Hi! I impulse-ordered shrimp the other day, and they’re in. Their tank is set up and stabilized, should I get duckweed too? I’m hoping to put some pothos in there too! I just put in the latest dose of stabilizer, I’m giving it 30 minutes to cycle again before I start acclimating the shrimp.
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Shrimp are acclimated and now chowing on a plecowafer!
What aquarium plants do you guys recommend? I want to get these guys some flashy shrimp-safe tank mates
And are all the bubbles on the side of the tank normal? I also plan on getting some Java moss and other hides for shrimplets
It is a choice, just be aware that once you have them you’ll likely never be able to get rid of them again. They’re like glitter of the aquarium world
Jokes aside they are really good for absorbing excess nutrients in the water, most people just have a hard time with it because once they get going they grow like crazy and block out light from other plants beneath them and are generally considered a pest plant.
When I worked at Walmart we sold ghost shrimp? I think? Anyway they were totally transparent and really cool. They hung out on the bottom of the tank……
Man those were formative memories for me
I think I was just a toddler remembering my mom bringing me to the pet section of our Walmart to look at the fish, they also sold live Lobsters.
For a quick and easy plant, you can throw in a moss ball for them to pick over.
Anubias are really hardy plants.
Swords can be pretty hardy but may need more light iirc
Crypts are lower light and pretty hardy
Otherwise I never really had luck with it but any of the dwarf grass plants or creeping bottom plants can work well. Or super leafy ones like Elodia/Anacharis or hornweed gives them a lot of leaves to pick through
Looks like Christina has a good amount of Elodia for hers if I’m IDing it correctly.
Its Rotala rotundifolia, it grows really well and is hardy, but a lot of the Rotala are like that. Its my favorite to grow so far because it holds up well Though I do find the Red/Pink varieties to be a bit more difficult.
The 4th pic is a single stem of Egeria densa, I had more but they all melted within just a few days of planting
Another favorite of mine is Hornwort, that grows exceptionally well in a variety of environments… I checked though from my plant supplier and they are still sold out.
Floating plants like Duckweed and Salvinia minima are good, they just need minimal water surface agitation and bright light otherwise they struggle a little. Watercress is also an option though it grows a bit large.
Anubias are good, though they do better planted like Epiphytes vs being planted in the substrate. They do good wedged between pieces of lava rock and their roots will grow pretty strong into the rock giving it a neat appearance.
I find any type of carpeting plants very frustrating to keep, but that may be because I have burrowing snails that always end up uprooting them before they have a chance to develop roots. I tried 3 times with Dwarf grass and eventually gave up
Edit to add: You can also try Riparium plants, Pothos is a good start and there are other varieties that grow well. I actually have a Sweet Potato thing going for my aquariums atm because they develop very fine and dense root systems that is good for my guppy fry to safely hide in, and the shrimp like it a lot too.
