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I would not worry about it. See comment by JettsPapa above. Lots of false 0.25 ppm ammonia readings. Given that everything else is good, I would bet your true ammonia is zero.

I am wondering about how to identify the best ones. Dark blue is what I am looking for so generally moving the lighter blue ones is what I would do. But it is my understanding that they get darker with age so I would have to wait until a certain age to separate. It is also my understanding...

If you have male and female guppies together they will breed and you will ultimately have a population control problem. If you breed something desirable, you may be able sell or give them away. I am not sure you will get something desirable out of a colony breeding situation. A certain degree...

20 was emptied and cleaned and turned into a QT about three months ago. So kind of had a restart then. QT fish added about two months ago. They lived in there for a month or so. New substrate added about a month ago. Various stages of maturity. My shrimp seem pretty hardy. But people say...

Not having all eggs in one basket is probably a good idea. Did not think of that. I suspect you are right that I should be able to hot swap from tank to tank. Very similar parameters. I do that with other creatures. Snails, guppies, etc. But people say shrimp are sensitive so I figure it...

I am up to more than 50 shrimp. Difficult to count. Amazing how fast they have grown in number and size from the original 9 in 7 1/2 weeks. I am thinking I have a ways to go before the existing 10 gallon tank is too small. But I have a 20 gallon tank that is being matured to be a shrimp...

Is it near an exterior wall or window?

Prime will not change your test results. It only protects your fish until your cycle grows strong enough to process the nitrites to nitrates. 25% water change should reduce nitrites from 2 ppm to 1.5 ppm. But nitrites will keep growing for a while so you will need to keep up with water...

It usually takes more than three weeks to establish the nitrogen cycle, sometimes more than eight weeks. Even after the nitrogen cycle has been initially established, it can take months for a new tank to be fully stable. Stress Coat is a water dechlorinator that also neutralizes heavy metals...

You are right nitrites are high, you want them at zero. There can be other causes, but usually high nitrites come from a new tank that has not fully established the nitrogen cycle. Can you provide some history? How long has the tank been set up? In the meantime, I would do a water change to...

I got five assassins about six months ago. I have since given at least 60 or 70, perhaps more. I did not count. I still have 20 or so. They have done fine on ECO Complete, sand, small grain gravel and large grain gravel. They did too good a job controlling my pest snails. I am trying to...

I have removed the heaters from all my tanks. The 40 breeder with the canister heater stays between 76 and 78. It seems the canister is heating that tank a bit. The other tanks stay between 72 and 75. They have guppies, snails and shrimp. I think that temp is okay. The only fish that might...

I was in high school when I last kept fish. The first place I went when I got my drivers license was to a fish store. I used to hang out there too. But I did not have a clue about anything back then. It is a wonder any of my fish lived. This site has be a great resource for me.

I got back into the hobby last October after more than 40 years. There are very knowledgeable people here who are very generous with their time and expertise. Good Luck and welcome.

Wow, shrimpers made a big dent in the zucchini today!

You are close. Impossible to say how close. But I would guess really close. You may already be there. I think for most stocking, processing 2 ppm to zero ammonia and zero nitrites in 24 hours is enough. I would consider dropping the ammonia dosing to 2 ppm until you can process to both...

I voted other because I do not trust anyone. Well, that might be a bit strong. Trust is earned. On this site there are people whose comments carry more weight than others. I do not take anything anybody says as fact. But I listen to everything everybody says. Well maybe not everybody...

If it is not going down with water changes then you must have nitrates in the source water. Otherwise it should go down proportionally with the water changes. 10% won't do much. 50% should bring it down from 80 to 40 if the source water has zero nitrate. If you cannot tell the difference...

Thanks. I put it in around 6 pm yesterday. I will leave it there until about the same time tonight.

I put some blanched zucchini in my Neocaridina shrimp tank yesterday. A few nibbled at it in the first few hours, but they did not show a lot of interest. This morning there is a lot more interest. I am wondering how long I should leave it before I take it out.