EmmaFish

I have an infestation of scuds in my shrimp tank; there are literally hundreds of scuds. I'm not sure if I am breeding shrimp or scuds at this point😅 I am about to do a CO2 bomb, and there is also an infestation of planaria in the tank, as well as snails. Does anyone know which of these creatures the CO2 will kill?

I just did a water change, so I'm not sure what my water parameters were. 😕 I have several fry in the tank, and they seemed to be doing fine.

My multi cichlid was barely an adult when she passed away. 😢 Her stomach was white and bloated, and her stipes were darker and there was a few dark patches on her back. There is pink inflamed tissue around her anus, and she died gasping for breath. I'm just upset that I didn't notice this sooner:(((

The only fish that would leave the shrimp alone are the pygmy corydoras and the ottocinclus fish. Unfortunately, the moment I introduced the pygmy corys to the tank, the scuds all dove for the gaps between the substrate and buried themselves deep, crushing the hope that the corys would ever be able to get to them. (the corys and ottos are also too peaceful and small mouthed and slow to catch the scuds) Also, the other fish that eat scuds (if I were to move the shrimp out) wouldn't be able to completely eliminate them. I nuked the tank several months ago, before I had shrimp, and I noticed a few survivors that had apparently gone into stasis because of the lack of oxygen, but were revived once I started adding water back in. I thought nothing of it at the time, and didn't know that literally hundreds of scuds would eventually spring from those several survivors!😅

Do the scuds pose any real danger to the tank? I have not seen them attack and/or eat baby shrimp, and I am fine with the number of shrimp I have and don't mind if the scuds accidentally pick off a few here and there. However, are they capable of reaching such numbers that the tank would crash?

Thank you! I actually have some planaria traps that might be useful for that, as the scuds I noticed love the bits of frozen food I was putting in the traps.

unfortunately I can't vacuum out the scuds; they dive into the cracks between the substrate! I would end up just sucking up the little shrimp instead 😓

I am breeding shrimp in a ten gallon tank; there are hundreds of scuds in this tank as well. There are still many baby shrimp in the tank as well, and as far as I can tell the scuds do not attack them. However, every single grain of soil in the tank is a scud; they are all over the decor, surfing up the walls, tangled in balls that fight over the shrimps food. They are an eyesore, and I worry that someday the tank may crash because of the sheer mass of them, or that the shrimp may stop breeding eventually because there are too many scuds. If there were no baby shrimp at the moment I would remove the adult shrimp and CO2 blast the entire thing, but unfortunately I do not know how to remove the scuds without harming the shrimp. Any advice is welcome.

On second picture the leaves are salvinia minima/water spangles; it grows like a weed

Thank you very much! I shall change the water less and make sure that there's enough flow.

How do you keep the water clean after a few weeks? I have the dreaded cyanobacteria that absolutely loves to tinge the sand green after about 2 weeks; that is why I do weekly water changes. I hope that the fish are not ingesting the bacteria when they move or pick at the sand, might that cause breeding issues? Also I have noticed that the cyanobacteria grows when I have been overfeeding my fish, but to ensure that there is enough food for the potential fry, shouldn't there be excess food around? Can you please tell me exactly how you feed your fish; the timing and amount; also the sources of oxygen in your tank? Will ten percent water changes bi/tri-weekly disturb the fish as well? Would they perhaps not breed because cause they are too close to human activity?

I have had a tank of multi cichlids that were breeding in the very beginning, when there was just one male, one female and a lot of shells. I now have 10 fish, of varying sizes; two large males, two females, and a scattering of small-to-mid-size juveniles. (I got the juveniles from GSAS; unfortunately my fish haven't been reproducing for over 8 months). There are forty shells in total; I divided them into a few different groups based on the males' territorial behavior. tank size: 20 gal L pH: 9.0 at the beginning of the week, falls to 8.2 by the end of the week before water change temp: 78F, it is set at 80 though; perhaps I should get a new heater? fish: 10 Neolamprologus multifasciatus of varying sizes #shells: 40 nitrate: 0 ppm diet: omega one marine flakes, a tiny sprinkle of Hikari first bites (a fellow multis keeper told me that having baby food around might encourage babies), frozen bbs weekly ~one airstone bar for oxygen and current ~the thermometer on the fourth picture is broken; the temp is actually 78F

I just got fire red cherry shrimp off Aquabid they arrived over 72 hours ago; they are now gathering in the corner of the tank by the sponge filter and hauling themselves fully out of the water by clinging to the silicone molding. Here's a pic: My tank is a 10gal, with a pH of 7.2, dGH 16, dKH 5, and temperature 76F. What on earth is happening? Is something wrong?

Hello! I have a 10 gallon well-established tank with lots of vegetation and a sponge filter. Will I be able to breed both types of shrimp in this tank at the same time? The pH is 7.4, and the KH is 5. I couldn't measure the GH, but I assume the water is fairly hard because there is a lot of crushed coral mixed in with the substrate and the KH is pretty high. Any idea of what shrimp I can breed in this tank, or how to change the parameters to fit them would be really helpful. Thanks all:)😊 ps- I just ordered 20 fire red shrimp off Aquabid and they should be here in a few days!

Hello! I have a well-established planted 10 gallon tank, and I was wondering if the ghost shrimp would scare the neocaridina into not breeding, if the ghost shrimp felt they did not have enough room or became territorial. I used to have ghost shrimp in a separate tank, and I would watch them snatch fish flakes I dropped in straight from the surface of the water. I would also watch them run over smaller ghost shrimp, and scare the smaller ones away from the food. I was wondering if both ghost shrimp and neocaridina could be bred in the same tank.