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There’s no need… i bought them like that I haven’t added them to the tank they’re sitting in a bucket

Bought new ghost shrimp today and fed them and put them in a bucket. Two have already died and one of them was weirdly red almost a rust color. There’s another one like it and i’m afraid it’ll die too. Does anyone know what’s wrong?

I was in the processes of adding more ghost shrimp in the tank and i did a quick water change, in the process moving around the sand like I do every once in a while to get rid of air pockets, tested the water and nitrites read 0.25 ammonia 0.0?? Did two 50% water changes now nitrites read 0.5...

I haven’t started the project yet. I am waiting for a stable shrimp ecosystem first. Besides the project does not hurt the shrimps as it involves me aquaponicslly growing basil plants using the tank water. It’s completely harmless for them. I’d never intentionally hurt an animal , besides...

Hi! I do yes. Two more shrimp found dead today . I assumed the water was cloudy due to the influx of algae that’s present in the tank. It’s bad there’s a bit of brown and green algae as (a) it’s a newly developed tank and (b) I was not regulating the lighting properly. I drip acclimated them...

I have been cycling this tank since about late april and only recently added 10 ghost shrimp this past saturday. Water parameters are good lol 0 ammonia, 0 nitrate, 0.5 nitrite. It’s a five gallon tank with sand and artificial plants, as this is for a harmless school project that i haven’t even...

I’m measuring plant mass from the mother plant + all its off springs as one plant. By separate, I meant separate each original plant from each other and allow it to propagate freely as it pleases. I just need them to be isolated from one another so the plant masses don’t get mixed up. The...

I am doing an experiment where I am growing dwarf water lettuce in hydroponics with fertilizer vs aquaponics, with ghost shrimp, for a school science experiment. While I wait for the aquaponics tank to cycle, I began the hydroponics and within a week, the water lettuce have already practically...

Hi. A few years ago during 2020, I had two bettas who both died to dropsy. One of which, I attempted to treat and it ended o before unsuccessful. I would like to believe that I cleaned the tanks after both deaths but I am not 100% sure. Regardless, I pulled them out recently as I need them for a...

I am growing ghost shrimp out in a 5.5 gallon tank by themselves with ideally just water lettuce and sand as the substrate. How many shrimps would be the max capacity for the tank? I already have a heater and I am working on getting a sponge filter because I read somewhere that the...

Thank you all for the advice. In my experience, the food I has the ability to leak ammonia over night, I’ve tried it with an empty tank. All parameters have went down in the past two days. I can post before and afters. I think I’m still going to add the BB because the filter was completely...

Hi! After my fish died back in july, I put a pause to fish keeping and waiting until I became adjusted to the IB programme to continue. My tank, before I touched it yesterday, was halfway filled with water, with melting plants, sand, and a piece of driftwood. Before I ignored my tank completely...

Hey! I would just like to make this straight: I HAVE NO FISH IN THIS TANK lol. I know some of you guys may have gotten a bit scared haha. Basically I have this tank running for extra plants and i haven’t changed the water in a while. The last time i changed the water was about 1-2 weeks ago...

If you don't find any dyes, you could always do brown. Just use Indian Almond Leaves.

Wow! Ngl, I'm a bit offended :D (I mean the laughing emoji IDK how to put it on here)