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    I think I have my first Berried CRS... what do you think?

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    BACK INFO:

    First time keeping shrimp...  I have a heavily planted 10g that I cycled with the assistance of some cycled media that i got from a local plant/fish seller. 

     

    My parameters were running pretty steady at about:

    PH: 6.3

    Ammonia: close to zero

    Nitrite: zero

    Nitrate: about 20ish

    GH: about 5

    KH: zero

    TDS: 215ish

     

    The tank is still under a month old... so I was leery of putting much in it... so I figured i would try just a few Cherries, to see how they did.... went to a LFs that I hadnt tried before, but the only shrimp they had was some Crystal reds..

     

    I figured ah... my PH is low due to all the Fluval substrate i have...  so maybe try just a few to see how they do...  so I bought 3 of their CRS..  One of them jumped out of the net and it took the kid 15 tries to get it off of the floor, so i figured ahh... that one is a goner...  but i brought them home anyway... (they didnt charge me for the floor victim)

     

    I tested the water they came with while I drip-acclimated them...  The PH was like 7.1 and the GH/KH was a good few points off from mine... so I dripped them real slow..  a drop every 3 seconds or so... for a good 5 hours.... and hoped..

    To my surprise... they took right to it...  I know that Crystals aren't really an 'ideal' starter shrimp.... but so far so good)

    Sooo.... 8 days later...  I found a molt in my tank... looked like a good one as far as i can tell ...  
    The next morning at lights-on, I saw one of my females on a leaf... and she looked different than before... Then she took off and I haven't seen her the rest of the day....

     

    I have read that they mate right after they molt... then I'm guessing they go hide until their new shell hardens?  let me know what you think....  

     

     

     

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    Two TINY fish fry hitchhiked into my aquarium... do I need to feed?

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    Too tiny... like under 1/4 inch  to get a pic of...  But I have exactly two itsy-bitsy fish fry... may have come in on my Dwf lettuce roots... i don't know...  They look like 2 eyes and a transparent tail, zooming all over the top of my tank... usually not far from each other...

    I didn't invite them... but they are here now.. and i want to care for them as best i can until  it's time for them to go....  No clue what species they are... but this is a shrimp/snail tank... so..  they are gonna have to go at some point..

    They are very active...  Does my heavily planted (although young) tank have enough food for them?

    Back to Freshwater!

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    For sure ....H.K...As I said... I was in the saltwater-coral reef hobby for a long time... was a member of MANY different forums..  and back then... there was almost a snobbish attitude given to ppl who were trying to learn.... Almost like those with 'the knowledge' felt power over you.... it didnt sit well with me..  And I wasnt going to tolerate that again...  That's why I am here... 😃

     

    Back to Freshwater!

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    Hiya guys,

    Long-time hobbyist here, was a coral-reef maniac (you almost have to be) all through the 2000's, until Hurricane Sandy knocked our power out for 5 days and it got so cold in my house that I lost everything..  That was 8 yrs ago, and I swore I would never get another tank..

     

    But I didn't pinky-swear)

     

    I was always envious of some of the gorgeous planted FW tanks that I saw...  and now with Covid forcing us to spend so much more time at home... i just got sick of looking at my dead boring furniture.... SO....

     

    I got the itch again..  Started binging on Youtube vids... SO much has changed since I last had a FW tank,  but it's exciting!  I won't say I 'stumbled' upon Co-op... because I probably watched a thousand or more videos and streams before I decided that this is where I should land...  I like the vids...  the info...  the experience... the ABSENCE of over-produced presentations...  I feel like Corey just talks to you like a friend... a friend who knows a helluva lot more than i do... and is willing to share.... 

     

    SO... I have a little 10g that i've been cycling with liquid ammonia for about 2 weeks...  picked up a few plants, but i want more...  i plan on getting some Cherry shrimps... MAYBE 1 or 2 tiny fish

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