r/shrimptank Feb 10 '25

Beginner Why my shrimp like this?

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My shrimp is trying to get out of water. I think she ready to emerge and live on the land. Is this normal tho?

r/shrimptank 13d ago

Beginner Someone in my local aquarium groups made a great visual to help sex shrimps

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r/shrimptank Feb 28 '25

Beginner my shrimps are migrating somewhere

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913 Upvotes

just did a water change and the temperature dropped to 22 i guess they didnt like it and want to move out.. or is it breeding season?

r/shrimptank Jan 10 '25

Beginner My mom died on Christmas Day so I made myself a shrimp tank to fill the void

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927 Upvotes

2 weeks in and everything is going really well so far :) have a few shell guys to tackle the algae growth and very excited about how things are establishing

r/shrimptank Jan 17 '25

Beginner Is it too much shrimpcest if this colony came from about 4 shrimp?

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560 Upvotes

I started with about 4 shrimp and there’s probably over 150 in there now. I move them to other tanks but they keep breeding so idk if I’m over stocked or not.

r/shrimptank Feb 27 '25

Beginner What to expect from a Skittles tank?

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355 Upvotes

As suggested in the title I have a fairly new Skittles tank of cherry shrimp with red, yellow and blue colours. I have just started to see a few babies in there with . I know full well that breeding multiple colours will result in wild types and I am fine with that. What I was wondering if you ever get any odd colours coming out with a Skittles tank at all or if they'll all be wild types from here? And if this does happen how often is it like in a few broods you might get a weird colour or will you only be seeing one every few years?

r/shrimptank 22d ago

Beginner What’s up with this shrimp? Pregnant?

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563 Upvotes

I’m confused… I have other pregnant shrimp and they don’t look like this. So I guess my question is what’s going on with her?

r/shrimptank Feb 05 '25

Beginner Newbie: Not sure what I am doing?

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318 Upvotes

Do my tanks look ready for Shrimp?

r/shrimptank 20d ago

Beginner New behavior, the shrimp have been in this tank for a month + and all of a sudden they are all swimming in circles

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I did a 25% water change today, but other than that everything is the same as it always is. A quick search talks about males looking for a molted female, but it appears to be both males and females swimming in circles. Should I be worried?

How do they all decide to swim in the same direction? 😂

r/shrimptank Jan 29 '25

Beginner Is crushed bladder snails good for shrimp? They seem to like it

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332 Upvotes

This whole gang here is enjoying today's harvest of my other tank's bladder snails. Nutritionally, how good is it? will it help them with molting or are the nutrients in the shell not bioavailable (if they even eat the shell)?

r/shrimptank 24d ago

Beginner This is her saddle and not something dangerous, right?

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561 Upvotes

I’m new to this and want to make sure it isn’t a parasite or fungus, like I sometime see on this sub. Thank you!

r/shrimptank 1d ago

Beginner I give up on shrimp

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281 Upvotes

The first seven shrimps that I got died off one by one within the span of two weeks. Got everything out, started over, let the tank cycle, finally tried again.

Three weeks ago, I got ten new ones. They seemed to be doing better. I found two (or was it three?) during the first five days or so. At first I could count the ones remaining. Then I could spot less and less, but didn’t find any dead ones so assumed the ones I didn’t see were just hiding.

Today I found a perfect molt. And just a moment later, I spotted a dead shrimp. For days and days I’ve never seen more than four shrimp, so I guess I might be down to only three now?

GH: 9 KH: 9 PH: 7,6

I’ve tried to get the parameters right, but I guess it’s not enough.

I feel so bad for my lil guys, and with that I give up. I’ll try to keep the ones left alive, but I’m not gonna get any new ones.

Thanks for reading my rant, over and out. 🫡

r/shrimptank Mar 04 '25

Beginner Berried shrimp no longer berried, no sign of babies

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220 Upvotes

This girl came berried and was carrying them for 4 days after putting the group in the tank. Didn't seem stressed or anything, she's just been pigging out on the plants. This morning I noticed she's no longer berried though I think I still see an egg attached to her swimmerets. I scoured the tank and although it's a heavily planted 55 gallon, I couldn't find any babies.

I read that once the eggs are attached like that it's very difficult to get them off but I'm wondering if she still dropped them or somethng.

r/shrimptank 1d ago

Beginner Is this too much movement for the duckweed and future shrimp?

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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.

r/shrimptank Feb 14 '25

Beginner I could cry. Today I found my favorite shrimp dead and eggnant.

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656 Upvotes

r/shrimptank Feb 05 '25

Beginner Just added Red Rilis to my tank, why is my Red Cherry doing this?

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408 Upvotes

r/shrimptank Jan 11 '25

Beginner Is it okay to add plants and stuff to an established caridinia tank while the shrimp are in it?

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267 Upvotes

I have/had about 25 Crystal Reds and am new to this. Last night I removed two plants, pruned a few bunches of Java moss, and added in several new plants. Everything was fine before doing that, but after I finished I noticed they were all swimming around like crazy. This morning I found 4 gone.

I soaked the new plants in water conditioned tap for 24 hours before adding them.

