Hello!

**joeidle1** · 13th Oct 2014, 23:23

Hi all,

Recently brought a small tank with some shrimps and little fishes after my 3 year daughter repeatedly asked for it.

Now i'm planning to pick up aquarium scaping and shrimping as a hobby after about intrigue from what I read about it on the internet.

Hope to learn from all the seasoned professionals here!

Jerry

**ahpui6** · 13th Oct 2014, 23:58

Welcome to the forum! Hope that we will be able to share our experience and learn together! All the best in setting up! I love aqua scaping and shrimps too! =)

**joeidle1** · 14th Oct 2014, 23:02

Originally Posted by ahpui6

Welcome to the forum! Hope that we will be able to share our experience and learn together! All the best in setting up! I love aqua scaping and shrimps too! =)

Thanks for the welcome! Hope to learn more from everyone.

Attached a photo of my tank, planning to focus more on shrimps and aqua scaping in the future. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

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**ahpui6** · 14th Oct 2014, 23:57

I suppose you are aware the fishes are not shrimplets safe. I cant really see the picture but if its yellow and cherry shrimp, or any 2 different coloured shrimp that all belong to the neocaridinia family, if they cross breed they will revert to their wild form. means they will lose the colouration.

on a side note, shrimps love mosses and mossball. haha!

**joeidle1** · 15th Oct 2014, 09:43

Yea, i only realized that fishes are not shirmplets safe after I purchased the tank and the fishes. Too cruel to cull them, so I will keep them till they pass on before converting to a fully shirmp tank.

Anyway, how often does your shimp die? My RCS seem to die every other day. The yellow shrimp seems to be doing fine.

Just another question, what kind of moss would be good? I'm planning to setup a carpet glass for the tank.

**ahpui6** · 15th Oct 2014, 09:53

oh I see.. er... my shrimps dont really die that often. 1 or 2 casualty a month? how many rcs died?

I dont think its the water parameter because if thats the case, it would not be confined to the red fellars. perhaps you want to provide more hiding place. could be the fishes stressing/disturb the shrimp.

I personally feel that mini xmas moss is very good. they look good aesthetically and my shrimps love it. it supports the growth of my shrimplets and I also find mini xmas moss rather easy to grow.

**joeidle1** · 15th Oct 2014, 10:17

Yea, i suspect it might be the fishes as well. But i read tetras are shrimps friendly. Hmm. Might be the guppy and the square looking fish. Will continue to monitor.

Will check out mini xmas moss. Will mini xmas moss work as a carpet plant for the tank?

**ahpui6** · 15th Oct 2014, 10:26

I suppose you are referring to the growth rate? Yeps, it should work. Light and co2 will increase their speed though.

**joeidle1** · 15th Oct 2014, 10:57

Ahhh, ok.

Will probably drop by C328 today to check out if there are any mini xmas moss and water test kit.

**ahpui6** · 15th Oct 2014, 11:02

A test kit will certainly be highly beneficial in the long run! Yea, I not too sure if c328 have the mini ones. Perhaps they are the normal xmas moss. I bought mine from a bro in AQ, so if wish to purchase from home grown mini xmas, can whatsapp me @ 8one88one401. I can pass you his contacts =)

**joeidle1** · 15th Oct 2014, 12:41

Smsed you! (:

**BFG** · 21st Oct 2014, 04:08

I think it's shrimplet are not fish safe instead of the other way round. Anyway, welcome to AQ, Joeidle1!

**joeidle1** · 21st Oct 2014, 21:03

Hi BFG, thanks for the headsup. To be honest, when I first got the small tank for my daughter, i was absolutely clueless about the whole shrimping thing. Only read up when I became more interested. Since I have already gotten the fish, will keep it till it dies of old age before trying out breeding of shrimps which seems very technical and interesting!

Thanks for the welcome!