Why do you like freshwater shrimp?

Fed my tank an algae wafer and noticed my berrried mama shrimp doing this. Is she okay? Is this normal behaviour for a berried shrimp? Can I help her?

I got a few new ghost shrimp to add into my shrimp tank and one of them came berried. I was worried about having issues breeding but she decided to bring the breeding to me

This tank has been running for about 6 months now, I started with 4 neocardinia and now there’s around 20. I’ve noticed groups of baby shrimp on many occasions but I think the filter is sucking the majority of them up because I rarely see new juveniles. I’ve tried covering the filter with a sponge and putting a sponge inside the pipe to slow down the flow, but they keep getting clogged up and constantly need rinsing out. I’m tempted to just remove the mechanical filter, but I’m worried about crashing the cycle. The substrate layer is very thick, it’s well established now and it’s heavily planted, I believe this is enough biological filtration to keep the skrimp population happy and healthy but I’m not sure. Has anyone had experience removing their mechanical filter from their shrimp tank? if so what effect did it have on the tank?

Shrimplet on Anubias Nana

These photos are from my two tanks — 12L shrimp tank and 40L betta tank

I originally got 7 shrimp back in July from someone whose colony started with red and blue Neocaridina — their offspring had reverted to wild type, and the ones I received were mostly dark brown with tiger-like patterns. Some had subtle blue undertones, but most were in different shades brown.

In August, I added 12 more from my parents' tank. They were either clearish-lightish or redish. Fun fact: those are descendants of shrimp I got like 10 years ago (1 red, 9 clear), and the red still pops up today!

They’ve multiplied a lot since i got them, and I’ve mixed both lines to freshen the bloodline (if that’s even a thing?).

I honestly love them just the way they are. I love their variety and don’t care if they’re fancy looking or not. I just want them to be healthy and happy.

Thanks to the help of you lovely people on my last question in this sub, I got my tank started! This has only been cycling for a week and has a sponge from an established tank from my lfs. I plan on getting some stones and more plants to fill this tank out but I am wondering if the flow is too high for my future shrimps and the present duckweed.

There is not a way to lower the flow but I can probably drill holes on the spray bar to lower the flow in one direction.

I have a 5 gallon tank with about 10 shrimps in it. Plenty of plants, algae and good soil.

I have been feeding dedicated shrimp pellets and they seem to be eating it, other than that they just graze on algae on the glass and rock.

I had shrimp before in a 14 gallon last year but they never had a massive population growth. However, the tank was not heavily planted only java moss and thin layer of sand.

Help does this apper to be dangerous for my shrimp

Mama shrimp so preggers