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yellow shrimp dying off one-by-one Hey Ensano, The gh you have to add the drops one by one until it turns yellow to green. Kh is also the same, you have to add drops one by one until it turns yellow from blue. So, I do not think that your test was properly done. You will need to redo it! :)

Substrate is important for 2 reasons, aesthetic as Jetajockey uses it for and helping amateurs maintain negotiable water parameters for their Shrimps. But what's funny is that your tiger breeding is like mine. Bare bottom with barely anything in it:). And just 2 small pieces of wood.

Sexing can happen at an age of 3-4 months. By then the colors should be apparent. Males are less Colorful And females are more colorful Moss or not? Doesn't matter what kind it just serves as hiding place at times f need and small biofilm to eat

Pool sand is great cause it's natural looking and te surface grows algae and biofilm quite easily. But..... Hard to clean And over time it compacts causing anaerobic pockets that is dangerous overtime. Plus no nutrients for planting

I agree I wouldnt want to pay big bucks for soil but I do pay big bucks for shrimp so why cheap out? That's my way of thinking. I just bought 500$ worth of Oebt shrimp and because of that I would spend 100$ a bag on soil just to know its safe and good to use

Substrate is a huge matter to Shrimps. Example: I had no real success with fluval shrimp stratnum with my crystal red shrimps But once I switched to akadama, the babies all survive now. And bacteria not exactly eating "kh" but the calcium carbonates in the water that helps buffer ph. Thanks...

New born fish fry, yea until they reach a Size able to eat baby shrimps

Jetajockey. For soil get AdA if your a baller but for RCS just go with inert gravel. That's what I do. I only substrate for CRS n CBS type shrimps

Filter sponge intake less then 5$

RCS will be only taken if you give it to lfs for less then 25 cents. As an importer n breeder 25 cent is really expensive for RCS. I can get them for 6 cents ea :). But obviously lowest grades possible

Dragonfly nymph. Take it out ASAP whenever u see it. It can eat everything in your tank

Any fish under 2 cm is safe with adults and even adult chilli rasbora will eat young baby shrimps

For red cherry shrimps ph Of 6 results in lower baby survival and slower growth rates. Plus you said you ph was lower then Expected which means you had a ph crash which is due to kh all gone in your tank eaten up by bacteria that feeds on kh.

There is always a reason for crashing. Most important elements to a good Shrimp tank are Substrate Gh Ph And tds A properly cycled tank shouldn't have no2 or no3 My tanks after 2 months of no water changes are still perfect and colony is boomin too.

First picture looks like a good color male. I would use him to breed. 2nd pic also a male. Culls out the ones without good color after a week. They look like lower grades of fire reds. The red is kinda purple