After posting the setup diary of the blue pearl shrimp tank I have had some request for an article outlining the needs of starting a freshwater shrimp tank. In this post I will describe some of the basics of starting up a freshwater ornamental shrimp tank. Freshwater shrimp are growing in popularity, becoming readily available
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Some love snails in the aquarium, some hate them, I stand somewhere between. The small little common black hitchhiker snails will eat left over food and may munch on some algae, but they can quickly overpopulate. Many people don’t want them there in the first place and other just want to thin out on a
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The blue pearl shrimp is a small freshwater neocaridina shrimp similar to the more popular red cherry shrimp. It blue coloration was selectively bred in Germany from wild snowball shrimp. Their coloration sets in as they get older, however all will not have a great blue coloration. They are easy to keep, breed and can
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The Mystery Snail is a species of apple snails that gets about 2 to 2-1/2″ in diameter and can be commonly found in colors like; blue, ivory, black and gold. They are easy to care for pets that can tolerate a wide variety of water parameters, provide a clean tank with water that is dechlorinated
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Finally after waiting to get the tank cycled and ready for shrimp, they are in. I went with 1 dozen blue pearl shrimp (Neocaridina cf. zhangjiajiensis). Their colors are still faint, but they are showing more blue as time passes and are very active. I drip acclimated them for an hour. I hope to see
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