Crystal and Diamond Shrimp Tank

[fishorama]

If you could that'd be great. I thought it was something about tail length or posture too? The hardest part will be finding 2 or more of mine to compare.

Sorry, Yadokari, I don't want to take away from your pretty shrimp pics. Shrimp newb, many questions.

 

[bluekrissyspike]

i love that tank. it's sweet for the little shrimpies.

 

[msjinkzd]

You can see in the bottom pic how much thicker in the lower abdomen the female is, the male has a more upright carriage as well.

male, the center shrimp:

Female the most to the right, she is heavily berried as well!:

 

[fishorama]

Ooh, thanks for that msj. You're right, it's very clear! Now if I can find mine, they're very good hiders.

 

[msjinkzd]

sorry about the brief derail!

And no problem, its hard to tell until they reach near adult size, then readily evident.

 

[Yadokari]

That's okay it's a good way to learn so I don't really care where this thread leads to.

I am trying to battle thread algae in this tank right now! It's so annoying I knew I shouldn't have dosed so much iron... I did a 50% water change today and added hornwort to float at the top, in hopes of draining some of the nutrients out.
Apparently, if using ADA soil, I don't need to dose ferts until 6 months in, else I'll have too much nutrients.
Well, lesson learned! Hopefully, new aquasoil users will read this too and learn from it.

EDIT: Nevermind, after doing more research, it's not thread algae but rather silk algae. Gahhhh!!

 

[msjinkzd]

Hopefully the algae will resolve for you without too much struggle. Best of luck! Those are truly some beautiful shrimp and I would love to get some of the blacks if you ever have them up for sale/trade.