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I have duckweed in one tank and I have tried several times to get rid of it but it keeps re-appering so I would recommend you avoid that. TheCaridina shrimp are a lot more difficult to keep so do lots of research before you start dwn that route, and be prepared for the fact it may not work even with the best attention and parameters/ Simon

To put a final update on this thread: There was initially a batch of babies born in Feb 2020 consisting bkk and blue bolts. They all grew up lively for the first few months, but from about month 7 til now, the BKK have been dying off one per several weeks with short antennae syndrome. A whole tank dose of Minocycline did not save them or prevent new disease. They never got larger than juvie size even after a year. There is only one survivor BKK who grew up to full size and is still doing well now. All the BB survived and seem to be doing well. One BKK, born in July 2020 got evacuated to the Amano tank and is doing well, although also never grew up past juvie size. I'll see what happens to that guy over the next few months. I'm starting to think that RWP X BB (their parents) results in healthy blue bolts and genetically defective BKK.

Thank you Simon!! L Bretz does ship to the lower USA so that's exciting. He has a ton of neos! I may add another blue velvet or 2. Aquahun's website is currently down so I wasn't able to check them out. Hope they're doing ok. (Edit: Aqua Huna, not Aquahun. Their website is working.) Flip Aquatics by far has the best caridina selection. We definitely keep the AC running, and always keep it about 68-70 room temp so that shouldn't be a problem. Right now here in the mountains it's in the 30s or less (we may get snow this week) but I haven't had to use the heater I bought. It's just an expensive algae collector at this point. Just in case anyone else is looking, here are other breeders who ship in/to the US that I found: Europe Shrimp Corner - Manchester, UK (but they do ship to the US) Canada Tim's Shrimpery & Aquatics - BC, Canada (but they do ship to the US) USA Northeast So Shrimp - NY Southeast Terry's Shrimp Shop - FL Midwest Flip Aquatics - OH Planet Inverts - OH Elite Inverts - OH Aquatic Arts - IN LR Bretz Aquatics - IN The Shrimp Farm - IL Tails & Snails Aquatics - IL Lucky Aquatics - MI Joe's Shrimp Shack - MN Southwest DanQuatics - UT AZ Gardens - AZ West Coast Aqua Huna - WA (but doesn't ship to WA/allow pickup) Shrimpy Business - WA Shrimp Envy - OR The Grove Aquatics - CA Coastal Gems USA - CA Blue Crown Aquatic - CA Joe's Aquarium - CA BuyPetShrimp.com - CA Billy Boi Aquatics - CA Nolan's Aquarium - CA The Shrimp Rack - CA

Thank you so much, Simon!! I think I just spotted the 5th and newly hatched teeny tiny Malaysian Trumpet Snail in my tank this week. They are a Godsend honestly, because they dive down into the substrate and get every little piece of food, and there is plenty for them even after suctioning the substrate. I had to start feeding every other day based on the frenzy, I think they have consumed most of the biofilm. My filter sponge was thick with algae and it looks nearly brand new. I have a ton of food and botanicals coming next week, til then it will have to be a tricky dance on the line of overfeeding. I believe any freshwater shrimp would be a good meal for Tortuga the turtle. I've been able to give him fresh plants (except duckweed, I'm just not going there as I read it's a plague), fresh fish, fresh mealworms, and shrimp are really the only fresh food missing. I'll wait until I have over 20 to add to his tank, so hopefully he won't eat them all and they can propagate. I have mollies and platys in their now, the guppies never last long enough to breed. And a bn pleco but it's just a baby so it won't be eaten. Those little suckers move fast when they're babies!! I really shot myself in the foot though, since I now have a 10g and am looking at galaxy pintos. I am head over heels for shrimp!! It's super addictive. I will be asking a ton of questions the next couple months while that tank cycles. Sorry in advance. ?

I can only speak to the short moves i have done...which I think would apply to anything up to a day's travel. I just drained the tanks down to about 20% of capacity....more if needed to lower the weight so I could carry them....then just unhook...move...hook back up at destination and that's about it. I mean it all depends on specifics....so long as them temps are allowed to stay in what a human would typically be comfortable at....good to go. Good luck! Oh...and just try and minimize agitation of the tank and water as much as possible when carrying.

