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Great advise @sdlTBfanUK... Where there is a will, there is a way... I had a heavily planted 65 gallon tank in the past and always threw away the clippings... that is, until a lightbulb went on and I started to take clippings and putting them in to plastic bags and trading them with local fish stores for supplies... At the time, I was more than willing to give them away, so I am sure @Tivon can find clippings of plants and or trade with another hobbiest...

We should just call them bloody marys from now. [emoji23] Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk I guess we could have some more time to decide what to do with them. Meanwhile, i just stare at the tank for hours. So entertaining to watch! Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk

Looks like a dark blue shrimp... I'd honestly believe that you either have Bloody Mary shrimp or shrimp that have been mixed with Bloody Mary perhaps? It's up to you how you want to handle the little blue shrimp!

That's a good idea Sent from my XT1710-02 using Shrimp Keepers Forum mobile app Also my shrimp are turning back to normal turns out he was just molting Sent from my XT1710-02 using Shrimp Keepers Forum mobile app

You could try putting a request in the wanted to buy for some "unwanted or extra plants", I am sure someone over there would be happy to help and if not there is nothing lost. I know it says 'to buy', but if you explain your situation I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOMEONE NEARER YOU WILLING TO HELP if all it costs them is the postage for some excess plants they don't want?????? WORTH A TRY, NOTHING LOST! I am always discarding unwanted plants (usually just Java fern or Moss admittedly) so if you were in UK I would be more than pleased to donate/send some, but sending to US would be a bit too difficult/far unfortunately for me, plants etc ???? Good luck with it all! Simon

Thanks Zoidburg for that info. My wife is coming home with what hopefully will be ceylon. If it's the stuff I'll boil it for 20 minutes (and make myself a cup of tea) and then put it in the tank after it cools a bit.

I would recommend removing the cinnamon then. Only thing I can find for sure is that cassia has too much cumarin in it (what makes it smell?) where-as true cinnamon, ceylon, has much less. I don't know how that affects animals, but even in other species (dogs, birds, etc) I've always seen ceylon recommended. Never cassia.

You don't need money to get your water tested at an LFS - unless they charge for it. However, most stores don't. If you want plants, then see if there are any fish groups local to you and ask for clippings. However, you need clean plants that have not been treated with copper.

Your ammonia should be at 0. Was the tank cycled? You are better off tossing pH Down into the trash. It'll cause more harm than good and Neos can live in a tank with pH of 8 or higher. My tanks generally run at 7.5 pH. (it's blue on the low pH, orange on the high pH). Do you have an LFS (not Petco, Petsmart or other chain store, but mom/pop fish shop) around you that can test everything including GH and KH?

Well my pH was 7.6. My amonia is a tad high. The nitrates are 0 and that's all I know when I got my water tested and I used pH down to lower the pH. I wish I had money to buy a kit but I have nothing Sent from my XT1710-02 using Shrimp Keepers Forum mobile app

These are likely imported shrimp which are probably already stressed out by being imported from Taiwan (I think? not sure where they purchase their stock from), having to change water parameters at least 3 times, may have parasites and often have a failure to thrive even in the best of tanks in the USA. Add in being in a tank that might have water that's too soft (only based on where the OP is - could be wrong) and unnecessary chemicals being thrown into the tank, I'm worried about the shrimp. I hope we can get some concrete information so that we can help get the OP going in the right direction and hopefully avoid any disasters or fix them.

Its difficult to tell the colour when they are young and it may darken when they get older as well. It looks blue but it could just be the light! Pretty though as you say. It really depends on how you want to run your tanks. If you want good colour I think most people remove the odd/different shrimps and poor colour ones. This isn't a problem for you if you are going to put them in with the tetras as you will still see them and they are at little risk and will probably have a happy life still doing their thing. Neocaridina aren't able to breed until 3 months old so you have a little time to decide. If you don't remove the odd and poor colours you will end up, as I have, with them reverting to wild shrimp with little colour, or brown blotchy colouring for neocaridina type! At this stage I have about 50% red colour and 50% browns but it is in the tank I am little interested in, so just leave it. I expect all mine will end up reverting to a wild brown type over time through mixed breeding? Simon