I bought five blue diamond shrimp earlier this year (+ two babies by accident). I now have around 40. My tank is 75L and I have a three guppies, three neon green tetras and four salt and pepper corys.

I test the water every week and do a partial change every other. I have a shrimp die every now and then but overall everyone seems happy.

So, how many shrimp is too many? And what should I do with excess shrimp? Pretty sure I can't sell them on Facebook.

I set up a 5 gallon with 15 cherry shrimp in it, lots of real plants, java moss, frogbit, etc. how much filtration do you think it needs and what is the best filtration system?

I currently have a 2" by 2" sponge filter with an air pump. It seems to be good, but it's a bit loud (anyone know a good quiet air pump?) and is it too much filtration?

Also just random, if anyone knows how to breed ghost shrimp I'm interested if it's any different from breeding neos

I think she’s great
I’m a new shrimp keeper and if anyone has any idea if she is rare or how far along she is I’d love to hear

I think she’s great
I’m a new shrimp keeper and if anyone has any idea if she is rare or how far along she is I’d love to hear

Been slowly finding these in my tank and have no idea where they came from. Had an infestation last year and COMPLETELY started over. Everything. As if I never had an aquarium before. Had no issues, no sightings.

The only thing I can think of is a couple months ago I introduced 2 mystery snails and one hit hitched along with them.

Caught a bunch of shrimp in a nearby pond. This is the biggest of em all

Where could I buy OE shadow pandas and OE purple metallic also what are some good Band groups where they auction Neo and caridina shrimp?

I have had these guys for 4 months and I haven't gotten any pregnant shrimp and I finally have one any clues?

Got 6 of these shrimp with deep red eyes, I’m aware of orange eye genetics but has anyone successfully bred a line of red eyes? I’m new to the hobby & would also appreciate any advice related to breeding.

Diet:
Dymax tropical sinking granules
Brine shrimp
Mulberry leaves
& possibly bug feast

Tank:
Established heavily planted 27L Walsted w/ airstone 2 break up surface biofilm & provide water movement

Other residents:
10x hastatus corydoras
1x magenta mystery snail

Checking water quality weekly, adjusting parameters as required.

u/tank_hay sold me some shrimp and I’ll never be able comprehend how they can be so pretty

These are a couple of my photos I took of my freshwaters' testing my new (old) camera's Microscope Mode out without submersion!

These were sold to me as Australian Amano shrimps. They were transparent when I got them but suddenly I saw one of them turned black? Could this have been a hitch hiker?

I've been gone for a few days and have noticed that this shrimpy looks extra plump 🤔 It's hard to get a picture of their backside but it looks like eggs, I just didn't think it would happen that fast... unless it's something else? I can't tell if I should be excited or anxious especially since I've been gone for a few days 😭

Recorded the first time my Vampire Shrimp and Bamboo Shrimp interacted and it did not go as expected😭 I thought these shrimp were peaceful.. They do no damage to each other though

Btw I am aware of the wound that my vampire shrimp has. Hes doing fine^^ (failed molt, so a part of the exoskeleton is missing but he molted succesfully 2x after the failed molt, but exoskeleton did not grow back)

Hello everyone,

Need some help here as I'm running out of ideas on why my shrimp keep dying. Here's everything I know:

**Tank setup**

- 15 gallons, set up May 2026

- Canister filter, heater set to 22 °C

- Planted with a Monte Carlo carpet, plenty of algae

- Lights 6 hrs/day (9am–3pm); have a CO2 system but it's not running

**Current parameters (Oct 2026)**

- Ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0

- GH 5, KH 5, pH 7.6 (GH/KH steady at 5)

- Copper test: negative

- No room sprays or pesticides used in the house

**Water source**

- Tap water: GH 7, KH 7, pH 7.6

- Water changes: 4 L per week with tap water, dechlorinated with Seachem Prime

**Current livestock**

- Phoenix rasbora ×9

- Otocinclus ×2

- Pygmy corydoras ×3

- Cherry shrimp ×1 (that I can see)

- Amano shrimp ×1

**The losses**

- Cherry shrimp are dying slowly and steadily, not all at once

- Sightings went from 6–7, to 3–4 in mid-October, to just 1 now

- I added 10 more cherry shrimp in September and haven't seen any of them since

- Bought 3 Amanos: one died the day after I added it, another after about 2 months

- 2 nerite snails also died: one lasted about 2 months, the other about 1 month

- Relatively fish are mostly fine (lost 1 cory and 3 rasboras over 2 months)

What am I missing? Any ideas on what could be killing the shrimp and snails while the fish are mostly okay relatively?

*** UPDATE ***
I got a TDS meter from Amazon, and my tank water reads 598 ppm, while my tap water reads 190 ppm. I’m trying to figure out why there’s such a big difference. This could be the smoking gun!

Im a shrimp grandma for the very first time!!! They are so adorable OMG 💕🍓💕

This little guy cares about nothing lol

Hi everyone! I have a 92-litre aquarium, and I'd like to get my shrimp to come out of their hiding places and gather in one spot so I can see them more often.

Here are the inhabitants of my aquarium:

• Around 12 harlequin rasboras.
• Around 18 neon tetras.
• 6 bronze corydoras (Corydoras aeneus).
• 2 albino peppered corydoras (Corydoras paleatus).
• Red Cherry shrimp.
• Amano shrimp.
• 1 female pearl gourami.

Equipment and plants:

• Seachem Tidal 55 filter.
• Sera 100 W heater.
• Chihiros B-Series light with app control.
• Bacopa crenata.
• Vallisneria.
• Java fern.
• Limnobium.
• A large piece of driftwood where many shrimp hide.
• Java moss.

The problem is that many of my shrimp hide among the driftwood, moss and plants, so I hardly ever see them during the day.

I'd like to know if there is any food I can prepare at home, for example, by boiling a vegetable and then attaching it to a stick or skewer and placing it at the bottom of the aquarium. The idea is to encourage the shrimp to come out and gather in the same spot.

Which homemade foods work best for attracting shrimp? If possible, I'd love a top 10 list of homemade foods that are safe for both Red Cherry and Amano shrimp, taking into account the fish they share the aquarium with.

I'd also like to know which food tends to attract them the most and how long I can safely leave it in the aquarium without affecting water quality.

Thanks!

In found her babies swimming and then three eggnant shrimps mama

Hi all,

I thought I only had red cherry shrimp and amano shrimp in my tank, but this little stripy guy/gal doesn't look like either. I'm not expecting any breeding recombinations either, as I only had 3 cherry shrimp (of which two died/were eaten) and 4 amanos (which don't breed in freshwater).

Does anyone have any thoughts?

I saw it this morning and this is the only one of my shrimp with this dark area, I had a hard time getting closer or a better picture to see if i can see individual eggs bc it left the branch. I'm pretty sure it's berried I just want to make sure

wild caught longclaw thing

Hey everyone, I have a 26.5-liter (7-gallon) aquarium with a built-in rear sump filter.

I have one female betta, one ampularia, and two Neocaridina shrimp (one of them has died minutes ago).

My nitrite and ammonia levels are close to zero, and my pH is between 7.0 and 7.5.

Tonight, I noticed a white, ghost-like exoskeleton in the tank, and then I found the body of one of my shrimp, apparently missing its head.

I’m not sure whether it had trouble molting or if my betta attacked it. I think the betta attacking it is unlikely because she has always completely ignored the shrimp.

I still have one shrimp alive.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Could this have been a failed molt, or is it possible that the shrimp died for another reason and was partially eaten afterward? Any advice would be appreciated!