We get that a lot thaat snails are introduced with plants, they may have been eggs on the plant etc. Still, snails aren't a bad thing ad as long as you keep on top of the numbers they are another dimension to an aquarium. The majority of snails need a saltwater/brackish stage for reproduction so depending on what the black one is you may never get babies with that one, this means they never become a problem but you need to restock every now and again! I use assassin snails which are much slower at reproducing than the Malaysian Trumpet snails but occassionally I have to give some away to friends. Overfeeding is such a common problem. Really, shrimp feeding is a top up and treat as the shrimp eat biofilm most of the day, though obviously there needs to be enough biofilm in the tank to sustain the shrimp and with 15 shrimps in a 2g tank they will need some extra food over the biofilm probably! It sounds as though you are doing everything right! Keep it up! When you get boring/wild type shrimps they will make a nice treat for your turtle? Simon

Thank you ? I am only a few weeks into this hobby, but I used to breed finches for years. I also hand raised them from hatchlings which is not for the faint of heart. When they grew up and before they were adopted, I would have 5 or 6 finches at a time who were glued to me. I definitely felt like a Disney princess. Considering they are about the size of a dime when they hatch, I will always consider them my biggest accomplishment! I raised hundreds in total, some I am still getting updates on from their adopted families. I was breeding for conformation and color variations. It's an incredibly fun hobby. I have a 75g turtle tank also, which is actually why I started keeping shrimp - to use wild type culls to provide some live shrimp food. He is a rescue who was neglected by the previous owner. His tank is a little ecosystem of its own, with fish (platys, mollies & guppies although he eats everything but the platys), snails, pleco & tons of plants. I have 4 dogs, I used to be heavily involved in dog rescue but these days it's just occasional/as I'm needed. I also network a lot for dogs who are about to be euthanized or who need emergency medical care. That results in me being muted on Facebook often because of their arbitrary limits which change constantly. So I am joining here for when I can't post in the FB groups which is right now of course. I live in the mountains in Southern California. I work in PR from home atm and have been in this career field for a decade or so. I've lived pretty much all over the country, and my favorite place is the Pacific Northwest.

Hello, Recently I bought a couple of Sötching oxydators from NewBreed Aquatics closing down sale, As I've been wanting one for awhile but didn't quite have to cash to fork out. These sold for $15ea at like 40% off. Shipping was really fast, and they arrived well packed in perfect order. The box comes with: 1x glass bottle with plastic lid 1x ceramic holster 2x Catylyst 2x 82.5ml bottles food grade H202 (4.9%) oxydator solution. Instruction manual. Basic instruction: fill glass bottle with H202 to within a few cm of the top. Add catalyst. 1 for <30L, 2 for 30-60L. Plug the cap back on carefully but tight, before inserting the bottle into the ceramic holster and placing in your aquarium. Choose the appropriate concentration of H202 for your application, and add the correct number of catylysts, by doing this you can tailor the oxygen production in your aquarium, For example: In my 40L tank I'm using straight 4.9% solution and 2 catalysts. Where as in my 10L nano I'm using 2.45% and only 1 catalyst, (diluted equal parts with distilled water) Store any spare catalysts somewhere safe so they don't get lost. As advertised, the sotching oxydator produces oxygen aswell as an "activated oxygen" which apparently has a lot to do with neutrient and micro neutrient bioavailability in plants. They are also said to reduce algaes esp blue green algae and green spot. Bubbling away peacefully in my tanks. :) they are lovely to watch when my Bazooka isn't running hehe. So whether you want to increase oxygen levels in a planted tank without increasing surface agitation (which outgasses precious co2), Increase DO levels to improve shrimplet or fry survival rates, Run a quite tank without a filter for example on your bedside table where an aquarium or scape would add a sense of peace and nature without loud bubbling or humming of filters that can be annoying, Help battle algaes or even just improve general fish and shrimp health this product does it all reliably. All in all, its clever German engineering combined with a sleek, sexy in tank look earns this product a full 5 stars from me. View full article

Thanks mate :) Its an awesome product, I've been working on doing some experiments on two or maybe four 20L Neo tanks to compare shrimp breeding, colour and overall health with and without the oxydator, Leaving everything else as identical as possible. I'm pretty sure the one with the oxydator will grow better shrimp overall, But would be a really cool test just for a bit of fun. I'll update this with some progress pics from the two tanks they are currently in. So far very mixed results with plant growth haha In my Sanzon iwagumi nano scape the MC has just gone nuts since I added the oxydator, Though I've noticed a small patch of cyano that was there before I added it to the tank that has now started spreading quite far where it can across the soil, hasn't webbed across the plants like cyano typically does, Imo the oxydator is preventing this, and having a very posetive impact on this Monte Carlo. As well as general water clarity. I think the chain cranked along with some diatoms that grew on the layer of new black earth I added. Need to poke through the soil with a skewer as underneath the soil is starting to look a bit foul even though I've got tons of lava rock mixed through. As you can see the plants are healthy as even despite the lack of trace, yet anything that isn't living has mad algae growth haha I'm positive this is to do with the oxydators effects on the plants growth and bioavailability of Oxygen and nutrients in water.