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Hello, I have had an aquarium for a while, and grew up around them (my dad has always kept african cichlids...but I'm pretty happy just sticking to my cherry barbs, bristlenose pleco, and a pile of aquatic plants). I've never had shrimp before, but I decided to get some cherries a couple of months ago cause they're pretty interesting to watch. Haven't gotten them yet (gonna get them tomorrow actually) Since I've never kept any kind of invert other than vagrant pond snails I did a lot of research before deciding if it'd even be ok to get them. This is pretty much the only place on the internet I could find information that is reliable and well organized, so it seemed like a good place to sign up in case I ever need help, or simply want to share about my shrimp. And that's my introduction, I'm not sure that I'll be especially active but I figured I'd give a proper hello at least!

A trick we use to cull snails is to leave a fish net in a bucket of aquarium water. Outside if possible. Few days later the net will have a nice biofilm on it. If the net is then added to an aquarium, snails will swarm all over it. Net can then be removed, the snails shaken off and the process repeated. Perhaps netting would be a good medium for growing shrimp biofilm food?