JShannon

Thank you for the quick response, I suppose I'll just cross my fingers and be extra vigilant. I have several berried females, and I was just getting a colony started after significant financial investment so its been kind of stressful. Thank you for the advice. I really appreciate it.

I apologize in advance for the lack of pictures. I have a ten gallon tank with approximately 25-30 cherry shrimp of mixed varieties. This morning I noticed that one of the shrimp that I previously thought was maybe just berried was growing a green like growth outside of it's underside around it's legs. I promptly removed and unfortunately had to euthanize this shrimp because a Google search showed that this disease is infectious and potentially can destroy entire colonies. The parameters are as follows as measured by API test kits. Ph7.2-7.4, Gh-8, Kh-4 , ammonia-0, nitrite-0, nitrate 0-5 ppm( it's a heavily planted tank with floating plants, I dose easy green twice a week and it always trends toward 0) water temp fluctuates between 73.9 and 75. I'm fairly certain I know what disease this is I'm just not sure from my online research how to proceed. Has anyone had any success preventing this from spreading? It's a green Growth that starts on the shrimps pleopods and grows out from there.

Hello everybody! My name is John, I'm new to the forum and relatively new to the hobby. I started a tank back in October and finally got it stocked in early November (I did the whole fishless cycle which was an educational experience to say the least). I have 2 tanks, a 29 gallon community tank, and a 10 gallon cherry shrimp tank. They are both planted as I found as I have progressed through the hobby I enjoy growing plants almost as much as keeping fish! The 29 gallon has 9 Bronze Corydoras, 6 of them are full grown adults and three are juveniles (the only survivors of a surprise spawning), 7 pearl danios, a juvenile longfin lemon bristlenose, a pair of Bolivian Rams, and a female blue gourami. The ten gallon has about 25 mixed variety cherry shrimp, though 4 of the females are berried so hopefully I'll have a colony going soon! Anyhow I'm super happy to be here and I look forward to interacting with everybody, and sharing my limited experience where I can!

Thank you so much for your help! I actually got CO2 running on the tank about a month ago, and figured it was time to see what could be done with it, so I bought this as my first foray into more demanding plants. We will see see how it goes! Once again I really appreciate the ID. They do look very green and healthy in your tank and I really like the island hardscape!

Hello everybody! I picked up this plant at a local store. It was labeled as Micranthemun tweedei (Monte Carlo) but when I got it home and was looking at pictures online it seemed really small in comparison to what I was seeing. Is this Monte Carlo? Dwarf baby tears maybe? Any thoughts or expertise would be greatly appreciated!