I live in Tucson, and therefore the water just comes hard, the whole water system is that way, shower, faucet, etc. I did not know about the molting thing, I'm glad you told me! (I have guppies, and they like the hardness in the water as well, and the neon tetras really don't care) is there any specific things I'll have to do for the shrimp? I've never done shrimp before, I don't even know what food to buy them! An I'm having trouble trusting ANYTHING that comes from a pet store! So please, just tell me everything you know from bringing them home, to keeping them healthy, to breeding them! And am I right in the fact that they eat algae? (I'm aware that if they do, that probly won't be enough for them to survive off of)