Cherry Shrimps can grow rapidly as they only need to take 2 to 3 months in order to reach maturity from birth. If your pet inverts aren’t growing as fast as you expect, then you can take a look at this guide from Aquarium Blueprints to see what steps you can take. Quick Summary If … Read more
When adding new fish to an already established aquarium, we recommend that you put the fish in a quarantine tank beforehand. This is because the new fish may carry parasites, even if they appear to be healthy, that may end up spreading to the rest of the community. You can take a look at this … Read more
It is possible that you keep shrimps without a fish tank filter. To find out how to do so, you can take a look at this build guide from Aquarium Blueprints. Quick Summary In order to build an unfiltered shrimp tank, you will need a deep substrate, live plants and snails to take care of … Read more
Seachem Cupramine and Seachem ParaGuard are both used to treat various pet fish diseases. So, can you use these two solutions together at the same time? You can find out in this guide from Aquarium Blueprints. Can you use Seachem Cupramine and Seachem ParaGuard together? According to Seachem, you can’t use Cupramine together with ParaGuard. … Read more
If you have male and female Cherry Shrimps (also known as Neocaridina Shrimps), then they will likely reproduce. With that said, having many generations of inbreeding in your aquarium may cause several genetic issues with your pet inverts. To see how you can prevent inbreeding issues from occurring in your Cherry Shrimp colony, you can … Read more
Seachem has two similar treatment products with Cupramine and ParaGuard. So, what are the main differences between these solutions? You can find out in this versus guide. Quick Summary The Seachem Cupramine is faster at treating Ich in saltwater while the Seachem ParaGuard works quicker in freshwater. When it comes to Velvet, Cupramine takes 16 … Read more
If you are keeping Cherry Shrimps (also known as Neocaridina Shrimps), then you may notice that some of them may end up outside of your tank. It is likely that your pet inverts may have escaped or jumped out of the aquarium. To see how you can prevent your shrimps from getting out of your … Read more
API General Cure will help treat fish lice, gill flukes, hole-in-the-head, skin flukes and velvet. According to the official directions, you will need to do a water change during treatment. If you are doing a water change by adding tap water, you need to use a water conditioner. So, can you use General Cure with … Read more
If you keep female and male Red Cherry Shrimps, then it is likely that they will end up reproducing at some point. You can easily spot a pregnant female as they should be carrying a batch of eggs with their hind legs. If your female shrimps keep dropping eggs, then you can take a look … Read more
API General Cure can be used to help with the following fish diseases: Fish lice Gill flukes (Dactylogyrus) Hole-in-the-head disease (Hexamita spp. and Spironucleus) Skin flukes (Gyrodactylus) Velvet So, does this treatment have a temperature requirement? You can find out in this guide from Aquarium Blueprints. At what temperature should you use API General Cure? … Read more