#neocaridina keeping

[miraviglioso]

One of these nitrate tubes came out of a tank filled w betta, nerite snail, unknown  # of shrimp and ramshorn.... and one is my tap water

#fishkeeping #betta keeping #neocaridina keeping #key speaks #aaaaaaaaaaaaa #cursed as fucking house water

[prince-liest]

TIL you guys also like fish!!!! please let me introduce you to the rest of my fishy community!

first of all, these are my fish tanks:

this is a 20 gallon tall tank that I will be upgrading to a 37 long next year when I find out where I’m going for residency. the 5lb pressurized cannister is a CO2 tank that I use to inject carbon dioxide into the water (on a timer)! CO2 is the limiting “nutrient” for plant growth underwater in a tank like mine (with bright light and fertilizers added), so it helps encourage plant growth and more vibrant colors in plants with red and orange tones, as well as carpeting plants.

this is a 6.4 gallon tank that also has CO2 injection, and currently no fish because it is cycling (and will be for about 4 weeks). it will be her highness the betta fish’s new home once it is cycled, because she keeps murdering my shrimp in the community tank. once she is moved, I will probably get a pair of honey gouramis for the community tank.

this is one of the shrimp in question! she is pregnant. (eggnant, you might say.) I love her.

these are my kuhli loaches! I have 6 black and 6 banded. they are technically different species and the banded ones are much more shy. they spend a lot of time swimming circles along the glass and draping themselves over plants upside-down to make me think they are dead. they get very offended when you poke them to make sure they’re not dead.

I have 8 neon tetras. they’re all fat and extremely hard to take non-blurry photos of.

I also have 3 hillstream loaches, which are one of my favorite fish of all time. they’re juveniles that bred from a friend’s tank, and they look like tiny little stingrays that are frequently stuck to the side of the glass. they are aufwuchs-eaters which means they scrape algae and biofilm off the surfaces of things, but they also like sifting through sand and need sufficient protein (aka. not pure algae eaters).

here’s what they look like from the bottom:

I also have snails:

this is the biggest of my three nerite snails! I like nerites because they have bright colors and they don’t reproduce in fresh water. however, if you get a female (like this one), they WILL lay tiny white little sesame seed eggs everywhere, even though they can’t hatch. I used to have “pest” snails in the form of bladder snails and freshwater limpets but, uh, I have a total of 15 loaches in the tank, so. I no longer have pest snails and my loaches are all well-fed. :”)

thank u for coming to my ted talk. I love fish. I love my fish. please come talk to me about fish. I leave u with one last photo of her highness in all her glory:

#personal #long post #petblogging #aquariums #you may notice that her highness's tail is slightly tattered in this one #that is becaues it was taken while she was still healing from her stint #of fucking around and finding out #with a crayfish #(which was my fault. the sources I read that said you can keep CPO dwarf crayfish with short-finned bettas were extremely unreliable) #(as I learned belatedly. cray was rehomed and her highness healed up just fine) #wait until u guys learn how obsessed I am with AQUARIUM PLANTS #these tanks look like that for A Reason #betta fish #neocaridina

[shrimpin-aint-easy]

friends that graze together stay together

#fishblr #planted aquarium #fish #shrimpblr #aquablr #shrimp #cherry shrimp #neocaridina #shrimpy #neocaridina davidi #planted tank #aquarium #shrimposting #aqua #fish keeping

[seeshelter]

Candy enjoying the new 3 tunnel configuration!

#aquarium #betta fish #aquablr #betta #fish tank #neocaridina #planted tank #planted aquarium #shrimpblr #fish keeping #new fish #aquaculture #axolotl #animals #bettatank #bettablr

[kirstielol]

a couple pictures of the blue velvet shrimp i got today 💙 they're soo much tinier than i thought they were gonna be. they're incredibly fast too though, and there's tons of plant cover in the water, so hopefully they can manage to not get eaten by the crabs 🥲

#a lot of people seem to have success keeping shrimp and crabs together so we'll see #i made sure the water is very dense with plants.. and i put lots of botanicals in there too so they have tons of stuff to hide behind/in #shrimp #dwarf shrimp #neocaridina davidi

[0ccuria]

I haven't shrimp posted in a while, so here's some new shrimp content for y'all 🙌

