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Just a heads up, half of those look like Blue Rili. I'm having the exact same thing in my shrimp tank where I'm getting about a 30-50% cull rate because I have a lot of rili in there somewhere. The last photo I put up in my journal was of one of my bloody mary's that has a normal BM genes plus the rili shell pattern. I see a few of these, but you have the big female in the center thats 100% blue rili all the way. I would start up two tanks if you can! 🙂 Excited to see the shrimpfest and updates!

Odessa's are definitely more calm than tigers! But they can be feisty. I would go for something smaller, melon barbs is what I was intending to recommend. Cherry barbs are really calm and passive.

yes, it definitely won't hurt. It will help with off-gassing as well as filtration (biological) I can't say it'll be a certainty because I always over filter my tanks.

I'm just waiting for someone to sell some repashy already made, frozen in a plastic bag ready to go... let's call it a "flat pack frozen feast!"

Nice save.

It's difficult to say. I'd recommend leak testing outside on a flat surface.

It's pretty much just easier and safer because it's more thorough. Hydrogen peroxide is an oxidizer. Vinegar is used as a PH shift method. Bleach is actually meant and intended as a sanitization liquid. Every time we do a water change in out tanks we dose in dechlorinator.... for chlorine.... which is very similar to neutralizing bleach. You soak the items you need to, and then you would dilute or drain / replace the water with plain water from the tap. Once that is done, add in your dechlorinator and just let it sit. 15-60 minutes work and much easier I think. Just my experience.

I don't think it will help / hurt. It's a polished stone, so the surface isn't quite right for algae and such to grow on the surface easily. The shell, I just honestly don't know what it would do. It will add some calcium.

Sounds awesome @Jackson 6 or more should be really cool and stick together.

Looking forward to it. 🙂

Black neon tetra

It'll be interesting to see what kind of wilds you find. 🙂

How helpful is it to have the cull tank for all the shrimp? Or is that a dedicated "Skittles" setup?

This is awesome. Thanks for taking the time!

Add a second sponge as soon as you can. What kind of rock? I'm running two large ones in mine. I don't know what he size difference on the mediums, but yeah... One in each corner for me. The shrimp do like that amount of air.

There is also a newer discovered Vietnamese version. Slightly different but similar. They should be more available these days for hobbyists. I've had multiple types of Cyprinidae species in my tanks and it's been in various sizes. Ultimately, an SAE can be such a chill fish. Yes they can dart and swim and jump when under stress, but they normally do not really do that. My tank was a bit specific because it was very clear the SAE we're not the boss. They laid on leaves, on wood, on the substrate the same way a puffer would and they were often seen napping more than anything..... Once they got big and chonky. I've had a single SAE in smaller tanks for months to help with algae. I think that's honestly more normal than people would like to say they keep them in massive tanks. If you're willing to give the fish the right conditions that they want, they can be a really nice fish and something that works well in just about any aquarium. 40B, 75G being the preferred sizes as a minimum, but I wouldn't hesitate to have a single SAE in a 29G or 30L, etc. They are definitely the lazy whales of the fish tank if they want to be. 😂 Well there's a lot of good information here. Rasbora definitely stay on the smaller side. White clouds, smaller. Danio, not too big but they are slender and fast. Barbs are the chonky boys of that type of a tank. They are a bit more of your traditional "fish shape" and the average length for the species is probably right where you want it to be. Having a single SAE and then having a good school of cherry barbs sounds like an awesome start. Start there. Add in corydoras it you with and stuff like 1-3 Hillstream loaches (or check out the Borneo loach because they are slightly smaller but extremely similar). I would encourage a more mild tempered barb. Something like the Odessa is a great recommendation, but it's all about the color and pattern you enjoy. Check out what's known as a melon barb (there's a few names) as a really beautiful compliment to the Cherrys. You can also add in a clown pleco too and it'll do well in that setup. Tank temp around 74 degrees and a good amount of oxygenation, beautiful setup and it's about 99.99999999% of my tanks and how I have them..... Except during the hottest days of summer. 😂

Bleach is actually extremely safe for aquariums use when done correctly. This is the method: He also does the same thing, heck.... I did it two days ago, to dip rocks for algae.

I always clean my rock. Yes. The easiest way to do this is just to rinse it and then soak it, rinse it again, etc. Some of the internal dirt for rocks with holes takes time to de-crust, especially on something like dragonstone. This is also the same thing I do for wood.... Minus the boiling. Don't boil rocks.

I'm glad you found one you like. It looks great! It'll be fun to see everything grow in over time. 🙂

It does not.

I'd recommend trying to have a dish for them if you can and just feed them 1-2 pieces of food at night. If you need any help please feel free to DM and we can work on getting the colony thriving with your existing setup and the shrimp you have. If you do add more be sure to check for parasites and such, QT them would be my recommendation. Everyone will always tell you, shrimp are good at hiding. I think people forget just how nocturnal they really are. They can be so active during the day, but when the lights are off they do so much that we tend to miss and are zooming all over the place. If you can also.... Consider a nice piece of dragonstone as a hide for them. It wouldn't take much, but a good piece with holes and cavities like that will really help them to have higher survival rates too! Yeah, planaria definitely isn't shrimp friendly. I'd recommend trying to manage that when you can if they are still in the tank.

I just checked again for more molts. I pulled a decent amount, 5-8 or so. I can't really be specific. I wanted to end the day on a high note and so here we go..... This is my shrimp, sitting in brackish and just doing their shrimpy things. At the very end, I wanted to highlight the smallest of baby shrimp on the glass. They are doing good too. Check it out..... She's a Rili.

You gotta see what @Lennie has access to for tanks. What an awesome thing though! Next build a shrimp tank with a built in filter?

Has anything changed in the room recently? @The Doug @Odd Duck video is above with some audio talking through what's going on.

I have a pile of seiryu stone I've had for years from the Co-op. I got it way back when they were selling boxes of the stuff online and it was one of my first purchases of hardscape materials. I know I don't nearly have enough, but this video alone has given me a bit of inspiration to try new things. I wanted to share, because, seeing this method and this person, Filipe Oliveira doing his thing. It's something where I will not attempt to put words, but just share and hope you enjoy it and find the time to do so. It's well worth the time and I don't think you'll look at seiryu stone the same way...