Recent content by Reed M

Ya, that makes sense. Ammonia was zero so I'll just grip an eye on things. Thanks for the advice!

Ok, cool. Ya, I've seen minor flashing in perfectly healthy fish before, but never got someone else's view on it, so thanks! I'll re-test for sure. I find that in really heavily planted tanks with duckweed (mine is giant duckweed) ammonia spikes are really rare, even with new fish additions...

Hi everyone, I'll just fill out the template and explain more below. Tank What is the water volume of the tank? 10g How long has the tank been running? 1 year 2 months Does it have a filter? yes Does it have a heater? yes What is the water temperature? 76 F What is the entire stocking of this...

Thanks richiep, I feel like the cherry shrimp forum should be renamed "Ask Richie". You're always so active and helpful on this site. Thanks for the feeding recommendation. I don't know it makes a difference, but I'm also keeping around 10 adult ramshorn snails in the same tank. I am now pretty...

Hi all, So, I have a 5 gallon cherry shrimp (neocaridina) tank that has most recently had shrimp 10 in it for about a month, and has been set up for about 6 months. Today I saw one planaria worm. I definitely am not dealing with a major outbreak here, since all the glass is clear of them, but I...

Those look really neat, especially from above I'd say. It would be cool to see some updates over the months/years as they breed more. Good luck!

Good point. I didn't mean for this to seem contentious, but I didn't want to make a request unless other people thought it was a good idea too. richie.p I edited my post to make my intentions more clear

I think that fish lore users and those new to shrimp keeping would really benefit if the forum differentiated between neocaridina and caridina shrimp more effectively. Here's why: Neocaridina and caridina shrimp have very different care requirement. Related to (1), caridina are much more...

I don't know how the culture around classification standards and paperwork really works, but at least with serious breeders I think the classification paperwork would be a must. On another note, it sounds like your seller might be trying to hide the fact that he doesn't have any paperwork to...

My mixed Male endler guppies, 10 gallon

So I've had two molts that I know of and I think at least one of them was a female. I've heard that they'll hide for a while after molting. Is that true? Picture: some more shrimp antics.

Last night there wad the first molt. Hopefully it was a female! And here's a full tank shot too.

Alright, I got the shrimp. There are 3 males and 4 females, and a friend of mine who I didn't know kept shrimp saw my post about the new additions on Instagram and offered to give me a few more too. These little guys sure are awesome. The tank hasn't been set up for long but the fillet has...

Thanks everyone, this is all really good to hear! I'll post some pictures tonight after I get the shrimp and make this my "journal" thread for any who are interested in following along.

I was just wondering what everyone thinks about starting colony with only 7 shrimp? There is a breeder near me that is clearing out their fire reds for a really good price but they only have 7 left. I haven't heard what the Male/female ratio is.