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My Aura Blue

I finally got around to working on this little project. The design changed a few times in my head and didn't turn out the way I wanted exactly but I think it'll do the job for now with possible enhancements in the future ? Stay tuned for the finished product...

They 'attack' the gills according to information of fish/koi keepers. But they antenna is the perfect part to spot parasites with microscope. Since they are transparent. Also in the legs I can find them. The parasite is very small, impossible to see with the naked eye. Thank you for your tips. I will look into these products. @bluestarfish Thank you. indeed they seem to be bullet proof, also creating spores that can even tolerate much more. You are right about the restock and sterillization. But I'm so hard trying to find a solution and still have a little hope left. Also I believe this parasite could be the reason of a lot of other people having trouble with their shrimp. Since it's a very clear patterns of 1 or 2 shrimp that die a day, most of the time in the morning. Dead shrimp are eaten by others, spreading the parasite? They attack the gills, this makes it also plausible why most shrimp found dead in the morning when the oxygen level is at it lowest point. Also it seems to peak above 25c, which is the ideal temperature of this parasite. It's easy to find out if you have a microscope...

I have been thinking about adding a couple of mineral balls to the tank that is housing my nerite snails along with my black cherry shrimp. But am in a quandary about which balls might be more beneficial to them. So far I have seen Tourmaline Mineral Balls and Porphyries Andesite Mineral Balls along with a few that are just called Mineral Balls. So I am wondering after reading the brief descriptions on the two main types is there a huge benefit from choosing one over the other? From what I can see all types of mineral ball appear to claim the same properties of slow release of minerals and stabilising pH and gH.

My Red Tüpfel :)

Just had to add some more pictures of these beauties under the new LED light A lovely DAS Solid coloured single back stripe chameleon Black broken striped Chameleon And could be a chameleon or a Blackmore River shrimp I'm leaning towards a blackmore for that last picture