Could doing something like this while the shrimp are in the tank harm them? If so, how am I ever supposed to do maintenance on the tank?

Tank is about 2 months old. My parameters are all good. Ph 6.8, Ammonia/Nitrites 0, Nitrates less than 5. I thought maybe I disturbed the substrate too much, but TDS was reading 139 yesterday and 140 today. Substrate is Fluval Stratum.

I did not add any new water to the tank, but did wash my hands throughout the process and made sure to dry my hands before going back in. However, could small traces of untreated tap water on my hands be enough to do this?

r/shrimptank 9d ago

Beginner Soooo...is this poop? Do we need to help him?

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405 Upvotes

This poop (I assume) has been sticking out for at least a full day. Everyone else seems fine. Does he need help? Or is it just gross 🤣🤢🦐

r/shrimptank Jan 27 '25

Beginner Is 6 dollars a shrimp a good price?

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There’s only one good pet store near me with cherry shrimp and they sell them for about 6 dollars each, just wondering if this is a good price. (Pictures from there site)

r/shrimptank Feb 26 '25

Beginner Is it normal to lose a shrimp once in a while?

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Found this half of a shrimp but can’t find the other half lol. Tested my parameters and everything checks out. My tank recently went thru a hard reset as I learned I was overfeeding, had a ton of detritus build up and started seeing planaria. It was only when I changed the substrate that I started to have shrimp die off, assuming it’s because I was now messing with the beneficial bacteria in the tank. May be good to note I have 4 guppies.

Here’s a quick timeline:

12/22/24 - took out half of the detritus ridden controsoil, replaced with fine sand, started No Planaria & dosed minimally for 4 consecutive days. Lost 1 male shrimp a few days later which I assume is from the gravel removal and water change. pH 7.4, kH 2-3, gH 5-6, nitrate/nitrite/ammonia 0

01/07/25 - 10% water change pH 7.42, kH 2, gH 4, nitrate/nitrite/ammonia 0

01/20/25 - Removed remaining controsoil, replaced with fine sand & did water change/maintenance. Forgot to take test parameters this day!! 😭😣 (kicking myself for this because…)

02/02/25 - 1 female shrimp acting lethargic pH 6!, kH 2, gH 4-5, nitrate/nitrite/ammonia 0 02/08/25 female shrimp confirmed dead

02/24/25 - took video take above 02/25/25 - pH 6.2 kH 2, gH 6, nitrate/nitrite/ammonia 0 & getting ready to do a water change tomorrow.

I know I want my pH higher but it will come with time and the shrimp seem to be relatively stable.

I always have about 30 shrimp in my tank at time. Most seemed to do well even after all the changes. Still have consistent berried shrimp. I only use RO water & typically change every 2 wks. No more signs of Planaria since the initial dosage. I’ve always been super careful about feeding. Fish flakes are minimal and everyday. Every other day I add extra food for the shrimp.

For example: Monday - 1 shrimp stick (brand 1) Wednesday - 1 shrimp stick (brand 2) Friday - frozen brine shrimp (fish also help eat) & wont feed again until Monday. Am I still feeding too much or not enough?

I keep that rotation of food going because ever since the hard change, I don’t grow algae as much as I used to anymore. I keep on the light on from 8am to 4pm.

r/shrimptank 25d ago

Beginner Less than a week ago I got in a batch of 20 shrimp blue dream. One gave birth the night I got her and I saw the babies. The next morning, I lost every shrimp but two. Tonight I see this guy. Please tell me he’s a normal baby shrimp? I’ve had shrimp a while but this would be the first baby.

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r/shrimptank Mar 05 '25

Beginner New to Shrimpin, Are these eggs?

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Hello i’ve had this 5gal with 5 shrimp and snails that magically appeared yesterday for about a month, Are these balls on its belly eggs, and are they in the fertilized or unfertilized stage. Also there’s this white clear stringy slime stuff that you can see on my grass that recently appeared around when the snails did, Is that from them or just algae bloom? i removed most of it with a baster but builds up over night.

r/shrimptank 24d ago

Beginner Help! 20gal tank overrun by 50+ shrimplets

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I have a few blue dream shrimp and 3 of them got pregnant at the same time. I didn’t know they could reproduce so easily in freshwater (thought they needed brackish). Now, there are 50+ shrimplets and counting. I’m nervous about the bioload for my other fish (neon tetras, kuhlis, and some pygmy corys) and have been testing my water weekly. Everything has been good so far, levels are stable. I did have a neon tetras die about a week ago and I’m worried the bb blue dreams may have contributed to that.

At what point should I start selling/donating these little guys?

r/shrimptank Feb 27 '25

Beginner Is this food good?

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160 Upvotes

r/shrimptank 15d ago

Beginner Was gifted this shrimp tank

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441 Upvotes

Hey everybody, I’m getting the hang of the shrimp tank so far. What’s this substrate? Some have said sand others shrimp poop. Very dusty when the shrimp land and take flight. Also, are these sakura shrimp? Cherry? Anyone know what kind of snails I have?

Just fed some micro pallets. So all the shrimp are gathering for dinner on the filter!

Also if anyone can identify the plants growing that would be stellar. Totally new to this. Everything was gifted/given away by another shrimper.