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  1. it's been 9 days since that molt and he is now lying on the substrate with a crack in the exoskeleton Why is he molting again? Tank has been running for 1yr+ he is the only inhabitant I feed very infrequently tap water is low GH, maybe 3-4. But I rarely do water changes. I just checked tank and tap GH but unsure of the results. One drop makes the test vial look green, but my reagent is 5+yrs old. But if correct, my GH is 0-4 ish. I thought some people run their tanks at 0 GH? The only shrimp stuff I have on hand is Salty Shrimp, and RO water
  2. At first I thought this was fungus. So I did the salt dip. Then I took the photos and started to think it was perhaps exoskeleton. He spent a whole day not swimming, even tho there was no obstruction on the swimerettes. When I put him back in the tank after the dip he just floated on the top until I found a way to gently get him down to the substrate to rest on some moss. FINALLY, this afternoon, he was up and swimming again, so it appears it was a molt issue. I am soooo relieved. Rock on, little shimpy!
  3. I know it's hard to see anything in these photos. I have pulled this shrimp out and even with magnification I can't tell what's going on. He has something around the walking legs. Swimmerettes are fine but he is not swimming. Last molt was 3-7 and I did a water change a week or more ago. He does have a crack in the carapace indicating a molt is imminent. Any chance this is just part of the exoskeleton around his walking legs & head?? Of course my first thought was fungus but when I pulled him out of the tank to look closer it didn't really seem like it. I did go ahead and do a quick salt bath (8 grams in 250 mL for 1 minute). Is that detrimental if he happens to be molting?
  4. Still have not been able to resolve the cloudiness. Have run purigen and carbon. Perhaps I need larger quantity? I am using the HOB from my pico tank, so it is quite small. I do have a AC50, which is way too big for the 10 gal, so I'd have to take shrimpy out of the tank to try that. I had a plant only tank that got cloudy, and lots of pwc and a total wc did not resolve it, so I know that doesn't work. Would certainly not be a great option for a shrimp tank, anyway. So adding extra plants only works if it's nitrates, right? Because I'm testing zero. I do have a golf ball size moss, or some java ferns I could add.
  5. Yeah, I thought about adding plants, but I don't have enough to make a difference. And, my nitrAtes are zero. I did run some carbon before I got the purigen, but I don't have enough room in the HOB to run all that media. I'd have to remove the ceramic rings or sponge, so I guess I'll try that next. Meanwhile, shrimpy seems to be doing OK, I think I saw a fresh molt in there. I was just about to move a few more shrimp in there to keep him company, but need to sort out this water issue asap. pretty tank, vinniemabuna
  6. Have had purigen in my filter for 2 days and the cloudiness has not resolved. I checked the purigen and it has not turned brown. Do I need to do PWC until it clears up, or something else?
  7. Thanks, hadn't thought about purigen. I've never used it before so I don't quite know what it's good for. I'm guessing it's the carrot, as it's the only change of late, but since it was so small and I've never had an issue before, I'm not sure. I also don't vacuum a lot because of the small amount of plants in the tank, so perhaps it's that. NitrAte tests 0ppm. So the purigen or peat would work for organics, but not for bacterial?
  8. 10 gallon. Yup, one shrimp in my tenner. I've never used the sera peat before, so I dunno which contaminants it actually helps with, and how to actually use it and how much it affects pH. My KH is 3-4.
  9. This is my 'established' tank. Has been running fine for over a year. One rcs, blasting sand, small hob and double sponge. Very lightly planted. With just the one shrimp, I rarely feed, although I did have a tiny piece of carrot in there last week. It took several days before shrimp decided it was ready to eat, and I took it out as soon as feeding slowed. I've never had an issue leaving fruit and veg in my tanks before. Not sure how to proceed to deal with the cloudiness. I do not have a uv unit, but I do have sera peat and a fine mesh bag. Would that work in this case? My hob is really tiny, I'd have to remove existing media.
  10. there are some past threads on this. Search for egg tumblers. I believe you might also use a mesh net and IIRC some gentle aeration.
  11. Good point. The 10gal is lightly planted but the 29gal is heavy. NitrAte is zero on the 10gal, and I will of course be checking the 29gal now that I've shrimped it.
  12. I set up a new plant only 29G tank a few months ago. Somehow I forgot about the fact that there is no nitrogen cycle, and I put 2 ghost shrimp in there. I do not have another cycled tank I can move them to. I do have a 10G with 2-4 RCS in it. I set this tank up a few months ago with fresh substrate and switched to remin. RO. I used the established filter from the old tank. Shrimp seemed fine at first, but eventually I noticed the numbers just droped one by one. I really have no idea why these shrimp are dying. So I don't want to put the ghosties in this tank. However, I did take a sponge from the RCS tank to try to seed the ghost tank. But I don’t even know IF the RCS tank has a cycle going at this point with that amount of shrimp in it. There has to be a minimum amount of nitrogen to start & sustain a cycle, right? I don’t even know how to check a tank for cycle, now that I think about it. Even kind of wondering if you can keep a small amount of shrimp in a large volume of water without a cycle. Just thinking about the small jars and bowls people keep with shrimp + plants and no filtration. So I really don't know what to do about either tank - the 10G with 2 RCS or the 29G with 2 ghosties.
  13. I have heard that about the nitrate reagent, but not GH. I will certainly retest; my reagent is less than a year old, and I do give a brief shake before use, generally. Now I will be more vigorous. Another data point: GH was 8 on Oct.12th, and that was confirmed by a second test.
  14. I have been using SS GH+ on my neo tanks for a few months. I do not keep an accurate note of the water level to do RO topoffs, so I really haven't done any. My params at today's water change: TDS 178 pH 7.6 GH 12 (ran this test twice for confirm) KH 3 and the previous water change (18 days ago) TDS 170 pH 7.6 GH 9 (ran this test once) KH 3 Should I go ahead and add my remineralized water at 120TDS/GH4, or some RO, or what? I've kind of forgotten where the numbers should be, TDS in particular. What TDS should I aim for on the tank? Or do you aim for a specific GH? I never really understood how people pick a target number; it seems to be based on experimentation? I'm also a little surprised that the GH is up that much in 18 days.
  15. oh nice, hadn't thought of that those were the 2 online sources I found, too, lol. Did I miss finding them in the craft/home improvement store? No stained glass supply stores near me. A lab watch glass would probably work, but again, no lab supply local. I just need a few, so I'd rather not pay shipping for glass that may not even fit/be clear enough.
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