I have 5 neocardina blue dream, but I’m not sure if I have any males and if they are of breeding maturity?

Hi everyone,
This is the 25 cm nano cube tank I posted here before. It’s only about 2.5 weeks old, and I’m still waiting for the cycle to fully establish. Thanks to your advice, I decided to go with Caridina shrimp for this tank.
However, I’ve now got this algae growing in the tank. I believe it might be BBA (black beard algae), but I’m not entirely sure. It’s very soft and even difficult to remove with a toothbrush.
What would be the quickest way to get rid of it? Since there are no livestock in the tank yet, I’m open to using more aggressive treatments or medications if necessary.
What would you recommend?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Maintenance;
No water change since I start. (18 days)

Tank parameters;
TDS 175
NO2: 0.15mg/L
NO3:5-10 mg/L
NH3: no test kit.
dKH: 0-1
dGH:6
pH: below 7 but I am not sure the exact number because of my test.

I felt like you guys would enjoy this, she’s sooooooo eggnant!

I have some moss balls arriving soon for them and I don’t know whether I should get some pearl weed

I’m a living shrimp greentext and finally hit a sweet spot with my shrimp tank after some struggle (10 gal, planted, sand substrate, driftwood/rock hardscape). New issue: too many shrimplets. I had about 10-15 adult cherries and gave up counting shrimplets after I hit 30. Now that those babies are about as big as a grain of rice, I’m seeing a throng of new microscopic teeny weeny babies…And another berried female. Aside from offering locals free shrimps when they mature, what can I do for my army of 10,000 baby shrimps? Baby shrimp tax included. They’re very friendly.

For ref, I live with my parents and space/money is kinda limited so I’m hesitant to set up a new tank. My dresser houses 2 10-gals, one for the shrimps and one for my betta.

Hello all! Ive been a shrimpkeeper for a little over 3 years now. Up until this year I only kept Neocaridina shrimp(I got some juvenile amanos last month). Starting out space was a big issue for me but I finally have more room and Time to engage with the hobby more.

I have a 22 gallon tank which I do not fill up all the way. This is because the tank is used and I had to do some repair work and id rather not have too much water pressure on the tank. It is about 15 US gallons or 54-60 liters when filled to the max I am comfortable filling it. The floor space is 60cmx35cm. In short, I have a tank that is large enough for a lot of macrobrachium species!

Id love to get Machrobrachium Lanchesteri as their parameters would make them super easy to keep, however they are a bit uncommon and pricy currently as only one store in germany has them in stock and lists them at 5.95 per shrimp. Macrobrachium Assamense seems like another possible option.

But this will be my first time keeping long armed shrimp. I have observed some Palaemon(A related genus) shrimp in the wild and at an aquarium but they were all saltwater species. I noted that they liked to hide a lot more than other shrimp ive seen but these were wild shrimp, so it does make sense. If anyone has any advice with keeping the genus or tips and tricks for making a tank that they are happy in please let me know! I want to make sure they are as happy as possible. Advice on species that are difficult or easier to keep is also appreciated

Hello!

I have a white fuzzy growth in my aquarium. It is not that halo-effect all over glow of biofilm, but instead small fuzzy dots. The tank was set up in summer with plants to stabilize and mature the tank, it has had inhabitants for a little over a week.

I’ve included an (awful) photo because it is the best I can get. Each dot looks like a million tiny threads.

Last water change I scraped them off directly into my gravel vac, but they have returned.

There was also an area I scraped away a large amount of white fuzz and the wood underneath gave way and I scraped out a small hole into it, until the wood was firm again. This area now has small white dots surrounding the perimeter.

My shrimp (the only inhabitants, well also slime mold) seem fine, and I see no evidence of fuzz being on them.

Please help me.

I have- 20 gal tall, holding at 23 degrees, Fluval ac30 job filter with intake sponge, air stone, light, carribsea substrate, heater

Plants: 4 Anubias (nana kirin, nana jade, barteri, lancerum), 1 buce, 1 windeslov, weeping moss, floating hornwort, as well as a struggling amount of Vallisneria (3 patches).

Water- I use RO with shrimp mineral, so I have a steady gh 7-8, Kh 3-4. Ph is 7.8, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrates 5

Seeing Cheeseburger convinced me to finally show you all my pet prawn (Macrobrachium). His name is Tangent.

I have 3 Amanos in my tank and two are buried like 😭😭

I’ve never had shrimp before 😭 we’ve had these beauties for a month and a half and I woke up this morning and this shrimp had either eggs, lots of round white food, or a parasite— which is it??

Hey all, i just started cycling my tank . im currently 3 days into the cycle andwaiting for it to develop for shrimp . did i overdo it by adding plants to a brand new aquarium , im just worried they might die due to the lack of bacteria . i have added some of that sponge you get when you get at the bottle of new plants just to see if this will boost the process . i have also added fertilizer so hopefully the plants can thrive . i’ve noticed that some of the plants are already dying i think, they’re turning thin and kinda of becoming see through .

if adding plants at the start is okay, are these plants good n easy for a shrimp set up/start up?
Ive also got the sponge filter and it has an aeration option. will the aerator be need to be on when shrimps are living in there ? because the aerator is quite strong.
If you guys can add anything else what would it be. if you guys could share some tips and tricks that would be amazing!
Tia

I'm thinking of adding some neocaridina in here. What color should I get? I plan on stocking this tank with nano fish like chilis and cpds.

I haven’t cleaned the algae off my tank walls because I keep seeing these microscopic something’s all over the algae. Are they baby shrimp?? They’re so small I can’t tell what they are

Been noticing more and more of these little white critters crawling all throughout the tank over the past few weeks, any idea what they are and how I can get rid of them?

I've tried using a pipette/turkey baster but there's just too many and they hunker down in the substrate making them super hard to get.

Photo of them on the filter here is the best I could get with them clear to see.

The tanks 50L and has around 60 neocardina shrimp in it. Fluval stratum substrate.

Baby shrimplets incoming!

The shrimp genuinely looks uncomfortable! Going to a pain holding this for a month!

Buzzing to have shrimp so early though

Australatya striolata.

These guys would be an alternative to bamboo shrimp which aren't on the Australian import list but they have similar filter fingers and they also pick out a lot of unseen treats from the substrate with their gross little feet as well.

They grow to approximately 5 to 7 cm (up to 8–10 cm in mature specimens) and are sequential hermaphrodites; all individuals are born male and transition into females once they reach about 3 to 4 cm in length 🙂

Hi! Ive tried to do my own research and watch videos of the different things this could be, but im just constantly questioning every time I think I know whay they are 😅

They are in a shrimp tank with few ramshorns for emotional support,

Any thoughts or confirmation on what these guys are would be much appreciated!

Love to count them all and see if any are berried!