How I put my Neocaridina shrimp ready for bed at dusk with the right mood 😉 Click the gear icon (or cog) on youtube bar and select Quality->1080 HD for best results. How many red, blue, yellow, and other colors big and small did you spot? If you see slight flickering of light…this was not […]
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Calculate your tank size capacity in gallons (and weight)
Don’t remember how many gallons your tank or pond holds? No worries, this little code below will calculate the amount of gallons the container can hold based on its dimensions you enter. Besides, knowing your actual water volume helps you determine what 10%, 30% water change means in gallons, and precise measurements of additives (conditioner, […]
My Neocaridina Water Parameters Tracker
Here’s a live water parameter history view of my fairly new neocaridina shrimp tank. For ideal parameters and more information about neos, see this post. For all shrimp-related posts to-date, click here. The top and bottom red horizontal, parallel lines indicate the rectangular area or band of a good range for the parameter in each […]
Neocaridina Shrimp Parameters & Info
Below are some of the fundamental facts about neocaridina shrimp that is useful for reference. For more shrimp related posts, click here or go to: https://flyingsalmon.net/tag/shrimp/ to see list of related posts to-date. Key Parameters Ranges The KH, GH values are shown in degrees (aka dKH, dGH). 1 dHK or GH = 18 ppm (approx.). […]
Estimating the final pH, GH, KH of your water mixture
As a fish and shrimp keeper on different tanks with different creatures requiring different water parameters and conditions, it does me good to keep track of all those especially when replacing or changing water, or adjusting parameters for optimal suitability of the creatures. For example, for the shrimp tank, keeping track of KH, GH are […]
My shrimp pics (early stage)
Here are some pics of my first foray into shrimpkeeping, specifically neocaridina shrimp keeping. As a long time fishkeeper, I have tons of experience in freshwater tropical fish (and some brackish water fish), but I decided to convert my secondary 29 gallon tank from Cichlid tank into an experimental lab for neo shrimp. At the […]
Projecting Neocaridina Shrimp Population
Two months ago I wrote an app for myself to keep track of my new hobby Neocaridina Shrimpkeeping. It was only 2 weeks before that I started the hobby before I recognized that a handy application to keep track of my shrimp’s water parameters, treatments and care with curated, accurate information would be very useful. […]
New Arrival: Shrimp Care App!
I recently picked up a new hobby: Shrimp keeping! Having 40+ years of experience with keeping tropical fish, I thought this would be an interesting addition and to put my extra 29 gallon tank to good use. To get started, of course, I researched online about types of shrimps and their requirements. Then I joined […]