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Yes, that was me and I don't want too many baby shrimps because I don't want to have to deal with selling or culling. But on the same hand, it is kind of discouraging to have seen up to 20+ babies at one time, and then to watch that number slowly go down.

yeah, that'll do it

Yes! That is very helpful. The 14 gallon tank definitely would meet the neos at their lower limit and crystals at their upper limit. I have just read mixed recommendations on whether they tolerate any KH. The other tank I wanted to make suitable KH for snails to breed and keep the neos happy. I didn’t do much research on the Sulawesi. With those parameters (14g), I just wasn’t sure if they might be more tolerant than crystals. Thanks for the input.

I think you guys are right about them being separate issues, but what a strange event of coincidences. I got home today and no shrimps are to be found anymore along with the mystery parasite. Fish all look great. I did a water test and the ph came to 7.2, ammonia was .15ppm, nitrite was 0 ppm and nitrate 0ppm. This was after the water change I did the other day so perhaps high ammonia levels got to them or how I was speculating originally there may have been pesticides on the plant I ordered. It wouldnt really make sense for a parasite to be killing all of its hosts. Id still love to try and figure out what the thing was though. I looked up water mites and I think it’s a possibilty, but idk if there are parasitic ones and this creature looked like it had a long antenna or probe like thing. Its hard trying to match stuff from just my low quality i phone vids. Thanks for the help and ideas!

I am really pleased that your babies are doing well! If I recall correctly(unlikely though!!!!!!!!) you previously asked how to stop getting overstocked, so as long as you are getting 'SOME' of the babies survive, rather than all, that should help with that issue? I rarely see shrimps spending time on my moss either, they spend more time on other surfaces. IF you want more babies you should use some powder/baby food, though if you have 14 babies already and don't want to get over-run then I would leave it alone, you must be doing it right, and messing with things can just cause a problem when there wasn't one to start with? They will have more babies and eventually the babies will grow and have babies so just let it naturally happen that the colony grows! Simon