#aquarium #nano tank #neocaridina #shrimp #shrimp keeping #aquascape

[a-sentient-cup]

this one has a red back i like it

#shrimp #shrimp keeping #shrimp tank #shrimpkeeping #aquarium #neocaridina #blue rili shrimp #nom nom

[aquariumculture]

The Colors 🙌

#shrimp #fish keeping #aquarium #freshwater aquarium #neocaridina

[thymeandmint]

tank update !!!

everyone is doing so well after the ich outbreak! everyone is fully recovered and acting back to themselves! the loaches got super lethargic and shy during the outbreak partially due to the medication i was using, which made me super nervous, they’re usually so playful, but this week they’ve sprung back fully!

the tetras are also in great form, i’m seeing their personalities a lot more too, which is great! and it looks like a few of the female shrimp r mature now so maybe shrimplets soon !!!!!

#kuhli loaches #fish keeping #tank update #ember tetras #neocaridina #cherry shrimp #planted aquarium #planted tank

[dr-wormman]

Shrimp people please tell me if you think getting caridinas is a good idea. I've had a horrible time with neos & I'm scared of spending a ton of money (nothing local so I usually spend more on shipping than the actual creatures) and having the little guys die immediately. I have an established tank that in theory would be perfect for them but im still nervous

#shrimp #caridina #neocaridina #aquarium #girl help #fish keeping

[0ut0fmych3st]

Aquarium ammonia test bottle: “use gloves. do not inhale. do not get it near your eyes” *lists a million things to do if any of the above happens*

Me, no gloves, always messing with my eyes, smelling the ammonia testing liquid that got on my hand: “There is so much ammonia in this tank :DDDD”

#ammonia is bad but it is good right now because the goal is to bring the ammonia up while bacteria builds up #once the bacteria builds up enough to eat up all the ammonia and keep the tank at a steady 0ppm ammonia THEN you can put fish/shrimp/etc in #so high ammonia is good right now because it feeds the bacteria and i can kinda monitor the buildup by regularly testing the ammonia #the day the ammonia goes back down to 0ppm i can order my beautiful orange neocaridina shrimp :D

[miraviglioso]

Fun fact: Baby shrimp are called shrimplets

Other fun fact, keeping your aquarium tank at 75F will make your shrimp fuk so much.

#neocaridina keeping #neocaridina #key speaks #key keeps fish #shrimp #shrimplets

[coridallasmultipass]

So many spimps. Smimp heaven. Skrimp skeven.

#(there are more plants in the back i promise theyre just slow growing when the hornwort takes all the light) #shrimp #pet shrimp #neocaridina #orange bee shrimp #cherry shrimp #aquarium #aquariums #shrimp tank #shrimp tanks #shrimps #spimp #skrimp #real shrimp hours #crustaceans #animals #Cori.exe #Image.exe #((fyi i only algae scrape the front glass bc otherwise they dont have a foothold and start sliding down)) #((the bowl is for the food to keep it from disintegrating into the substrate before they have a chance to finish it)) #about the plants tho seriously dwarf water lily has been dormant for a while it only grows like 1 inch long leaves #it used to grow big long ones that would sit on top #and the java fern is making a very slow comeback behind the food bowl but its better than the root in the other tank i have lol #im v happy with the hornwort and java moss tho they never shed in this tank #dont ask me how many shrimp i have i got no idea but its at least 2-3x more than you see in this picture

[shrimpin-aint-easy]

she’s so red! 🌹

#fishblr #planted aquarium #fish #shrimpblr #aquablr #shrimp #cherry shrimp #neocaridina #shrimpy #neocaridina davidi #planted tank #aquarium #shrimposting #aqua #fish keeping

[seeshelter]

Me: Looking at Pinterest wishing redecorating was really that easy

My fish: hold my beer

#aquarium #betta fish #aquablr #betta #fish tank #neocaridina #planted tank #shrimpblr #fish keeping #aquascape

[wikipedia-main]

went to a fish store and they had a tank full of planaria and another full of dead shrimp ,,,,,,,, can't believe ethis they were the GOOD store

#their shrimp tanks are so fucked . I could fix them #They keep caridina and neocaridina shrimp together which is so weird given our tap water's calcium content #the neocaridina would LIVE for our tap water and they put them in with the fragile softwater guys 🙄🙄