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Shrimp Tank Filters: The Beginner’s Guide
What makes a filter shrimp safe? A shrimp safe filter will pose minimal to no risk to baby shrimp and adults alike. Generally you'll want to look for filters which can support a fine filter foam over …
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Why Are My Freshwater Shrimp Dying? Causes & Solutions
There are many reasons why shrimp die and it's not always a simple task to identify any single cause. This article will walk through the options to help you identify any changes you need to make. …
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Dry Start Method: Growing Moss on Rocks
Mosses are some of the best plants for the dry start method and can be a beautiful companion to your planted tank's hardscape, spreading over your driftwood and rocks to give it a healthy, mature, …
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Floating Plants for Shrimp Tanks
Floating plants are a popular addition to shrimp tanks and they have quite a few benefits, besides just looking good. Benefits Nitrate removal One of the most desired features of floating plants is …
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What Do Freshwater Shrimp Eat? The Essential Feeding Guide
What do dwarf shrimp eat? Cherry shrimp and Bee shrimp are omnivores, meaning they eat both meat and vegetation, and this allows them to enjoy a lot of different types of food in their diet. They will …
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Identifying Male and Female Cherry Shrimp
Cherry shrimp and bee shrimp can look pretty similar when you first start keeping them, but it's useful to know what your male to female ratio is when trying to breed them. Fortunately there are a few …
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Molting and Common Problems
What is molting? Shrimps are invertebrates, and like the majority of invertebrates they have an exoskeleton (a skeleton on the outside) to protect themselves. Molting is when a shrimp leaves its …
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Snails in a Shrimp Tank
Snails can be great tank mates in a shrimp tank but deciding whether to add snails to your shrimp tank can be difficult. This article will explain both the advantages and disadvantages to help you …
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Acclimating Malaysian Trumpet Snails to Brackish Water
Malaysian Trumpet Snails (MTS) are one of the few species of aquarium snails that can be acclimated into brackish salt water. This is most often done by hobbyists wanting to add tank mates to their …
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How To Drip Acclimate Shrimp
Why it's important Dwarf shrimp are very sensitive to changes in their water parameters, such as going from hard water to soft water, acidic to alkali, hot to cold, etc. Cherry shrimp are pretty hardy …