Was thinking the same, is there a better way to transport shrimps back from shop instead of the usual tar pau style?
I do that too.. using tweezers to drop at a particular place but it ends up all over the place. With a small tank, all those food pieces and shrimp poo can really accumulate fast.

Yup, still end up elsewhere nearby but still good enough for mine as there's not many space for them to move around the food

Well at least with good filtration you don't have to worry much about those poop.
Yeah...seen before how some inexperienced ppl pack it...really give you heart attack & wonder if what you bought can survive the trip home.

Well...am glad to inform that all is fine in my tank *thank goodness* however...witness something earlier I would like to seek confirmation - a female shrimp swam up and 'fell down'...i was like "don't tell me it's a goner..." but luckily it was just molting. When it was half way molting...a male went on top of it. Once it was done molting the female just swam away quickly. So what I'd like to know is...was what I witnessed the quick mating or another shrimp being aggressive to another when it's molting?

Edit: OK here's a pic of one of the OEBTs:

I was thinkin that since shrimps like stability. Would it make sense to just top up with RO water and only do water changes once tds increase to a certain level. What do you guys and gal think?

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Bored. Click if you're too and wants to watch 2 minutes of cherry shrimps going about doing their own thing. 

Hi arrow...my test cherry shrimp still alive in the 1sr cycled tank. I want to move the yellow golden back in this tank. Any advise how to move them?

Thanks. I've got some crushed/powdered mineral stones under the gravel
That's me. The tank is only like 40+cm away from me on my desk so reflection is inevitable 

Yeah I got the micro version of that drip bucket too. Very convenient device.

There's a few types of nerites.

Check out the info on the other 2 from the link on the left. There are few other types too (not on that site). Horned nerites seem to be the smallest amongst the variety.

The biggest horn nerite in my tank seems to have turned to a lazy bum...noticed it has piggyback a smaller one past few days. Pity the small fella...the additional weight it has to carry... 

My tank lower than ph7.5 wor? So if I add them in = death sentence?

Too late..went home already.

And that's a huge leech !! Wonder what the cause of it? Excessive food?

So troublesome to take care this cute creature.....sometime regret started it.
Found one fire red motionless last nite.

Need some advice from the Sifus out there....
I am using Seachem Prime, which will provide a natural slime coat to the water...
However, I am having these white particles on the surface of the water...



Anyone facing the same problem before?
Is it a good thing? Or should I remove those white particles?
Thanks in advance!

Water cleared , I think I better replace the plants my friend gave me

already not so nice color

got some malaya shrimps over few days ago 

lol what colour was it previously?

That's one of the reasons why i like Malaya shrimps 

I'm curious , does anyone rear lobster ?

Hi, wanted to ask those using eheim filter. Do you all buy back the eheim sponge or just cut yourself a new sponge?

Does crayfish need filter and airpump?

Palmata Shrimp? heven't heard that before, can't find more info of it online as well. Do you have any website that talk about this shrimp? I wanna know more about it~

Thank you~

are Malaya Shrimp and Palmata shrimp considered hardy shrimps like cherries?

Btw, what is the moss name you using for the carpet grass?