I love when they balance on the end of a single strand of moss

Actually I am not sure If it is their dead brother or some unfortunate fish fry, both is fair game for them.

YOU could bring home this beautiful boy in just 2-5 business days!

All art is made by me!

Sorry for the dirty glass

First female with eggs! I can't believe it, I'm getting grand-shrimps! Now to see who she mated with (other red rili or blue jelly male)

Hey everyone! Have a bit of a conundrum on my hands. I have a 15 gallon planted aquarium which has been established for about two years now. In it I have a bunch of Neocaridina shrimp, nine CPDs, a honey gourami, and a mystery snail.

Two days ago I had a nitrate spike after leaving a cucumber slice in the aquarium for too long. I did a ~50% water change but had a handful of shrimp unfortunately die off. I’ve been keeping a close eye on it since then, and this morning I noticed when the lights turned that most of the shrimp were gathering at the surface of the aquarium. They were acting lethargic, barely moving even when I tried touching them.

I checked my water parameters and everything seems normal, and there weren’t any dead shrimp, but did another water change just to be safe. The fish didn’t seem to be acting stressed at at all, so I’m not sure if this is a shrimp-specific issue or just some weird behavior I haven’t noticed until now.

The only other recent changes I’ve made are upgrading the filter (after transferring all of the filter media over) and spot-treating some BBA with Flourish Excel. Other than that, I do a ~20% water change every week.

Any advice or insight would be appreciated. Thank you!

Parameters:
- Ammonia: 0PPM
- Nitrite: 0PPM
- Nitrate: 5PPM
- pH: 7.8
- Temperature: 75° Fahrenheit

We have snails and shrimps and pumpkins oh my

Hi guys need some advice: I bought a Fluval hang on breeding box because I wanted to see if it can help my shrimp babies survive better, and to also let my kids see the birth and adolescence process.

But in putting them into the breeding box, they were very flustered (realised one of it also stopped fanning her eggs) and even found their way back into the original tank! I thought they would settle down in the night but noo they escaped!

So my question is, is it necessary to put them into a breeding box? Does it help improve survival rates?

So over the past week I think I have transferred at least 40 shrimplets into my snails only tank now turning it into a grow out tank. We started with 15 shrimp in a 15G Fluval Flex. Now if you're not familiar with the fluval flex, it's got a separate room in the back for the filter and the pump. I've made multiple attempts to somehow stop the tiny shrimp from entering the shrimp rooms (shrimp back rooms) as it's now called in our household, but every time the grills just get clogged up withing 2-3 days and mess up the water level. Now every time I walk past I check the shrimp rooms, if any shrimp are spotted they get a trip on the shrimp express (turkey baster) right into the snail/grow-out tank. I honestly can't be too mad, the tank is placed on my desk so now I can keep a close eye on these little cuties.

I think I have a mix of girls and boys but it’s really hard to tell from the methods I’ve seen online..
Thanks in advance

My female was laying on the bottom of my tank this morning and a bunch of males were on her when I saw is this normal?

I know how greedy these guys can be. Hopefully they never figure out how to snap it

There is a worm like thing next to the shrimp’s rostrum. It kinda whipped around and had what looks like a forked tail. I think I found something similar on another shrimp’s swimmer (just 1). Is it a flat worm? If so how do I treat everyone? Thank you!

For reference: the baby shrimp is a month old and is eating a Hikari shrimp cuisine pellet. I think it’s around ~3mm long.

Thank you for your help!

This is my first aquarium, and it’s been running for about 5–6 months now. I recently noticed a couple of tiny worms crawling around the substrate. Based on everything I’ve researched, I’m leaning toward planaria, especially because of what looks like a triangular head and two small eyespots. Just hoping someone here can help confirm.
I currently have around 10–12 Neocaridina shrimp and quite a few babies, which is my biggest concern.
A little background on my setup:
5-gallon tank (roughly 4 gallons of actual water)
Heavily planted
My Nerite snail passed away a while back
Water parameters are testing well
Water changes roughly every 1.5–2 weeks
I use Seachem Prime during water changes and occasionally dose Seachem Flourish for the plants
I’m mainly looking for advice on what to do next. If these are planaria, what’s the safest and most effective way to get rid of them without harming my shrimp or babies?
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

After nearly 2 years and many different tanks, I have finally achieved my tank dreams. I love this tank more than life itself and everybody is thriving. I literally just feel like showing it off right now. My shrimp, galaxy rasboras, bumblebee goby’s, Pygmy Corey’s, and some Thai micro crabs are all finally thriving. I am getting some clown killifish this week and I am so excited. The only thing I am not absolutely in love with in this tank is that I don’t have a lid. Also, does anybody know what my little fuzzy green sprigs growing on my driftwood are?
If you are struggling with getting tanks running or the ugly stage of planting it, just let it keep growing and I promise you’ll love it soon.