So I'm a newbie. But I do, do lots of research before jumping in. My first attempt at shrimp where with some neo culls. It was going pretty well! But I had an infestation of pond snails and thought it'd be a grand idea to get some Assassin snails to take care of the issue. HORRIBLE idea. The Assassins ate my shrimp and IGNORED the pond snails. Pissed off is an understatement. Sooo take two will be a MUCH cheeper plan to get my feet wet again. I am going with a colony of ghost shrimp. As long as I can keep them alive and happy I have a new project in the works. The tank I am doing my "testing" in is a 40 gal show tank. It is tiled and very heavily planted. It also has Texas Holey Limestone in it to help up the PH (it will eventually be a home for an Axolotl). My water KH and GH is normally 2. My PH runs at 6.5 (the test does not go lower). I actually want to start up a 10 gal shrimp tank for just shrimp. It will be planted of course. Mosses and easy plants mostly. It will be a show tank (because I like pretty). For this tank I am thinking gravel of some kind. It will have a hob filter with my own blend of media. Including filter floss, Poly Filter, and ceramic rings. And I supplement the shrimp with a high quality shrimp food. Now I've done lots of research and reading and talking to others. And quite frankly my head hurts, lol. Honestly at this point I'd prefer a shrimp suited to my water. Something I can breed without too much difficulty. I'd like to not to have to worry about adjusting the PH, KH, and GH. EVERYONE says Neos for beginners though. I'd need to adjust everything to make it harder then. Please. Can someone point me in the right direction. I have a preference for shrimp that are NOT red, orange, brown, and yellow. If it can't be avoided and I need to adjust my water and go with a neo. It will probably be a Rili. And if that is the case can someone please recommend a gravel like substrate to help with the GH and KH please. Thanks for your help in advance. My very confused brain is appreciative. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk